Loma is natural Featherweight and was champion at Lightweight. If you praise Usyk for what he did you should praise Loma too. They're also not comparable at all. You can't compare HW/CW boxing to the smaller weight classes. Loma is a midget at 135 and still beats elite Lightweights. It's like saying Fluid Mayweather is a bad fighter or overrated because he couldn't knock out/down a Cruiserweight in Logan Paul. I do agree though...Usyks resume is fantastic and better than Lomas. If Usyk beats Fury he's one of the best fighters EVER in terms of legacy.
I've always rated Usyk over Loma. Loma is great but Usyk is more than great he's a once in a generation like fighter. The way he got beat up by Joshua with body shots then in the next round went right back at him and had Joshua in trouble was a sight to behold.
Depends better in what way.. he's not the magician loma is.. I've never see a fighter like Loma hes unique .. I just think smaller Fighters don't age as well and tend to rack up more injuries because they are capable of doing things larger weight Fighters aren't .. Loma was making dudes quit.. or Look at how he toyed with men like Commey , Usyks win over say Chisora cant stack up to that type of performance.. Usyk is phenomenal but his fights can be quite dull where as you are glued to the screen with Loma most of the time win or lose .. his footwork is the best in world sport not just in boxing.. the Lopez loss has hurt his standing thats why this is a topic now.. but i just think Usyks body isnt as brittle .. I can't see anything usyk does better than the little fella other than probably being less prone to injury..
I have always rated Usyk over Loma. Loma was just flashier and looked better in YouTube highlights, which attracted masses of casuals and Joe Rogan viewers. But Usyk has always been better.
Loma is very slightly better for me Loma is at home at 126lbs, he still is the best boxer on the planet for me p4p.
Beyond belief how many drank the Top Rank koolaid. Loma a good fighter, but no great one would lose to an over the hill B- swarmer like Salido with that padded 450 wins incl 7 under pro rules, nor get outboxed to a B+ novice, younger than he was when he lost to Saliddadio. Resume's good not great either with questionable cherry picks (BW Rigo) to green (T-Rex arm, Lopez) or good fighters caught at the right moment (Walters after layoff, Lineras at the twilight of his career, really passed Salido). And mind you: sLomo always was the A-lister, the one with the judges and the promoters' support, never the opponent. That's why he got a title fight he never earned the first place, then another after a loss he sure as hell never worked for. You can pay off title organizations but you can't buy a resume haha. The quality of Usyk's opposition is spectacular from any standpoint. Huck alone is better than anyone on sLomo's resume then there's the constant road warrior wins over Gassiev, the great Breidis, many unbeaten contenders and future champs and two-timing much larger Joshua for his 2nd lineal title. Loma's flashy but over-reliant on speed and rhythm, once Lopez matched speed, he easily 8-4'd him, once Salido cut the distance & rhythm, Loma could nothing to stop the smother and swarm. Prime Salido would've stopped him to the body. When distinctively different styles equally expose your witnesses and can't stop losing to B-fighters, and the other guy overcomes corrupt judges, hostile crowds, four divisions worth of extra weight and elite champions, you know who's more skilled. If you actually watch their adaptability, versatility, change-up based on challenge and overall defensive arsenal, you don't think Lomachenko belongs in the same sentence. Still a good fighter. Usyk is a genuine all-time great and behaves like one.
Loma looks better on the eye test and does some insane things that I've never seen any boxer do before, but Usyk is still undefeated and seems to be mentally the tougher and more adaptable fighter. So depends what you like.
