Lomachenko with one arm fought the best version of Lopez to a draw. Taylor has looked awful for two years and should have moved up ages ago.
Once they feel the power and speed. It changes the game plan of both fighters. They become reluctant to engage the fight goes. Loma was wary early in the fight but TEO was gassed which allowed Loma for a late rally, scoring well with his said broken arm etc.Taylor looked like he was getting hit with solid shots was not just going launch in willy nilly. I thought TLO had Loma hurt in the 12th round as well. I will have to revisit that fight. It's clear he has power and speed round 1 to 12 and but doesn't have the gas tank.
He got lucky against an injured Loma and that fight still should have been a draw. The punk refused to give Loma a rematch even though Loma bent over backwards to make the fight. He knew he wasn't the better fighter. Taylor looked past his best but it was still a close fight. Tell me how this 'Great Fighter" lost to Kambosos and Martin (yeah that was a massive robbery).
In his core, Loma is an amateur who fought as an amateur too much to be a truly great pro. He's a greatly skilled pro, but he's not great at fighting pro. And Lopez used it. Injury schminjury, guys. You want to see someone who was both great at fighting amateur and pro, you look at Ward fighting Froch while injured. There's a difference-a substantial one.
He was better that night. Yes, he was. Loma had some great moments and his style is very aesthetically pleasing. But flashiness is not everything. Loma lacks something and that's why he has 3 losses in his record. He's overrated. He's no Floyd, or Pernell Whittaker. Unfortunate because he's way better to watch.
^^^Top 5 DUMBEST comment on this forum. And that’s saying ALOT. Congrats. Arguably the greatest amateur boxer in history with all four ‘losses’ he’s had in over 420 total fights razor thin and not without debate. Also all three of his professional ‘losses’ his opponent opted out of rematch if him. But he’s “Not that good” huh? Some individuals stupidity know no bounds.
Yep. Styles it is. And Teo kept Loma at distance, stopping and stalling and restarting. Showed the blueprint for loma now, and haney played it for a fix. Taylor was easy pickings for this Teo regardless of all the excuse made for him floating around here.
Lomachenko was injured and needed surgery on his shoulder a few days after the fight, and Taylor had looked bad in his last outing and the inactivity hurt him. Taylor was only fighting once a year since 2020 and had a pretty big lay off after Catterall fight which was over a year.