Mikey vs Loma is way closer than I thought.

His frame is far bigger than Loma's. When they were on the scales and h2h and turned to face camera his body width was huge compared to Loma's, I was concerned the size and skill Linares brought could be a prob for a while

 

Loma should stay at 135 permanently imo

 

Hopefully challenges from below come up, because LW isn't very stacked, loma will dominate it for years if he wanted too.

 

I love Mikey, but I don’t think he has the speed to box with Loma and I don’t think he has the temperament to walk him down and take shots to give his own. Anything can happen, If be pulling for Mikey but it’s hard for me to imagine him outboxing Loma for any consistent stretch of time.

 

I also would love to see a Linares vs. Mikey fight!

 

Mikey has not been as impressive at 140 as he was before..................Lomachenko can out box Mikey, the Linares fght was a really good preparation for a fight with Mikey........................the judges are against Lomachenko because he is Eastern European, Oscar's judges were there for Linares tonight................

 

Mikey has to make it a dog fight and punch through loma's guard. He can do it because conventionally he's very good. A great conventional boxer will always beat a great unorthodox boxer the majority of the time. Loma is both conventional and unorthodox which makes it an interesting matchup. I do feel though Garcia can use his power to get through Loma's guard. It's a tough one.

Although, I'm not sure the fight even happens at this point given the politics behind it.

I'm not a Mikey Garcia fan because his style to me is bland to watch. He does however have good power and he's very, very good from a conventional boxing standpoint.

The argument on Lomachenko's size vs Linares. He was the shorter man but ''frame wise'' he wasn't significantly smaller. It was a great win, though.

I think it's a close fight but Lomachenko's movement may befuddle Mikey. I think personally if i was Lomachenko i'd try to create a legacy in the weight class he's in.

I'm a bit confused is Mikey Garcia still at 140 or is going back down to fight Robert Easter?

 

Yeah good size difference in frame when they faced the camera at the weigh in. Loma I don't think should climb anymore, he hasn't the frame to add extra weight

 

In the ring the difference was more negligible after rehydration.

I'm staying neutral on Lomachenko. I think he's great and elite n' all but no fighter is perfect. I won't fanboy a fighter. He's one fight away from cementing himself as an ATG.

I don't think the Rigondeaux win is that special considering. This is his best win to date vs Linares.

I don't like how some of the white posters on here will hate the black fighter and vice versa. Both hypocrites. This happens with some users who dislike EE's and you get users who'll critique the black fighter every time. The same bias happens with youtube boxing channels.

I think Mikey can beat him with the right gameplan and vice versa. He should stay at 135 and fight old Pac at 138 and 140.

I think it's a ''lose lose'' though for Lomachenko but it would help build his name if he fought Pacquiao and beat him. Unless Lomachenko beats him well (which he probably will) then it'll catapult him higher into the fan and media eyes.

 

This is only Lomachenko's 12th fight, he will learn from the fight with Linares, great preparation for Mikey. However, I wish he would have cleaned out the 126 and 130 divisions first...............

 

This!

If Mikey was taking Broner's shot and wasn't fazed I don't see how Loma can get Mikey's respect if he won't be able to hurt him. If Maidana said Broner hit him the hardest then that should be an indication that Mikey won't be bothered by anything Loma throws.

I think Mikey will be too big for Loma.

 

Who has taylor beat that makes you think would be able to do that?