Looks like Ryan “Kingry” Garcia’s comeback fight is in trouble. “I don’t know about my fight July 4th guys, won’t happen most likely and it’s sad because I want to fight so bad but it just a lot of bulls*** I’m not going to get into right now,” he posted on Twitter.
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DiBella Entertainment has signed heavyweight Jerry “Slugger” Forrest (26-3, 20 KOs), a 6-foot-1 southpaw from Newport News, VA, to an exclusive promotional agreement.
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Vasyl Lomachenko should be back in the US by mid-June. Loma vs. Teofimo Lopez is in the works for September.
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Lomachenko (Loma) vs. Lopez is a possible barn burner, if it occurs. Both fighters have respectable chins, good pop, and they are mentally tough. However, Loma is a complicated, thinking man’s fighter with high speed chess skills (his offense), excellent movements and solid defensive skills (inside and outside). In addition, I have a bad feeling Lopez will underestimate Loma’s punching power because the arrogance crown may wear too heavily on the head of a young, undefeated fighter like Lopez.
Lopez is a raw dog fighter with good hand speed, good power, good strength and a long build.
However, I am not sure if Lopez has sufficient defensive skills to handle Loma’s complicated offense and complicated movements at various angles. I would like to see Lopez fight two (2) or three (3) more challenging fights to sharpen his defense before he deals with Loma because Loma is a boxing soul snatcher, a spirit taker and a massive headache (all at the same time). Perhaps, father time will age Loma just enough for an upset by the young lion, Lopez.
In absence of father time, Loma will defeat Lopez in a highly spirited fight.
Lomachenko on a wide UD win in this one..
Not surprising at all that some hissy fit is jeopardizing Ryan Garcia’s fight.
He badly wants to fight guys not named Tank, Linares or Haney.
Garcia’s trainer doesn’t even have much faith against an old war-torn Linares and has threatened to quit if Oscar made Garcia fight Linares:
“I’m the trainer and I’m the one who accepts the fight and if not I won’t train him. I don’t like taking fights that my fighter picks and I don’t agree with them. So I think right now is not the time to face Jorge Linares.”
I think this (Garcia’s) trainer needs to be educated on who is paying who.