Loma vs Rigo finalized Dec 9th

[TitoFan]

Beating a guy 2 divisions lower (as good as Rigo is) does nothing for Loma here in my opinion. There's not even a catch weight so all the props should go to Rigo for stepping up (finally). Rigo is up there in age and his chin has a question mark for me, even tho Loma is not a big puncher. Seems to me Rigo is taking the gamble and cashing out while he still can. I would have much preferred Loma to face Garcia at 135.

^^ This. Completely.

[Ron Swanson]

Beating a guy 2 divisions lower (as good as Rigo is) does nothing for Loma here in my opinion. There's not even a catch weight so all the props should go to Rigo for stepping up (finally). Rigo is up there in age and his chin has a question mark for me, even tho Loma is not a big puncher. Seems to me Rigo is taking the gamble and cashing out while he still can. I would have much preferred Loma to face Garcia at 135.

Robert Garcia said Top Rank is not even considering that right now and that's why they moved up looking for big fights. If it wasn't Rigo it was going to be Salido. For what it's worth Top Rank also said it was either Rigo or Salido

[Alpha]

Beating a guy 2 divisions lower (as good as Rigo is) does nothing for Loma here in my opinion. There's not even a catch weight so all the props should go to Rigo for stepping up (finally). Rigo is up there in age and his chin has a question mark for me, even tho Loma is not a big puncher. Seems to me Rigo is taking the gamble and cashing out while he still can. I would have much preferred Loma to face Garcia at 135.

Robert Garcia said Top Rank is not even considering that right now and that's why they moved up looking for big fights. If it wasn't Rigo it was going to be Salido. For what it's worth Top Rank also said it was either Rigo or Salido

Arum saying it's down to Rigo or Salido next.

Yea I already posted this awhile back. Just saying what my preference was.

[powerpuncher]

I'm good with this fight no matter if Rigo has to move up. It's a solid fight for both of them and Rigo is better than most of the guys that Loma has faced in his career (well he is better than all of them but factoring in weight he may or may not be the best).

I actually think that Rigo gives him a bit of trouble and I think he wins if they weighed the same. I think Loma wins comfortably but not without losing some rounds.

[Ron Swanson]

Beating a guy 2 divisions lower (as good as Rigo is) does nothing for Loma here in my opinion. There's not even a catch weight so all the props should go to Rigo for stepping up (finally). Rigo is up there in age and his chin has a question mark for me, even tho Loma is not a big puncher. Seems to me Rigo is taking the gamble and cashing out while he still can. I would have much preferred Loma to face Garcia at 135.

Robert Garcia said Top Rank is not even considering that right now and that's why they moved up looking for big fights. If it wasn't Rigo it was going to be Salido. For what it's worth Top Rank also said it was either Rigo or Salido

Arum saying it's down to Rigo or Salido next.

Yea I already posted this awhile back. Just saying what my preference was.

For me Loma had 4 good options, because to me Salido is irrelevant, if Salido gets a good win then fine, consider it. But until then for me it was

Garcia-TR didn't want
Rigo-we are blessed enough to see
Berchelt-who called for it
Davis-who isn't ready

I wouldn't have complained about any of those.

[Ron Swanson]

I'm good with this fight no matter if Rigo has to move up. It's a solid fight for both of them and Rigo is better than most of the guys that Loma has faced in his career (well he is better than all of them but factoring in weight he may or may not be the best).

I actually think that Rigo gives him a bit of trouble and I think he wins if they weighed the same. I think Loma wins comfortably but not without losing some rounds.

Same size and age I would definitely take Rigo. But giving up really more than 2 weightclasses(Rigo is small at 122 and Loma looked huge in his last fight at 130) and age I think you have to make Loma a solid favorite. But still, the skill in the ring will be remarkable.

[Alpha]

Beating a guy 2 divisions lower (as good as Rigo is) does nothing for Loma here in my opinion. There's not even a catch weight so all the props should go to Rigo for stepping up (finally). Rigo is up there in age and his chin has a question mark for me, even tho Loma is not a big puncher. Seems to me Rigo is taking the gamble and cashing out while he still can. I would have much preferred Loma to face Garcia at 135.

Robert Garcia said Top Rank is not even considering that right now and that's why they moved up looking for big fights. If it wasn't Rigo it was going to be Salido. For what it's worth Top Rank also said it was either Rigo or Salido

Arum saying it's down to Rigo or Salido next.

Yea I already posted this awhile back. Just saying what my preference was.

For me Loma had 4 good options, because to me Salido is irrelevant, if Salido gets a good win then fine, consider it. But until then for me it was

Garcia-TR didn't want
Rigo-we are blessed enough to see
Berchelt-who called for it
Davis-who isn't ready

I wouldn't have complained about any of those.

Rigo is a much better option than Flanagan but that would have set up some fights at 135 nicely.

Davis seems like he gave up his title to stem the talk of a Loma fight.

Berchelt was definitely deserving.

Not sure Haymon would let Easter fight Loma at this stage.

At least we get 2 amateur legends clashing in the pros. I just wish it happened at 126.

[powerpuncher]

Berchelt was easily the best option at 130. I think that fight needs to happen before he goes up to 135.

[TitoFan]

Here's some perspective on Loma-Rigo.

Rigo's jumping up 2 weight classes to fight Loma. That's the equivalent of Loma jumping up 2 weight classes to fight Crawford. Surely that's not gonna happen in the near future, as it would be suicidal for Loma. At least there would be no age advantage in that one.

All the more reason why Loma should get little to no credit for beating Rigo. Whereas if Rigo pulls it off it's a humongous upset of epic proportions.

[Fenster]

For a borderline mismatch (Loma beats him if the same size) it's an intriguing, "must watch" for hardcore/nerds. Fantastic name to have on Loma's ledger, better than the Salido revenge that nobody cares about as it's a mere aberration on his record.

Well done to Rigo's manager too, all that trolling on Twitter paid off, it got the fans involved which allowed the money men to gauge popularity and stump up a slice of the budget.

[GaMo]

I'd rather see the rematch with Salido to be honest

[Master]

I'd rather see the rematch with Salido to be honest

You are a strange one.

[Primo Carnera]

Rigo is going up 2 weights against a very high quality boxer, but when a boxer is as classy as Rigo, these gaps can be closed.
I really haven't got a clue who wins, I'm just happy it's happenin,but if it is Rigo, what will that do for his p4p ranking?

[GaMo]

I'd rather see the rematch with Salido to be honest

You are a strange one.

I want to see if he's improved and by how much (if he has)

[Master]

I'd rather see the rematch with Salido to be honest

You are a strange one.

I want to see if he's improved and by how much (if he has)

I think the only thing we would find out about that fight is how "shot" and old Salido is.