No. Currently watching his fight against Juan Carlos Martinez. Like I said, he seems to be more of a pure boxer than Verdejo.
Yes. So far Lomachenko is yet to face as skilled a boxer as Pedraza. Salido is a prototypical Mexican pressure master (slash dirty SOB) Russell is a speed demon, not really a pure boxer. Tatakhun is a busybody swarmer. Jose & Gammy Rodriguez are both passing fair boxer-punchers; neither is on Pedraza's level.
Eh, he can box, I'm not saying he's just another Berto or anything - but he also isn't SRL. Lomachenko was very much "the boxer" in their match-up, in a way that wouldn't be quite so true versus Pedraza.
i don't know if Pedraza has a greater ring IQ than Verdejo. Last night I saw a lot of good moves and countering by Verdejo. I think I rate Verdejo higher.