Vassily Lomachenko Appreciation Thread

Yeah Loma was brilliant. But Mark Breland - greatest amateur?!

Breland isn't near the top of any Greatest Amateurs of all time list, when there's the likes of Lomachenko, Stevenson, Lazlo Papp, Oleg Saitov, Boris Lagutin, Felix Savon, Jerzy Kulej, Julio César La Cruz.

 

Yeah I know he was a good amateur and the best American one. But his achievements are not up there with the fighters I listed, who have much more Gold medals in major tournaments. He would have to have stayed in the amateurs longer and won more medals to be in that discussion.

 

Mark Breland wasn't even close to being the greatest amateur. Laszlo Papp, Loma, Savon, Lagutin, Kulej & a host of others are way ahead of Breland ..

 

Some of u are obsessed with losses.. Wilder was 42-0 at HW at one point .. so what.. LOL.. yes Breland won an Olympic gold but overall Brelands entire amateur record is actually very poor in terms of quality of opponents .. in fact it's dire:

https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/449

 

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Yep all time great fighter who was ducked by Tank Davis and Mikey Garcia in his prime.
Was also robbed against Devin Haney.

 

I've never been in awe watching a boxing match like I was watching Loma dismantle Walters. Loma has given me some of my favourite boxing memories so I'm sad to see him hang the gloves up, but it was good to see him go out on a high punishing Kambosos in his backyard. I can only hope I will be privileged enough to see a fighter as captivating as Loma again.

 

So African, if I'm reading between the lines. You're saying Loma is crying tears of relief because the Haney loss kept him from getting his ass knocked out by Tank Davis. LOL

 

Always going to be a touch of sadness because he suffered at least one screw job and another that probably should have gone his way. He dared to be great, and the thieves that run the sport wouldn't let him.