Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Nicholas Walters RBR

You're opinion of him is based entirely on the Donaire victory, which doesn't take into account the size disparity between them or how shot Donaire has been since 2014. You aren't weighing the fact that he looked like utter crap in the three fights since then. Also, you are having your head turned by the high KO ratio, which is usually just a sign of lousy competition.

 

He was universally acknowledged as an elite fighter going into this fight.

FACT.

Lamprey and RJJ were even mentioning him as being a possible Pacquiao opponent at 140, if he got past Loma.

Lomachenko is just the best and most skilled fighter on the planet at this point in time, and the difference showed tonight.

 

I don't have all night, lad.

Just content yourself knowing that the answer is YES.


( In case you forgot, your question was "Am I missing something ?" )

 

That kid is a natural wild swinging hack is more like it.

 

George used to be a good prospect at one time, today he looked more shot than ever. Good to hear he hung up the gloves.

 

One, he wasn't universally acknowledged if I didn't acknowledge him. Fact. Two, Lampley and RJJ are a bunch of shameless cheer leading ass kissers. Those two bitches ought to be holding a pair of pompoms instead of a microphone. Besides, it's their job to say ridiculously favorable things about fighters on their network. Three, Lomachenko is a profoundly gifted boxer, but that doesn't change the fact that Walters is warm dog****.

Everyone's refusal to back off their earlier praise of Walters is bordering on the bizarre at this point. He didn't win a single ****ing round. He's not a great fighter. People need to accept the obvious. It's not that Lomachenko is the second coming of Christ. Walters was just never that good.

 

The universe doesn't give the smallest of fuks about your opinion in this instance. The universe doesn't even notice you.
When the universe bothers to contemplate you at all, it sees you you as an elephant might notice a tiny bacteria on a mosquito's anal pore.

RJJ has more boxing knowledge in one drop of his ball sweat than you appear to have gleaned in a lifetime.

OK , you got one half-sentence right, but even a broken clock is right a couple of times every day.

No.

He was a universally acknowledged world class, undefeated, elite boxer.

It only seems that way to you in the context of your utter lack of knowledge and judgment in this matter.

Walters IS a great fighter. He didn't win a single round because he was facing the best fighter on the planet at this point.

 

Fuck me man... what do you call a 'dominant' performance then? Loma even said he was gonna start slow and he still did enough in every round to ensure in was in the bag, and when he started shifting through the gears there was nothing even remotely competitive in this fight. If I was you I'd focus a little more on Walters' inactivity and the fact that maybe he looked a bit off pre-fight, at least you might be able to sell that angle.

 

I was actually impressed with Walter's D and patience over the first three rounds, and that's what made Loma's subsequent dismantling that much more impressive. Once he accelerated and began to connect after performing his patented step-around maneuver, Walters was done.

Pretty scary way to make a competitive, world-class fighter seem absolutely clueless.

 

True. I just don't think that Walters is as completely one-dimensional as I suspect he'll be portrayed by some critics after this fight. I suspected that Loma's technical acumen and fluidity would prove the difference- but I didn't expect it to unfold in quite that manner.