Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jorge Linares.

Loma would have him out of there in 5 rounds. Too much skill, speed, defense and intelligence.

 

disagree.

 

Ok

 

I have to favor Linares as Lomachenko has never fough at 135

 

fair enough

 

Linares has terribly fragile skin.

 

Linares is an extremely schooled fighter, very on Par with Lomachenko skillwise and would definitely have a shot at pulling the upset. That fight would be big at LW.

 

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This is a great match-up but Linares can be hurt and can be stopped - all of his loses have been TKOs. But he's got the skills and punch variety to give Loma a tough night. However, right now I find it hard to pick against Loma even though that confidence is slightly mitigated by the fact he would have to go up a division to make this bout. I'm seeing a very late TKO for Loma...

 

I don't know if Loma's power is that devastating, to be honest. Everyone knows Linares Achilles heel is his ability to cut just by looking at him, and I think that would be the only shot Loma has at getting a stoppage imo. I know he's been down before(Linares), but he's corrected a lot of his mistakes and his defense has improved immensely. I'd love that fight first, then winner vs Mikey!!

 

I was thinking of a wearing down kinda stoppage. You're right Loma doesn't have one-punch KO power but he's very accurate and his footwork is relentless in creating openings. And although Linares handled Crolla comfortably - despite the UK commentators calling it a close fight when it so wasn't - I couldn't see Crolla making it to the final bell against Loma. And yeah, I know that's a triangle theory but they do give a little bit of insight. So piecing it together - three loses already by TKO, Loma's accurate, hurtful punching and how I would see him dealing with Million Dollar if they fought - I'm not sure Linares sees the final bell. But don't get me wrong, I think he's a fabulous talent and very underrated. Maybe by me....

 

I picked this as my favourite potential match up at 135. Linares is a slick operator who can give Lomachenko real problems from a technical standpoint. Sure he has vulnerabilities but he's been really slept on in recent times. I mean he entered the ring against Crolla as the underdog ffs.

 

Yeah that was absurd to have Crolla as the betting favorite over Linares. I bet the people who bet on Crolla were kicking themselves in the bum after the first couple of rounds.