Lomachenko's Legacy

Well, he did. He proved his talent and worth by winning above mentioned medals and then some. But unfortunately for him, no sanctioning body would grant him a title shot in his first fight. So he beat a top ranked WBO contender(not that I agree with the ranking) and challenged Salido. So he paid his dues and and got a ranking by beating a ranked guy.
Despite the loss, Loma clearly proved he belong at the championship level. He then went on to win his next 13 fights, all of which were title fights. Loma is 14-3 in title fights, meaning 17 of his 21 fights have been title fights.

Since you wanted to play the numbers game, I would like to present to you the Ring Magazine P4P top 10:
Inoue: 22 title fights
Crawford: 19
Usyk: 10
Canelo: 22
Beterbiev: 9
Beterbiev: 11
Spence: 8
Davis: 12, with the regular BS titles. Without it would arguably 4.
Rodriguez: 5
Nakatani 6

Just from a numbers perspective, it´s clear that Loma has earned his title shots since the Teofimo loss. Especially when considering that Loma was and still is widely accepted as one of the top lightweight contenders. He is one of the best in the world and deserves the opportunity to prove it. Unless you don´t want to see the best facing off vs the best.

 

He chose the right promoter and that's all there is to it. No other fighter in history has been able to bypass all the other ranked contenders and get multiple title shots. He didn't pay his dues in the pro game.

He is one of the best in the world, but that has nothing to do with how his career started. He's had ample opportunity to prove himself, and he could probably sign a fight with Shakur right now if he wanted to.

Where are you getting that I don't want to see him fight the best? You seem somewhat defensive when it comes to Loma and I don't really know why that is.

 

And I would like to bring up Kiko Martinez again.

Inoue got his first title shot in his 6th fight. He had not beaten any world ranked contenders.
Saul Alvarez was literally handed the vacant WBC 154lb belt. He signed a fight with Hatton at 150, and then WBC said: "hey, have this belt!" Hatton had never fought above 147
Shakur Stevenson has fought for 3 vacant belts. Emanuel Navarrete is fighting for his 3rd vacant belt.

I just find it laughable that you called Loma THE most privileged boxer in history. It´s just ridiculous.
Yes, he got a title shot early into his career without proving himself as a pro, but since then he has earned all of his opportunities.

 

There is a reason your Kiko Martinez analogy is being ignored. I will let you figure out why that is.

Did Inoue lose his title fight and get another immediate opportunity?

 

Great fighter who could not quite meet expectations, which to be fair were too high for what he is

 

No, explain to me how Kiko wasn´t privileged. If it´s so simple then you should have no issues laying out why.

And before this gets derailed, I have no issue with Loma being called privileged by how his career started. But to say that the rest of his career is undeserved is just ridiculous. And calling him the most privileged boxer of all time is just ignorance.

 

One of only a few fighters to setup camp in a weight division where he really is a lot smaller than the other guys, and still be seen as the best/one of the best in that division. Couple that with the fact that he also fought, and continues to fight the young guns of that division, despite being well into his 30’s. Sadly I think it’s this very hunger that brings out his detractors, as he lost to Teo (fairly) and Haney (unfairly).

It’s a strange one, because despite what he has achieved, if he doesn’t become undisputed, it will be seen as a real negative on his career, given his talent.

In summary a modern day great that could have achieved more.

 

Pete Rademacher disagrees with you.

 

His legacy isn’t done yet

He said he may fight another 1-3 years

If true, no more of this 1 fight a year nonsense, 2 fights a year, minimum

 

Did Pete ever fight for the title again, let alone in his very next fight?

 

He fought for the undisputed championship, in his first fight.

It took Lomachenko 19 fights to fight for his first undisputed championship against Haney.

 

If Loma was the most privileged they wouldn’t have put him in with Salido or GRJ to win his first belt lol. He would have picked off a bum like Roman Martinez.

 

Were there any other titles to fight for back then?

 

No, so he surpassed every single pro athlete to get a shot at the undisputed champion in his very first fight.

Loma didn't face an undisputed champion until his 19th fight.