I still do not see it with Teo Lopez

Denial tends to blind people. Loma lost, Lopez did it. Now do you see?

 

he will get beat by a top level fighter with high output and a solid chin, or a banger with a fast trigger. luckily, those dont grow on trees, so it could be a while. hes too far along to teach him to fight with a high guard and remain comfortable, so he will always be vulnerable against a faster guy who can crack. he doesnt really have inside fighting technique other than let his fists fly with power when pressured, which will be enough for most because of his power, but not all. his natural physical ability is enough to trouble all except la creme. at 140, ramirez style would be the most problematic for him, but ramirez will be more open to his shotgun straights than the others. but the others dont push the type of pace that would tax teo enough to expose holes. so 140 should be really interesting for him. he gets wrecked at 147, today, tomorrow, and in 5 years.

 

Im a fan and think hes going to have a great career but i cant disagree with anything you really are saying. He has holes but what 23 year old doesnt? Look at Canelo when he was 23, a shell of himself compared to what he is now. I believe he`ll get better and be a major player at WW someday.

 

I agree with your analysis , especially how Lopez was getting hit later by Loma. It seemed all Lomachenko had to do was throw punches and Teo was there to be hit and he didn't respond that well to what I thought was basically arm punches with little leverage. Add to that Lopez seemed to be gassing out in a fight where little action was coming back at him. Now don't get me wrong, Lopez has power , some quickness and of course he boxed well early, but as I said it's easy to look good when nobody's throwing anything at you. I believe the #1 surprise in this fight was Loma's lack of punching and passive start. I mean geez! 321 punches thrown in a 12 round fight at lightweight!!!!!

 

Hes 23 years old and just beat many peoples P4P #1(albiet naturally smaller).

Hes destroyed the #3 guy in the division last year in 2 rounds.

Even his win over Tatli was under-rated as Tatli was broderline top 10 in the division when he did won every second of the fight before stopping him.

Destroting Magdaleno as a green ki was also impressive.

Thy guys given me no reason to doubt him so far.

 

Obviously Lopez isn’t the finished article, he’s 23 with 16 fights and just did 12 rounds for the first time. The fact he’s pre-prime and just beat an elite fighter convincingly shows you how high his ceiling his.

 

So you've been using a troll username waiting for him to take a loss to call him a ******?

 

You acknowledged that Lopez gassed and was hurt by arm punches from a much smaller guy not known for power, yet you pick him to KO Pac.



42 year old Pac has faster hands than both Loma and Lopez and he packs much more devastating power than Loma that's hurt/dropped guys 160+.

 

He did do some thing good in that fight. When Loma does his step around, he stepped with him. Loma had a lot of success with that in previous fights.

Lopez also used the counter right hand uppercut whenever Loma was in close. Loma has a tight high guard at all distances which is hard to penetrate with hooks in close but it cant block every shot. The uppercut was working really well, even in the rounds Loma won it stopped him from doing too much damage.

I dont think Lopez is in his peak or at his prime.

 

Will be interesting to see if he carries the power up to 140 and eventually 147. Him being able to make 135 with his frame has a lot to do with His punching power at 135.

What happens when he throws his best and the guy in front eats it and keeps coming? Can he adopt his game plan?

 

You can't call Lopez a weight bully.

He was probably 147 on fight night at best... That's under 15 pounds rehydration. Fairly standard.

Broner when he fought at 130 was a weight bully. Gaining 20 pounds and fighting small men of the division. Still got whooped by Ponce De Leon.

 

I agree 100%. Teo is good but he is a weight bully. As he moves up and he doesnt have size advantage he looks average

 

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that people seem to think that Loma just went 7 rds not understanding he actually needed to throw punches. Often the same people who have Loma as one of the best ever apparently think that Loma hasn't understood that you need to throw punches in boxing. Has anyone ever said of Michael Jordan that he just didn't understand that he needed to throw the ball in the direction of the basket? That Woods didn't understand that he needed to put the ball in the hole?

Can it really escape anyone that Lopez was the reason that Loma hardly had any offense during the first half of the fight?