I just watched Selby-Gradovich and I have to admit, he did better than I thought he would. An impressive performance. So now that he's a world champion how do you see him mixing it up against the other world champions in the feathweight division? Namely Nicholas Walters, Vasyl Lomachenko and Gary Russell Jr. Who do you think he has the best chance to beat and which is the most difficult fight for him?
Commentators mentioned that he's got a pretty good chin apparently, never been down or anything like and there are gym stories of him taking a good shot from bigger guys. If that's the case and he can take Walters' power I think he may give Walters some problems with his movement.
I can see Loma countering the **** out of him. I mean if you turn the sound off you will realize that Gradovich was able to time him quite often but he didn't have the power to get his attention. Loma is on another level and I think he will out-box him silly at that point. Walters will probably too big and powerful but I'm not sure for how long he will be able to make FW he looks huge. Russel is an interesting fight at that point and one that he can win. His handlers should aim for that fight eventually.
The commentatos were very biased throughout the night I noticed, they seldom called anything landed by the away fighter. I agree with you on Lomachenko, that's the fight I just don't see Selby winning at all, stylistic nightmare for him.
