I think that you are wrong on this one. It's about skills period and I think that Haney can box with Loma, mentally and physically. The only thing that Haney lacked was assurance that he could go hard for 12 rounds. Kambozo, erased that doubt and now Haney is confident in his skills and his stamina. It's a 50/50 fight but Loma has to come with his A game and that's a fact.
Was one now a while back and is now an aged fighter. Loma will get the raw end of the deal from Devin.
Usyk, Golovkin, Beterbiev, AJ, Shields, Bivol, Klitschko, Holyfield, Ibragimov, Povetkin, Lewis don't agree with you.
Of course performing well in the amateurs is a good thing, but winning a gold medal doesn't mean one fighter is better than another in the pros. Just ask Duran, Robinson, Mayweather, Marquez, Morales, Barrera. I would bet there are more good to great pros that have not won Gold medals than those that have.
Jesus wept! Loma is the most skilled fighter in the game bar none and Huggy Bear Jab 'n Grab Haney isn't fit to lace his boots in that regard. The fact that anyone would even argue otherwise is bizarre beyond words. The only reason Haney might possibly win is because he's a freaking 147 pounder fighting at 135 and Loma is a 126 pounder fighting at 135 and because the later is almost 35 and past his prime. The size difference between them is obscene. He weighs at least three divisions more than Loma and has a near six inch reach advantage over him and that's just ring weight. In terms of natural size the disparity is even bigger. If Loma weighed just one weight class less than Haney he would stop him 10 times out of 10, let alone if they were the same size as each other. Now imagine what a Loma who weighed three divisions more than him would do to him. Loma would absolutely destroy him in a few rounds. Loma and Inoue are separated by five divisions This content is protected Now look Two fighters campaigning in the same division but the size difference between them is vastly more than it is between Loma and Inoue despite the fact Inoue campaigns at 118 This content is protected
Yeah, not a gold. If you go back to my OP I was referring to gold medals. Does Loma's 2 gold medals means he beats Mayweather or Duran at 135 at the pro level? Great match ups by the way. Of those 3, Loma is #3 in my book. All opinion and hypithetics, one can argue and with good cause, Loma is #1 of those 3.
There are more spelling and grammatical errors I should be seeing in am adult's post on this site. Go Lomachenko.
@Braindamage Haney is no Mayweather. I saw him against Linares. Linares beat him like a senior student beats a primary school junior at certain moments during the fight. Haney will know what level he really is at and will stay away from Olympic gold medalists in the rest of his career after he meets his demise at the hands of Lomachenko.
Agreed. I posted after the 2nd Kambosos fight that the Loma of 3-5 years ago beats Haney in a 11-1, 10-2 type fight. Now I say it will be closer. 8-4 type fight. Loma is no joke. Just wish he turned pro after his 1st gold medal. Also wish he fought more. I just can't go against Loma in a Haney fight. But in all fairness to Haney. I see him doing the right things to achieve greatness. Fought 2 consecutive fights in the opponents back yard and winning the belt on the road. Now fighting Loma at only 23. He has a chance to be great if he keeps doing these type of things.
