IMO it's the best fight at 135 currently. 50/50 fight. I think Haney pulls thru 115-113, but Lomachenko will have his moments. How do you see the fight playing out?
Loma will be 35 pretty soon , Haney is 23, with excellent boxing skills and a height advantage and a big 6 inch reach advantage. A few years ago I might have went with Lomachenko but Haney has the tools to beat him at this point.
Loma started way too late. Way overhyped. If he loses this he'll go down as one of the most over rated ever. People call him an ATG after like 13 fights ffs... then he lost to Lopez lol.
This was Lomas last performance 8 months ago. are you guys even follow boxing ? This content is protected
Loma dominated a tough massive punching KO82% former world champion at 135 who, like Haney, weighs three divisions more than him on fight night, with the exception of Kambosos who clearly can't deal with boxers as evidenced by his SD wins over a shot very inactive Bey and past prime career 126 pounder Selby, Haney dominating shot super chinny senior citizens and career 126 pounder leprechauns all of whom he's way bigger, heavier and longer than (and he's a lot bigger than Kambosos too) and only washed Linares is a puncher. Look what Loma did to the way way bigger, heavier and longer and very tough Nakatani too. This content is protected Loma slaying prime teak-tough huge punching giants who are two-three divisions heavier than him and who hold huge physical advantages over him, Haney slaying light-hitting leprechauns and senior citizens who he's two divisions heavier than and who he holds huge physical advantages over. Big difference
Haney is gonna be favored at this point but let's not discount Loma just yet. I wouldn't be surprised if Loma manages to pull off another performance of a lifetime.
At this point I would still favor Lomachenko. Haney may still be too green to take on someone of that caliber. Sure Haney beat Kambosos but Kambosos isn't anywhere near being a P4P fighter, and I don't mean any disrespect to Kambosos. Tough call for Haney's manager right now. Take the risk and beat Loma and Haney steps closer to being mentioned in P4P talks. If he loses and loses big, they just sent him back to square one with a beating or loss he may not mentally recover from.
Your points are well taken but Nakatani is as crude a fighter as they come , Haney is the opposite skill wise.
This is true but, like Commey, he's absolutely massive, also like Commey, a legit power puncher at 135 against career 135 pounders Gamboa was 39, way smaller than Haney, shot to bits, very chinny in his prime against fighters his own size, should be like 7-6 at 135, and had only stopped 2 of his last 12 opponents Linares was nearly 36, washed, a lot lighter than Haney, was 3-2 in his last 5, both losses via KO, one to a blown up 126 badly injured Loma, and he hadn't fought in 15 months Jojo is career 126 pounder, is way smaller and lighter than Haney, and like Gamboa had only stopped 2 of his last 12.