Hey if you want to use basketball excuses go for it. Whatever helps you sleep at night to cope with such a horrendous loss.
I don't think it was a factor... This content is protected many professional athletes have come out and said that the lack of fans have negatively affected their performance. It's sports entertainment. Athletes feed off of crowds. Some need the spotlight for that extra adrenaline. If a pitcher is staring down a batter w/ a 3-2 count and there are men on base with 2 outs, he's definitely more amped w/ tens of thousands of screaming fans than in an empty stadium. It's a real thing.
You know, while a hilarious "excuse" on its face, I have no doubt in my mind that some fighters definitely feed off the crowd and perform better with crowds than others, and likewise some fighters perform worse with no crowds. I mean if there was a crowd, maybe he would have gotten some boos in the early rounds when he wasn't throwing many punches which would have caused him to pick up his work rate. That could have caused him to run into some big punches also.
I don't think it was a factor... This content is protected many professional athletes have come out and said that the lack of fans have negatively affected their performance. It's sports entertainment. Athletes feed off of crowds. Some need the spotlight for that extra adrenaline. If a pitcher is staring down a batter w/ a 3-2 count and there are men on base with 2 outs, he's definitely more amped w/ tens of thousands of screaming fans than in an empty stadium. It's a REAL thing. I'm in sales, so I know all too well how the size of the audience affects me. Using a sales analogy: I can articulate a value proposition seamlessly and with 110% confidence and minimal prep if I am speaking to a manager or an Associate Director. I know I can overcome ANY objection to provide insight and solutions. But there have been been times when I've had to stand in front of an entire board of C-suite execs and it's a whole new ball game even though the messaging is exactly the same and I've done it a million times. Now I'm making sure, fighting, so my voice doesn't crack or my hands don't shake. I'm pacing, speaking a little slower, and using more hand gestures to mask physical nervousness. Avoid the laser pointer altogether because they can see that red dot bouncing around.
Thank you, I think most people on this thread haven't played sports lol or done something like you do in sales to know the affect a crowd has
Having no crowd can effect BOTH guys. Anyone who's played sports knows how the roars of the fans can pump you up, can help making a run or huge stop. It does energize you big time. But it's foolish to assume it would only work w/ one fighter.
Like I said earlier in the thread, Lopez is used to fighting with no crowd on the undercards, whereas Loma is not
Lomachenko can’t fight outside. And his gameplan for the first 6 was to fight outside. It’s no coincidence in the sixth he started to pressure. Teofimo wasn’t keeping him from it. Lomachenko losing this fight had little to do with Lopez imo (obviously his style posed it’s own issue’s for Lomachenko to a degree, a lesser fighter Lomachenko would probably have still beaten outside, but Lomachenko’s meager outfighting had a difficult time with Lopez’s level of outfighting). But I don’t want to take credit from the guy. Nothing but respect for him. Boxing needs fighter’s like Lopez and Lomachenko, willing to take the fights we want to see.
It's a big factor, think of the gym legends who couldn't rise to the occasion on fight nights, in the past. Frampton was **** when he fought in the bubble. No doubt it's hard for some top guys to get motivated without a crowd.
