Vuelve a llegar al rostro de Rigondeaux y este se agarra. Lomachenko ha llegado con alguna mano tras salirse del agarre, pero poco que destacar hasta ahora.
Ninguno quiere arriesgar. Se miden, Rigondeaux busca el agarre, Lomachenko sabe salir bien se le vio practicarlo en el vestuario. No se miran hasta que chocan guantes. Momento para las presentaciones.
Molina se ha sabido tapar bien, y aunque ha recibido golpes, ninguno ha sido certero. Quinto asalto del combate. De momento lleva cuatro en otros tantos combates. Hasta el momento, el pleito de esta noche lo lleva ganado a los puntos. Primer vez que Conlan llegaba al cuarto asalto. Conlan boxea con cabeza, defendiendo bien y contragolpeando duro. No se desespera por no encontrar manos claras.
Tira golpes muy duros, pero sin arriesgar. El castigo, arriba y abajo, estaba siendo muy grande. Tiempo ahora para el boxeo femenino. TV Online. Asesor Deportivo. Actualizado a: 10 de diciembre de CET.
Top Rank. Gracias por seguir el Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux en AS. Un saludo. Estos son los colores que Lomachenko ha elegido para su pelea de hoy. In terms of pedigree and combined talent, it would be difficult to make another fight of equal merit. Why, then, is the fight taking place in the Madison Square Garden Theater and not the main arena, which holds almost four times as many people?
You could say that Lomachenko and Rigondeaux's popularity hasn't yet caught up with their capacity for greatness. But pedigree and talent alone are seldom enough to fill the big room. There has to be a connection beyond excellence. Boxing is tribal. Our guy verses the other guy.
The Ukrainians at Lomachenko-Sosa were not there chiefly because Lomachenko , 7 KOs is such a fantastic fighter, though it certainly ups the ante. They were there because he's one of them. Their guy. An aesthetically pleasing style is a common thread.
Without that fun-to-watch foundation, the rest doesn't matter that much. Personality is also a critical. If an audience can relate to a fighter because of who is, as well as how he fights, it can create a bond beyond borders and native tongues. One of they keys to their success with U. Duran, the snarling ruffian with mad skills who fought with measured savagery; Arguello the charming el caballero who turned into an assassin once the bell rang; and Chavez, the reincarnation of the stoic Aztec warrior, noble, proud and lethal.
They were avatars of warrior archetypes to which all cultures could relate. No wonder we didn't care where they came from or where they hung their hat. The most recent example of the phenomenon is Manny Pacquiao, one of the most extraordinary rags-to-riches stories in sports history. The Filipino fighter conquered the world with extreme violence and a boyish smile, an irresistible combination that made him an international celebrity and multimillionaire.
In some ways Lomachenko, 22, resembles Pacquiao: Constantly moving, attacking from unexpected angles and almost always punching in combination. Going for the knockout every time out. But while prime-time Pacquiao was all about raw aggression and reckless abandon, Lomachenko's attack is like jazz, a creative discipline with infinite variations. The year-old Ukrainian's fusion of ingenious footwork and offensive virtuosity is hypnotic. He feints like a fencing master and pivots as if ball bearings are attached to the bottom of his boxing boots -- constantly stepping around opponents, changing direction in order to attack from a variety of angles, swiveling one way to unload and then another to escape.
It's hard to argue with Arum's assessment. Watching Rigondeaux when he doesn't feel like fighting is a shoot-me-now situation. Boxing fans have long memories, and those painfully lackluster showings made Rigondeaux look like a wallflower in a twerking contest.
The curious part is that when Rigondeaux is in a feisty mood, the results have often been highlight-reel material.
The man can take you out with one shot. Jackals are often depicted as clever sorcerers in myths and legends, but this "Chacal" will need more than slight of hand on Saturday.
He must enter the ring with teeth bared, ready to bite. Some say that Lomachenko is good enough to make Rigondeaux fight, giving him no choice but to engage. It's like what Thomas Hearns said when asked why he slugged with Marvin Hagler instead of boxing: "The reason I started out slugging is because I had to. Lomachenko-Rigondeaux is for the connoisseurs and fight geeks, but it's also the next step in search for a new hero. It would be unrealistic of Arum, or anybody else for that matter, to think of Lomachenko as a replacement for Pacquiao.
Pac-Man was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. We won't see the likes of him again. Nonetheless, Lomachenko is well positioned to be the next man up. First, however, there's an engagement with a Senor Jackal, who has ideas of his own. The drift of time seems to be in Lomachenko's favor but Rigondeaux is not your ordinary B-side. Expectations for Lomachenko are high. He's got to win this one if he wants to keep up with forerunners like Duran, Arguello and Chavez. The guys in the black leather jackets will always be there.
They are of the same blood. But they're not enough. What Lomachenko needs now is everybody else. A spectacular performance Saturday would be a perfect invitation. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Lomachenko could change career trajectory with big win over Rigondeaux.
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