【新闻】洛马琴科；如果里贡多中途退出比赛，我不会感觉到惊讶

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星期六晚上在麦迪逊广场剧院，古巴的左撇子两年以来只打了三回合的比赛，今年37岁里贡多 (17-0,，11 KOs,，1 NC) ，从122磅升两级到130磅挑战29岁的洛马琴科。

洛马琴科 (9-1，7 KOs)周三在门德斯拳击体育馆的公开训练前说，如果里贡多像一年前的沃特斯一样中途退出比赛，他不会感觉到惊讶。

洛马琴科说；“如果里贡多放弃比赛，我不会感到惊讶。但里贡多确实非常聪明，速度很快，能力强，而且他有很多技能，这也是比赛之所以发生的原因”。

因为洛马琴科最近在一些访谈和社交媒体上发表了一些不敬的言论，记者问他是否是想要让里贡多“尴尬”，或是在“羞辱”里贡多的时候，洛马琴科拒绝回答。

洛马琴科说；“很难谈论将要发生的事情，以及如何发生，这是非常困难的，让我们等到12月9日吧。”

Lomachenko: I Won't Be Surprised If Rigondeaux Quits!

By Keith Idec

NEW YORK – Vasyl Lomachenko wouldn’t be surprised if Guillermo Rigondeaux decides to go out the same way Nicholas Walters did.

The confident southpaw said Wednesday that he thinks he can make the undefeated Rigondeaux quit when they square off in a highly anticipated 130-pound title fight Saturday night. Walters was unbeaten when he got in the ring with Lomachenko a year ago in Las Vegas, yet decided seven largely lopsided rounds were enough and declined to continue.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist from Ukraine will try to demoralize Rigondeaux in a similar manner.

“I’m not gonna be surprised if he’s gonna quit,” Lomachenko said before an open workout Wednesday at Mendez Boxing Gym.

Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC) has more overall skills than Jamaica’s Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs) or Jason Sosa (20-3-4, 15 KOs), whose trainer, Raul Rivas, decided he had enough after nine non-competitive rounds April 8 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

The Cuban southpaw is 37, though, and has completed just three combined rounds in the two years since he out-boxed the Philippines’ Drian Francisco in their 10-rounder on the Canelo Alvarez-Miguel Cotto undercard in November 2015. Rigondeaux also has moved up two weight classes, from 122 pounds to 130, to challenge Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) for his WBO super featherweight title in the main event of a six-bout card in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Even though he feels he can make Rigondeaux quit, Lomachenko respects the ability that has helped shape his fellow two-time Olympic gold medalist into one of the best boxers, pound-for-pound, in the sport.

“He’s very smart, he’s fast, he has ability and he has a lot of skills,” Lomachenko said. “This is the reason this bout was made.”

The 29-year-old Lomachenko declined to answer when he was asked if he wants to “embarrass” or “humiliate” Rigondeaux for all the disrespectful statements he has made in interviews and social media posts.

“It’s very hard to talk about what’s gonna happen and how it’s gonna be,” Lomachenko said. “So let’s wait until December 9th.”

Lomachenko-Rigondeaux will headline ESPN’s four-fight broadcast Saturday night from The Theater (9 p.m. EST; 6 p.m. PST).

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罗马身材比里更多大许多，此比赛不对等。