Let's put this in perspective. Guillermo Rigondeaux escaped a brutal Cuban regime, then got dissed unfairly by boxing's powers that be...all while being ducked by pretty much everyone. Then, when this supremely talented man finally had the chance to prove himself...he quit on his stool. He's going to take a lot of heat for that. But, let's face it, there's probably one reason and one reason only why Rigo dropped out of this much hyped bout against Vasyl Lomachenko this weekend. And that reason was his opponent...Lomachenko himself.
Yes, my friends, Loma is that good. He's now the number one pound for pound fighter in the world...hands down. Is he the greatest ever? Well, I'm sure we'll be hearing that he is a lot in the insanely near future. And maybe (maybe) it's true. But, really, let's not even think about that right now. Let's just call it like it is - Loma is the king of boxing. No. he's the king of combat sports. Hell, he might be the king of all sports at the moment. Again, he's that good.
For those who didn't watch, Loma was beating Rigo through the first half of Saturday's bout at Madison Square Garden. I didn't think it was the blowout others seemed to, but it appears I was wrong. For Rigo, the Cuban great, didn't get off his stool for the sixth. Oh man. Man, oh man. Rigo blamed it on a hand injury. Maybe he was right to - but I blame it all on Loma. Why?
Because the guy's a once in a generation talent.
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