Saturday night’s bout at Madison Square Garden between Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko and Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux had the makings of a great fight.
And if you’re Lomachenko, it sure was.
The 29-year-old got Rigondeaux to quit by a sixth-round TKO. Lomachenko controlled the fight from the beginning, allowing Rigondeaux to look comfortable only in the first round, which was spent with the two hardly throwing any punches in the center of the ring. Lomachenko won the round 10-9.
But as things drew on, Lomachenko visibly was overwhelming his opponent. He was effectively landing his punches, to a point where Rigondeaux largely was just defending himself…