Vasiliy Lomachenko connects against Masayoshi Nakatani Saturday night in The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
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Loma looked impressive and without a doubt deserves a rematch he just better show up with a better less arrogant game plan against Teaflimo next time
It wasn’t arrogance, but an injury from the Linares fight that resurfaced and prevented him from throwing the right. That wasn’t the case last night and the Lomachenko in there last night beats Lopez everytime.
ok so arrogance since he thought of fighting Teaflimo instead of pulling out and rescheduling
Loma looks impressive against inferior opposition more like it.
Loma’s actually looked impressive against some highly-regarded fighters. Rigandeaux (a two-time gold medalist) hadn’t lost a fight since his amateur days, quit on his stool; as did the formidable Jamaican Nicholas Walters. — to name a couple. Of course, after whipping them so soundly that they gave up during the fight, they were then (conveniently) labeled as “overhyped.” Best amateur ever to have laced on gloves; and a truly great pro. While Lopez truly beat him in their fight, I go with Loma in a rematch.
Nicholas Waters was overrated. Got hyped up for knocking out 2 former bantamweights but otherwise didn’t show much after. I still go with Lopez in a rematch because Loma didn’t like it when Lopez touched him. Loma is undersized at 135 and he really needs to be careful around Lopez power which affects his offensive output
Before his fight with Calzaghe, world champion Jeff Lacey, was becoming one the biggest stars in boxing, as he had fairly well demolished most of his opponents up to his fight with the Welshman; — a fight, by the way, he was heavily favored to win. But Calzage won every minute of of the fight and utterly schooled the humiliated champion from America. Later. RJJ destroyed him as well. But, after being so broken in the Calzaghe fight, he was then (interestingly) defined as “overrated.” But (nevertheless) it took two shoo-in Hall of Famers to “expose” Jeff Lacey as an “overrated” fighter. Likewise, it wasn’t until Lomachenko humiliated Nicholas Walters that he became “overrated.” Lastly, Lomachenko wasn’t trounced by Lopez, only beaten. No shame in that, as Lopez himself is a superb talent.
that inferior opponent took Lopez the distance……..
Excellent photography to capture such a great photo!
Here come all the Loma haters saying Nakatani is a bum but forget Teofemale went life and death with that bum.
Not sure why you got a few thumbs down there. Loma is an Olympic legend too. The Olympics have been boring over the last few years – but with NZ entering trans athletes to bring home gold – its heated right up. I see that some of the Tae Known Do fighters are now entrants that competed in the men’s division and have moved over to the female division to promote equality. Can’t wait to see when it happens in boxing. The next dominant queen of female or male queen boxing could be a rainbow warrior.
To me Loma is still p4p n°1 ex-aequo with Inoue, and i’m definitly going with him if the rematch is happening against Lopez.. Lopez destroyed everyone in front of him and couldn’t do shit to a one armed Loma.. Loma isn’t the best amateur ever for nothing..
Good analysis there — at least as I see things. Lomachenko is without question, the greatest amateur boxer in history. I also see him as right there at the top of the list as being a p4p talent. However, I don’t buy into the reasoning that it was his injured shoulder that allowed Lopez to beat him. While it may be true, and he was indeed hindered from being at his best; then the question is begged — why in the world would he enter the ring (injured) against such a tremendous talent as Lopez? It makes no sense to me; and besides, it’s the same type of lame excuse so many other fighters have used to explain their defeats in the ring. While his amateur dominance is incontestable, it yet remains to be seen just how great he truly is as a pro. As for me, I’ve never seen anything like Lomachenko; and when RJJ comments as to how great a talent he is, then that’s a whole lot, because Roy himself was an incredible boxer with an unequaled skill – level that placed him way above his peers. Ray Robinson was boxing poetry in motion, and perhaps the best fighter of all time — with Willie Pep right up there with him. As for Lomachenko’s legacy as a PRO, it still remains to be seen. But one thing’s certain, he’s fascinating to watch.