Lomachenko is on his way to become a great fighter but..

yeh iv allready made the big call, by the time he retires ill be saying he is the best fighter i have ever seen

 

B-Hop compared him to Prince Naseem in the way he uses his legs to generate his offense. Could you imagine what a early to mid 1990s Naseem vs current Loma would be like. The showboating, the gamesmanship, the footwork, would be unbelievable. Early Naseem vs current Loma, those dudes would box circles around each other . . .

 

No doubt, but I'm sure it would still be a very entertaining fight.

 

I know I know, everyone has their opinions.

 

Hamed was more explosive and was more heavy handed than Lomachenko. Naseem punched at crazy angles that would even surprise Lomachenko. Lomachenko spinning around opponents would certainly give the Prince something to think about and react to. I mean it would be an unbelivable fight.

As far as who's better, it's really hard for me to make that calucation. Prime Prince Hamed was otherworldly. Especially the early career of Naseem, like '92, '93 or '94, when he did everything with such ease. I just think Hamed would have such a speed advantage, that Lomachenko wouldn't be able to actually hit him. Though it would be fun to see him try.

 

I think it's up for debate, and probably deserves it's own thread. It would be an unbelievably entertaining fight. Just with the way that Lomachenko was doing all those hand gestures and showboating and what not vs Sosa (and Sosa doing some of his own too) got me thinking about the Prince and the showboating feinting duels we would see. I mean they'd probably psyche each other out with the speed that they could use to do that kind of stuff.

 

Lomachenko is as fast as Hamed and far better technically, also Lomo has beaten better comp already.

 

Lomachenko is in a different world, leagues above Hamed.

 

Hamed was otherworldly. Lomachenko is otherworldly. If you take the early 90s Prince and transport him into current day, we would see two worlds collide if the Prince fought Lomachenko. Lomachenko may be leagues above everyone else today, but I don't agree that he was leagues above Prince. Prince was leagues above anyone in his era.

Hamed had 10 KOs in his first 11 fights, all wins.

Of Prince's first 30 fights, he had 28 KOs and only 2 of those were decisions.

Lomachenko has only 6 KOs in his first 9 fights, including an L. Granted it was a title fight, and he's been in with better competition than Naz's early career, but still. Lomachenko has had more decisions already than Naseem had in his entire career until the last few fights of his career.

I think you really need to go back and watch Prince's early career, and visualize how that fighter would fare against Lomachenko. To say anyone is leagues above Hamed was back then is ridiculous.

 

No chance. He was completely outclassed by Barrera, it was a very one sided fight were he got dominated and embarrassed.
That fight speaks volumes for me, that was his stepping up to the elite and he failed miserably. and then retired early.
Great fighters like Lomachenko would NEVER be totally outclassed in that way.

 

So what if Hamed went 11-0 (10 )....look at the calibre of opposition.

 

I loved Prince Naz when I was a kid, watched the 2 videos I had of his highlights endlessly, I am a long term, big time Hamed fanboy. Having said that, I do believe Lomachenko is levels above him, he is more comparable to Roy Jones Jr like a couple posters before me have said, freakish ability.

Naz was 10 times the showboater he will ever be though.