Luke Campbell faces Vasiliy Lomachenko for the WBC, WBA, and WBO lightweight belts – welcoming the pound-for-pound star to London.
“The best fighting the best, this is going to make one hell of a fight,” said Campbell. “At the end of the day, he’s got two legs and two arms and is a man just like the rest of us. I’m confident in myself, I believe in myself and I’m ready to fight.
“I’ve been working on this for my whole life, probably 19 years in the act of hard work, being dedicated and disciplined. This is exactly where I want to be, I want to prove to myself and to the rest of the world that I belong at the top with the elite. This is the elite in my opinion, the very top – it can’t get any higher than this.
“I am in this to be the best and to become a world champion. This is what I train and work so hard for, to become a world champion and to be recognised as a world champion. Part of the journey is fighting world-class fighters and Lomachenko certainly is that. This is the level I want to be at.”
campbell will get his ass beat just like the rest. period.
I agree Will. Campbell is a terrific Boxer but Lomachenko is from a different Level.
He is a man but he’s a man of great talent.
I don’t like few things in this fight, and the picture supports my beliefs. First, what I see is a big full fledged Lightweight and a normal size Featherweight. Second, the fight venue favors the bigger man. Campbell is a skilled southpaw that maybe is in his primes, I doubt Lomachenko still there. Lomachenko better put his best game plan from the get go, dominate this man to the point that there will be no doubt about the scores, because if the fight is very close, he might lose. Keep in mind this; upsets are part of this game
Shouldn’t be close.
Finally, someone with a sense of unbiased foresight. The taller man can actually win, if he believes in self and sees his openings and makes Visiliy pay. It’s very good to read a- not -the customary -crystal ball -type fast pro-Loma comments. And you topped it off with a potential Whitaker v. Ramirez in Paris memory.
Loma will decide which round this fight ends. The difference is this, Loma is the zenith of this era. We have have not seen a fighter like this, period. He is the Roy Jones Jr, Sugar Ray Leonard of this time. He is writing a new script. IMAGINE a fighter after 8 fights making four P4P quit ? And what he did to Linares who BTW must have weighed 20 lbs more the day of the fight was incredible. At this stage of the game he will not be beaten by anyone in 126-135 lb divisions
He also made the “Axe” man Walters quit and I thought Walters was unbeatable.
You’re correct!
Loma made be a believer after that fight. I thought Walters was a lb 4 lb great and would, at the very least, give Vasily a competitive fight not get beat up and frustrated as he did.
I likened that fight to Pacquiao after beating up Barrera, a true superstar was born.
The big difference is that Loma is a manster and Luke is not!!
Campbell will get KTFO.
Campbell, the soup that says no mas.
The lightweight division is in a sad state other than Mikey Garcia who should be his next fight. Your never going to outbox Lomachenko, but from what I’ve seen he cann be out fought. No one with the style to do it though. The past yes. Against Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran as a lightweight, and Aaron Pryor aint happening. Those styles would do it. but that was then and now is now. A tough hard hitting brawler, slugger, boxer slugger is the style to beat him. Someone who comes to fight not box. I have no doubt he would fold.