Lomachenko didn’t want to meet Rigondeaux halfway between the 2 weight classes at 126, which would have made the fight fairer. Moreover, Lomachenko was fine with Rigondeaux coming up 2 weight classes to fight him at super featherweight, and yet he himself wouldn’t move up 2 weight divisions to fight former light welterweight champion Terence Crawford at 140. Lomachenko wouldn’t take the same risk by moving up in weight to fight Crawford. Rigondeaux took the risk and failed. Lomachenko didn’t take the risk in moving up, so he escaped a potential failure of his own against Crawford. It’s likely Lomachenko would have been beaten just as badly by Crawford as Rigondeaux if not worse. Lomachenko doesn’t have to take the same risks that Rigondeaux does because he’s being given the red carpet treatment by his promoters. You won’t see Lomachenko moving up 2 divisions to put himself at a disadvantage against Crawford, Errol Spence, Keith Thurman or Shawn Porter.
Dominic Williams
You think he's got the style to make it a decent watch? Thinking about waking up early to see it
Nathan Rivera
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Jack Smith
Vasyl "No Mass" Lomachenko
Zachary Perry
I think they'll both come forward and Jeff Horn wins a decision
Jace Roberts
Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao could easily make 135 and face Vasyl Lomachenko with the Philippines or Mexico as possible locations. Thoughts?
Fuck everything they're trying to hype him up as much as possible. Old pacquiao way past his prime is no match for this guy. Atleast mayweather has beaten the jew and can do whatever he wants, I feel sorry for manny I hate seeing him old and washed up.
Connor Campbell
Do Aussies actually know/give a fuck about their lad?
Mason Harris
Pac needs to hang 'em up before it ends badly for him
Liam Morris
Spence and Thurman are 3 divisions above where he is now, he can't compete with Welterweights. At 126 it would still be an easy fight for Lomachenko because he's still taller and still has the same style that can't be neutralised by a smaller man. The limit for Lomachenko is moving to 135 to fight Garcia and Linares, beat them and he's the best business ability wise.
Adrian Nguyen
>BATTLE OF BRISBANE 2
Dominic Cox
Fury will be unified hw champ by the end of 2019
Austin Ortiz
Pacquiao is shot, he was supposed to beat Horn then pass the torch to Crawford. Fights in the Philippines, Macau, Dubai or wherever are fantasy, they hardly ever come off because the big money investors are imaginary.
Pacquiao is really only interested in money fights, he has lots of hangers on there to feed and a wannabe political dynasty to worry about so I think it will take good money to tempt him back. I think Loma can out work him at 135.
Wyatt Thomas
is this new pasta? holy shit man. lmaoo
Mason Wood
its no mas you hopeless fool
Noah Thompson
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Hunter Walker
>all the rigofags now dick riding Crawford Kek
Brody Rodriguez
Mass as in size to compete with Crawford
Anthony Barnes
*leaves the thread*
Jose Foster
It's no mas
Matthew Hughes
no mass
Brandon Nelson
No
Cooper Hill
Yeah I know. It's a play on words
Noah Davis
It's no mas
Tyler Foster
>we want the UFC audience
Ayden Sullivan
Lol
Jason Brown
Eubanks vs Groves Who wins?
Kevin Ramirez
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Elijah Williams
Post your 2018 boxing wish list. For me it's: #1: Joshua-Wilder #2: Inoue-Rungvisai #3: Canelo-Golovkin 2 #4: Thurman-Spence-Crawford (Any combination) #5: Nery/Yamanaka Winner-Burnett Bonus: Castellanos-Ogawa (GIVE MY BOY CASTELLANOS A WORLD TITLE DAMMIT)
Carter Howard
Those, as well as these Lomachenko-Linares Lomachenko-Garcia Fury-Bellew Fury-Parker Canelo-Charlo Golovkin-Charlo Sosa-Gamboa 2
Dylan Gonzalez
no
Thomas Perry
>Fat fuck vs a blown up cruiser I'm good ta Ancajas vs Inoue would be a banger. Any top 4 superfly vs Inoue would be great, especially if he sparks out Yafai.
Jason Walker
its his choice in the end but man he really should just retire
Thomas Morgan
Any warm-up fight for Fury would do. People dislike his pure boxing style, but it's significantly less boring than clinching like Klitschko.
Ryder White
Platinum Mike Perry is fighting this weekend lads
Alexander Gray
Roberto Duran literally turned his back from Ray Leaonard in the middle of a round in the rematch and refused to fight Leonard because he knew he couldn't win.
>Heralded as an all time great >fearless warrior, >one of the best to do it, >still commands an ultimate amount of respect from fans, historians, analysts etc.
Rigondeaux, an equally amazing and formidable opponent for anyone. does the same thing. Knows he can't win and quits on his stool.
>Relentlessly shat on >Seen as a pussy, a phony, old, >Hated by boxing fans and analysts alike >"History won't be kind to him" "lel Cuban meme" "No heart" "He's done" etc.
Jaxson Gray
>MMA >GAY Pick 2
Brody Smith
is this... The Matrix?!?!
Grayson Thompson
how many more days until the fat fuck gets busted for PEDs again?
Angel Taylor
It's the aftermath of the fight, just wait, see how stuff works out before getting all depressed.
Anthony Thompson
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Jeremiah Bennett
Duran repeatedly proved himself before and after, you know this
Aaron Harris
And so has/will Rigondeaux.
Logan Garcia
Stop replying to butthurt rigonDONE arselickers
James Thompson
Don't you think people at the time massively critcized Duran? I don't think it's a fair comparison, but you can't see the future, see how Rigo acts from now on and then form your opinions.
better than a dead thread.
Ryan Parker
>Down goes Jones
Brayden Gomez
I'll stop once you stop slurping Loma semen.
Joshua Garcia
Man, i'm sad. I rewatched Rigondeaux-Donaire again today, and it just felt like a different Rigo from the one we saw Saturday. I don't know if it's age, the weight, inactivity, or if Loma's just that good, but it depresses me that Rigondeaux will now go down in history as a worthless quitter.
I hope we get to see Rigo in good form again, I really do. I was expected Rigo-Loma to be fought like Rigo-Donaire, only Loma putting up a far better account of himself. Instead I just got Leonard-Duran 2.
Jeremiah Williams
Just take your L my dude
Luke Rogers
Duran admitted he couldn't win. Rigo was crying about a hand injury that turned out to be a bruise.
Owen Wilson
So I just heard the news When is he going to unify the division then?
well, it's kinda bullshit, since Duran actually beat SRL the first time around, when both were at their top.
Robert Garcia
Wait, I thought he couldn't read?
Evan Wright
>At the end of the day, when they was talkin' about Floy 'Money' Mayweather was runnin'? My man, I was runnin' right up into that bank, cashin' them checks.
damn
Elijah Turner
Wishing for fights is obviously fun, but more than anything I wish for active fighters Everyone of the top3 p4p (Loma, Crawford, GGG) should have 3 fights All Heavyweight beltholders should have 3 fights a year LHW, MW, WW, or Superfly World Boxing Super Series announced An undisputed champion in any weight division if that all happens I'll be happy and boxing will be healthy Long off periods between fights for the champions is what kills boxing's momentum
Ethan Sullivan
>based fury has his license back
Watch out memeshua.
Jackson Bell
All this will happen. But only if you provide a name for this round chested woman who makes my peepee happy
Will it though? Look at how active the fighters I mentioned were in 2017 GGG-2 fights Bud-2 fights Loma-3 fights AJ-2 fights Wilder-2 fights Tyson Fury-0 fights Joseph parker-2 fights Only Loma is fighting as often as he should be
Josiah James
Blame Floyd. He pioneered the only fight twice a year and for huge pay days thing. Now every top fighter does it
Aaron Nguyen
certainly floyd set something of a precedent but he's retired and doesn't manage any of the fighters listed. Fighters need to be active in lobbying for more fights more often. They don't all have to be dream fights or career defining paydays, but staying active is so important to getting people talking about the sport
Charles White
What are you talking about? Fighting twice a year has been a thing world champions have always done in modern boxing.
Marvin Hagler has the third most title defenses of a middleweight champion, and he only fought 3 times in 1983 and 81. Every other year it was once or twice. Bernard Hopkins has the most and he only fought 3 times in 2005, 97, and 96. Every other year it was either once or twice he defended his titles. Golovkin meanwhile has defended his titles 3 times or more in a year the same amount as Hopkins and more than Hagler, with 4 defenses in 2013, 3 in 2014, and 3 in 2015.
Stop making shit up to pin on Floyd as setting some "awful new trend" in Boxing. When you step up in opposition you HAVE to fight only twice a year. Floyd fought only twice a year because every single opponent was an opponent considered worthy of fighting him. Golovkin was fighting 3+ times a year back when he was knocking out bums, he cant do that when he's fighting live bodies, it's just not feasible.
No one wants to see fighters fight 3+ times a year if it means they're fighting bums. Guys like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali were harshly criticized during their reign for fighting bums far too often since they fought so often. Ali fought Foreman, Wepner, Lyle, Bugner, and Frazier (3rd fight) all in the span of a year, but people still had a problem with him fighting Bugner and Wepner. They'd have rather seen him fight just the 3.
Jonathan Allen
You've honestly gone and made my argument for me. You're comparing Joe Louis and Ali to guys like Hopkins and Golovkin. Ask yourself when boxing was more popular, in the time of Ali and Louis, or in the time of Hopkins and Golovkin? The answer should tell you exactly what people want to see, and what people think of more active fighters vs less active fighters
Ryan Morgan
Yeah, because the amount of times fighters fought is the reason Boxing isn't mainstream.
I think you're forgetting correlation =/= causation. Unlimited rounds and no neutral corner were also around during the "golden age" of boxing, should we have those come back too? I gave you two examples, Ali and Louis, where the people DIDN'T like the fact that they fought so much. Louis had the "bum of the month club" that he was criticized for, and many criticized Ali when he fought bums inbetween his big fights. So no, having fighters fight 1, maybe two legitimate fighters, and then 5 bums a year isn't going to make boxing better. If that were the case Deontay Wilder would be more popular. You know how many times he fought in 2012? Six. Six times.
Ethan Long
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Easton Hughes
Which fat fuck?
Hudson Martinez
Battle of Brissie
Jason Walker
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Eli Sullivan
What is it?
Wyatt Miller
>Jessie Vargas vs Aaron Herrera Why the fuck is Vargas fighting a guy Brandon Ríos beat? PBC ruining boxing careers.
Bentley Anderson
>Louis had the "bum of the month club" that he was criticized for,
Those were his title defenses against contenders you absolute fuck
Caleb Young
When does Shannon Briggs return?
Ethan Price
HIs knuckle seems definitely swollen up though even if it's not broken. It may not be the biggest injury but from experience I can say that you can hurt your hand bad enough to hurt every time you throw a punch and not be able to put weight on it because of the pain. And if you're moving up two weight classes to fight a bigger a very skilled opponent you absolutely need to have some power and make him respect you. Imagine Kell Brook going up fighting Golovkin with a damaged hand, tha's madness. >In b4 b-b-but Lomacenkle doesnt fight the same way of GGG Brook didnt have the same disadvantages though
Bentley Mitchell
Yeah fuck, let's not not do this... Seeing him vs. mayweather, who ducked him for the past decade, way past his prime was sad enough
Camden Jones
Anyone got a stream going for the undercards of Jeff vs. Gary ?
Leo Sanders
Pussy
Luke Powell
We know he lost to Pacman. Boxing is a sham.
Thomas Robinson
He won decisively, you're just a salty flip.
Ian Allen
I thougth he won slightly, people were mislead by their Pac memories. Dont be too harsh on your champion, he won fairly although one scorecard was bullshit and he wont last long
Levi Barnes
no stream lads? fucking slimey wankers
Sebastian Bennett
Retard detected.
Nicholas Allen
Anyone watching the fight at defiant duck in brissy tonight?
Jordan Hernandez
This will go in the ol' book of shame wont it?
Fair point, but nobody cares. Fighting with a cut is also significantly harder but you're a pussy if you quit
