In Their First 10 Pro Fights, Who's Been More Impressive? Vasyl or Floyd?

There's really no comparison to be had here. Loma may have only achieved a fraction of what Floyd has so far but there simply isn't a case to be made for Floyd's first 10 fights being better than Loma's. Floyd's seventh fight was against some bloke with a 12-15 record, Loma was crowned two division world champ after the same milestone. The real comparison will be of Loma's next 39 fights.

 

No one in the history of boxing has had the level of opposition Loma has in the first ten fights.
In a scale from 0 to 10 I rate Lomas first ten fight resume 10 and Floyds 6. With that said, Floyd was 19 when he made his pro debut and had much less amateur experience

 

Lomo is an amazing fighter. Offense, defense, footwork, toughness, and power.

 

a more apt comparison would be the first 4 years of their respective careers. Considerably closer that way (Floyd started off way slower but picked up steam in his 2nd year... Edge to Lomachenko since he won belts in two different weight classes in that span - also beat a very game Russel Jr. in only his 3rd pro fight. All that said.... 2 years before reaching world title level is still pretty good, safe and acceptable, so the route Floyd took should not be slated. That's probably the preferred and safer method for most blue chippers(Joshua and Usyk took this route) in all honesty. It's only a problem when you're a highly touted prospect 4-5 years into your career and still crushing tomato cans before getting a gift title shot like a certain someone was.

 

Floyd is a level above Loma, period.

 

A better comparison would be Floyd's resume at 29 Vs Lomachenko current resume.

 

Come on now

Loma is pretty unique in how quickly his pro career developed. Even other fighters with very long, successful and extensive amateur careers (though not as brilliant as Loma) didn't have such a quick rise as Loma as a pro.

I'm wondering if the long amateur careers caught up with fighters like Donald Curry and Terry Norris, both of whom reportedly had hundreds of amateur fighters, and were shells of their former selves by the time they were 30. I recently rewatched the Keith Mullings fight and was shocked how slow Norris looked. Norris also was known to go all out in sparring.

GGG seems to be going pretty good despite a very extensive amateur career. He may be slipping at 35 and after all those fights. For now, I'll just give Danny Jacobs credit for doing better than expected and making it a very close fight on my card (GGG 114-113).

 

I don't think you can really compare after 10 fights, different ages, different stages of physical development and different levels of amateur experience when turning professional.

You might be able to compare ages but even that isn't really a gauge, fighters develope at different stages.

 

I assume if Lomachenko went pro after his first gold medal he would have taken a similar route to those before him.