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Loma couldn't adjust to Salido low blows is what you mean. No he couldn't because low blows are extremely hard to defend. You can't just drop your elbows like with normal body shots which is why you saw him trying to swat away the low blows with his gloves. Also he was having to suck back his abdomen from those low blows so he wasn't able to counter effectively. The Salido fight proves nothing other than Loma was just too honourable and stuck in an amateur mind set to do what he should have done which is low blow back and complain to the ref.Remember Rigo knows the tricks on how to counter the foot movement Loma uses to confuse lesser ring IQ fighters and beat them, Rigo has been working on this in training camp for months now and has seen this all before while winning his 2 Olympic Gold medals and World Championships, also Loma didn't adjust very well against Salidos counter attack and pressure body shots Salido was using against him. Let's see how Loma adjust to a better counter puncher then himself and a fighter who has just as good of footwork and defense as he does. This fight will go down to adjustments and power and who has the better timing between the 2 fighters.
Rigo has great defence but Loma has an overwhelming work rate. Rigo doesn't like to fight at a high pace but that's what he's going to have to do. I see Loma taking Rigo out side of his comfort zone. Rigo could even try the low blow approach but it wouldn't work for him as Loma hits low back now and also complains to the ref. Rigo is a good counter puncher but his work rate is also very low. He won't get away with that low output here if he wants to win. Plus he is 38. Can he keep up the pace with the bigger man? Imho he can't.