Premature coronation: might it be that *none* of the lightweight "four kings" end up HOF worthy?

Not sure why they were anointed ''The Four Kings'' in the first place

Lopez is the only one of them who actually did something of note and he's a massive weight bully who only took the fight because he's way bigger than natural 126 pounder Loma

'He’s better off at 130 or 126. “I think that 135 is too heavy for him. I think that he’s too sluggish at 135. But let’s see, man. Let’s see what this whole one-year rest does for him.

“I’m a big 135 pounder. I can be fighting at 140 right now. I’m very comfortable at this weight. Everything that this man does do that they say, he’s decreasing. I’m not even in my prime yet and I’m out here just outdoing guys. He’s on his way out, and it’s showing. Your body can only take so much damage, and I guarantee you we’re going to put some damage on this man.”

“He’s on the way out of the sport and 135 is just too big ,” the Honduran-American said.

Lomachenko, 32, started his career in 2013 as a 126-pounder. Lopez, 23, has fought at 135 since he turned pro in 2016.

''I think that he's on his way out. I really do believe that and 135 is just too much of a big weight class for him''

''If you look at the Luke Campbell fight, you can see there is just a lot of wear-and-tear on his body.

“I look at it like this—maybe this whole COVID-19 year helped him out. Maybe he needed it. That way he can probably at least hang in there a little bit with me. It’s going to be a great fight. I just look at the facts. You see a fighter who has gone up in weight class. Sometimes they go up too much where their body isn’t used to it, or the weight class is too big for them.''

“This man has had over 400 fights. I have over 150 fights. I’m 23. I’m going to tell you this, when I get to camp, oh man, my body aches sometimes. If I’m 23 and dealing with stuff at this age, I can only imagine what he must be going through at 32 with over 400 fights.”

''I'm not going to have a 126 pounder come out here and try and take over on me. I'm a big guy''

“A lot of people talk very highly about him. But if you look at it, there were so many mistakes he made against Luke Campbell. Loma tries too hard to make everybody think he can still do it, even though he’s 32 years old.

Interviewer: ''Lomachenko is small for the weight class''

Teofimo: ''Very!''

''No 126 pounder is beating my son'' --Teofimo Lopez Sr.

Day of the weigh in

Lopez looking like a sunken-eyed cadaver slurring his words, Loma looking the picture of health. Loma looked healthy on the scales down at 126 for goodness sake

''Skinny Fimo now, but then you get the monster tomorrow''

''By tomorrow I'm going to look like a different man. A whole new man''

--Teofimo Lopez

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Twink's resume is pure PBC smoke and mirrors albeit he's very talented

Already broken down in depth

Haney, another massive weight bully, has only beaten a well past prime near 36 y/o inactive Linares who he's way bigger than and who hadn't fought in 15 months (keep that same energy), was 3-2 in his previous 5 fights, both loses via KO, one to an injured natural 126 pounder and he was badly hurt by Linares and saved by the bell. And he couldn't even wobble Linares even though the later had been stopped in all five of his other losses and has a reputation for being chinny.

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Who else has he beaten? A shot beyond belief 39 y/0 tiny Cuban leprechaun's son Gamboa who he's way bigger than and who was always chinny even back during his prime and facing fighters his own size. Again, even though Gamboa has a reputation for being chinny, has been dropped in something like 10 or 11 separate fights and IIRC been down at least 20 times in total, and who should be 7-5 at 135, he couldn't even wobble him despite throwing everything bar the kitchen sink at him all night.

Garcia's entire claim to fame is beating an inactive Luke Campbell in his backyard (Garcia's) who hadn't fought in like 17 months. Good win and stoppage but he was dropped heavily (albeit to be fair it was a good shot and contrary to what some believe Luke can really crack) and unlike Loma, who is a natural 126 pounder who was giving away huge physical advantages to Luke and a lot of weight, Garcia is a natural 135 at the very least with a very big and lengthy frame.

People conveniently forget that Loma hurt the way bigger Campbell badly numerous times, dropped him, and the later had to hold on for dear life and rugby tackle Loma to the ground to avert getting stopped.

Not saying ''The Four Kings'' aren't talented. They are but it's incredibly insulting to the real Four Kings to even mention their names in the same book as them, let alone the same chapter, page, paragraph or sentence given how little they've done and achieved and as I keep saying it's a different ballgame when you start facing world class fighters and champions your own size, let alone ones who are much bigger, longer, stronger, and more powerful than you. Completely different.

 

The HoF is really hard to predict. Someone could make it in terms of standards then kill someone and no joy...someone could do the biz and have three bad back to back losses and nah, past prime or no. It's really difficult to predict.

But it is possible, yeah.