April 18th, 2020. Venue TBD. Unification with WBC (Lomachenko's first defense), WBA super (Lomachenko's fourth defense), WBO (Lomachenko's third defense) and IBF (López's first defense) world light weight titles at stake.
I’ve made bad predictions before I’m still here Loma is the better boxer obviously But he getting older and he getting hit more and he’s in the wrong weight class
lol I prefer to look silly than to go David Haye on every prediction and say "If (condition X) happens fighter A wins but if (condition Y) happens fighter B might stop him. A split draw is not a surprise either".
I trust that a sportman who preserves their body and be discipline with their daily lives can stay long in the sport. There are so many examples already in boxing. Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao, Hopkins, all still fight in the top level when they no longer young. Loma, however, is only 31 ffs and he is one of those athlete who takes care of his body prudently. He is probably still in his prime. Though I agree that 135 seems to much for him.
Loma will school him 12-0. Lopez will be stuck in the Matrix, and will require IT support from computer programmers in Bombay India to get him out of that glitch.
Teofimo's power it's legit. He will be the hardest puncher Lomachenko will have faced and Lomachenko's been looking more and more hittable. Lopez by come-from-behind KO.
Does anyone remember Canelo-Mayweather? Same thing happens here. The old vs the new, and old guys rule.
After watching him beating Commey for the world title, I must say I am impressed with Lopez. Not because he is stronger, but I see he actually did his homework. He fixed his defense and learn to fight carefully. Much improvement than the version we saw in the fight against Nakatani. At that time, it appeared to me that Lopez has no chance at all against Loma, especially when Loma managed to dominate a boxer with pretty much the same size as and longer reach than Lopez in Campbell. But now, he is more experienced and more formiddable defensively. However, it's Loma. A boxer whose biggest strength has been his mind, his intelligence. He is one of few boxers I've ever seen who knows how to fight power with techniques and tactics. With the resume Loma currently has in 135, I am still not convinced that Lopez has what it takes to take down Loma. So it'd be like 70:30 Loma for me.
