Loma: "I fight clean"

Why do you do this?

That was a response to Max Kellerman asking him why he didn't punch back below the belt, to which he responded "I am a clean fighter, I fight straight".

Loma wasn't looking for any excuses last night, he took it like a champ.. I expect him and his team to go back to the drawing board and come back much better.

 

Well he needed to fight dirty.

 

Loma received a second warning in the mid rounds for excessive holding. He continued to hold for the next few rounds afterwards, but wasn't docked a point for it.

And as I mentioned in another thread, the majority of Salido's body work was completely legal, right on the belt line and he made a concerted effort to target Loma's pelvic region. Maybe a few of those shots could be considered "low blows," but if the referee can't see it or won't warn the fighter, why exactly should he change his style that was obviously working quite effectively for him?

Loma just learned the difference between taking on tomato cans in the amateurs and taking on a professional fighter who has 15+ years of experience. Hopefully this lesson will humble him and his management and they bring him along a little bit more slowly.

 

This. Throw low blows back if the ref is a **** like he is.

 

Pro ranks can be dirtier and are much tougher as are the men Compared to amatuers. if hed had maybe 12 fights against decent fighters he would have had a better chance to deal with a tough old pro in salido

 

He needs to dump his dad and get some pro corner help

 

He shouldn't have gone on with the fight when the cheating scumbag failed to make weight.

 

Well he learned the hard way. Many fighters have lost early on and gone on to have great careers. Glad this happened really, he wont be afraid to lose his 0 and maybe the hype will calm down a bit now.

 

Good for him but he still sucks

 

This isn't a tickling contest.

 

i dont get it when fighters say I fight clean. What are you meant to be proud of this?

Its about winning and that is the only thing that matters.

 

Well Lebron also said - I don't flop
Doesnt mean its true

 

You say that he had no answers for Salidi inside, yet when he started to get aggressive late in the fight he was destroying Salidi on the inside, nearly knocking him out in the 12th

To me Lomachenko was too gunshy and conservative early in the fight to do anything effective. He looked scared of Salido, and bear hugged him whenever he came close to him. I think getting hit a bit showed him Salido wasn't as scary as he first thought, and he mounted a late offensive, but it wasn't enough

 

respect.

it was cole's fault that salido was allowed to keep doing it over and over again.