Re-watching Loma-Linares

DoubleJab666 · Sep 2, 2018

PistolPat said: ↑

I disagree, he doesn't choose to fight offensively to be entertaining. His style allows him to have the success he has because of his offense. Pot shotting off the back foot won't bring him the same success. He dictates his fights, watch the Salido fight and you'll see him fighting off the back foot during a lot of the fight.

Even in the Linares fight when Linares went in and threw combinations he got some good shots in. However when Loma crowds him, there isn't much Linares can do. His side to side shuffle also consists of leaning on his opponents to prevent them from hitting back, preventing counters and putting him in a favorable position to throw a punch before they can locate him and get back into an upright stance.

Now watch this first video and you'll see his most powerful tool is taking away the opponent's vision. This would be much harder to do off the back foot.

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Next look at his jab, breaks guards, sets trap, and is also used as a parry. He is better going forwards than backwards because he sets traps and has a set up for every scenario.

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I didn't say he boxes the way he does primarily to be entertaining. That's a byproduct of his preferred style, obviously...

Ted Spoon · Sep 2, 2018

Compared to a Mayweather, Lomachenko uses his body and head as bait and likes to 'move the fire' if you'll pardon the Atlas-ism, but the marks he gets are cosmetic. When Linares floored him it had a lot to do with overconfidence.

Badbot · Sep 2, 2018

mrtony80 said: ↑

In slow motion, rewind, no sound...you know how we boxing fans do. I didn't quite notice it on fight night, but Lomachenko got hit a lot in this fight, and with several combos. He was even slightly staggered a few times, and of course, dropped. He definitely came through in the clutch, but he got hit more cleanly in that fight than all his others combined.

*still, that guy is dope as hell. His footwork is pure art.
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Linares was the best he ever fought. And Linares was able to time him.
Timing and speed are a killer combo.
But Loma, like always, took over and broke the opponent down.

Dirsspaardis · Sep 2, 2018

22JM said: ↑

You didn't answer my question??
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I rest my case.

Paranoid Android · Sep 2, 2018

slender4 said: ↑

They weigh in 34 hours before the fight now. Everybody cuts big. The only three guys of the last decade who fight around their walk-around size have been May, Pac, and Rigo. That's about it.
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Don't include Mayweather. Only Pacquiao and Rigo.

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