Genuinely curious, who was "exposed" more, Inoue for getting caught by a massive puncher in an ATG Donaire (who had never lost at bantamweight), keeping calm under pressure, dominating the fight towards the end and knocking down his opponent (and arguably getting robbed of a stoppage), or Lomachenko, having difficulty with a bigger, taller, and longer gold medalist in Luke Campbell and having to work his way to the inside, eating punches while he did it...before dominating the later rounds and knocking his opponent down? These exposed arguments are so stupid. Anyway, I have no idea. Both have good wins under the belt and came up 3 weight classes looking to unify at their current one respectively. I guess I'll go with whoever gets it done first?
Neither were exposed. We expect everyone to dominate like Mayweather, but the truth is it's just hard to live up to that. Was Pac exposed when he lost to Horn? Nah, just a bad night and bad style match up. It's just nearly impossible to be perfect, even Floyd had one off-night against Maidana from his break out in 2006 to 2017.
Inoue was clearly hurt, seriously hurt by Donaire. His ability to survive is admirable but I had not seen this before by Inoue. It showed me he is not the fighter I thought he was. That, for me, equates to exposure.
So are you saying that whenever a highly regarded fighter gets hurt by another fighter that they expect to beat you would consider that being 'exposed'? Not every fight is supposed to be a walk in the park, no matter how good people regard you as. To me it just sounds like you aren't giving Donaire, who is a great HOF fighter, any credit for his admirable performance and giving Inoue a tough challenge. Inoue was hurt for a few seconds but never once was he in trouble, and he showed toughness and heart. That, to me, is not being exposed.
Pac didn't lose the Horn fight. That was a gift. But Pac shouldn't be fighting anyway. A shell of what he used to be.
Did Loma getting hurt by Campbell and knocked down by Linares show you that he's not the fighter you thought he was or did you just hold Inoue to a way higher standard? Inoue was never seriously hurt and dominated the majority of fights with a severely bad injury. Nonito had 2-3 good rounds which he clearly won, but Inoue took back control of the fight and got robbed of a stoppage also.
Likewise, Loma showed unexpected vulnerability against Campbell, not against Linares, though. It showed that Loma is slowing down a bit in his fight against Campbell. It was a flash KD against Linares and he bounced back in a hurry despite the damaged shoulder to stop Linares, so, yes, in his fight against Campbell he showed me "he's not the fighter" I thought he was but not so with Linares. But, more significantly, it shows that Loma doesn't belong at the higher weights. He should stay at 130, even though he can still win at 135.
