Yeah Haney ducked the rematch but that doesn’t deter from the fact that Loma doesn’t want that Shakur work.
Without the two knockdowns, slick featherfisted southpaw Ruben Villa would've had a draw, or in reality, a win, since he was winning both of the rounds he was knocked down in. As much as I like Ruben, on his best day he's not even in the same stratosphere as Loma. Loma stops him in 5.
Funny that these youngsters suddenly found their nuts now that Loma is mid 30's and above his natural weight.
Navarrette is hard as nails and awkward as f..... He tees off long and from all angles and lands plenty of them too, as Valdez found out.
Loma wins an easy decision, Navarette has a great chin but his footwork just isn't good enough to trouble someone like Loma.
Loma got to go through all these killers like Teofimo, Haney, Twink who he would've fought had the later not been ducking him like crazy for seven years, Shakur etc. even though he's a tiny for the division blown up 126 pounder who is routinely giving away huge physical advantages at that weight that no one else in the P4P top 10 is least of all any of them And they're all much or way bigger than him And he's got to fight them in their country with their obligatory home ref and three home judges where he's already been robbed twice by said crooked refs and judges and screwed over numerous other times by them (the MD against GRJ, the criminally wide card against Teofimo etc.) and even if he does enough to beat the next one he's going to get robbed again And even worse, he's the one who has done all the heavy lifting and put in all the hard work for them winning three of the four belts individually on the road in a division full of giants he doesn't belong in. Meanwhile none of these clowns are fighting each other or facing opponents who weigh 2-3 divisions more than them (or 4 in Haney's case). Most of them aren't even beating champs their own size or 1 division more than them, let alone 2 or 3 divisions more Haney hasn't ever beaten a single world champ close to his size yet Shakur never defended his belt at 126 because he was massive for the weight and he only managed 1 at 130 IIRC before he lost his title on the scales due to not being able to make that weight As said, Loma won three of those belts individually and then massive weight bullies Teofimo and Haney picked them up in one fell swoop against fighters they're much bigger than And then after coming so close to achieving his dream he had to restart from scratch and when he did receive his shot again (when he was an old past his best 35 with a lot of wear and tear on his body) he was robbed blind in Haney's backyard. Now I see many calling for him to start from scratch all over again trying to win them all individually yet again after that coward Haney ducked the rematch against him just like Salido and Teofimo did. Start from scratch when we all know, as must he for sure by now, that even if he does pull it off he'll get robbed again. He's never once received an opportunity to avenge any of his losses even though they were all against opponents who weighed 2 or 4 divisions more than him and one should be a win and the other a DQ win or a win on points at absolute worst and the only reason he has 2 of those losses is because of corruption rearing its ugly head again Do you have any idea how demoralizing all that must be, let alone for a 35 y/o past prime vet who has spent 30 years of his life doing grueling training and fighting for most of that time? A 10 year younger Loma would spank the lot of them. Even a 5 year younger one would but that smoke they would not want. Hell out of here get! This content is protected
If Loma still plans on being undisputed, he might as well move to 130. Once Tank gets a hold of a belt, thats all she wrote on Loma’s chances of unifying. He would make easy work of Navarrete. El Vaquero can get away with that off balance style against lesser fighters, but a fighter with quick feet and angles will lead to knockdowns from jabs alone.
I would like to see my guy Loma retire. Arguably never lost a pro fight, accomplished a lot in the sport and easily goes down as an ATG. At this point of the game, I just don't see much left for him to do. I don't think he beats Shakur Tank or Inoue and even if he beats Navarrete, I don't think that does anything for his legacy.#teamLOMA
Who would win between Vernon Forrest and Ricardo Mayorga? Who would win between Zab Judah and Carlos Baldomir?
Loma in that age range 36 much like Donaire, GGG and Kovalev where you see the noticeable decline.They get bossed around by younger up and comers.It’s a vicious cycle.Navarette is prime and it’s a young man sport.He has a chance indeed if Loma expected natural decline of athletes, it’s called “Father time” continues.