Vasyl Lomachenko VS Jose Luis Castillo

That one's not even a question. Chavez possesses refined (if inconspicuous) footwork and understanding of angles, and is a certified master of bodying you out of center ring behind a jab. It took a physically very strong, natural JWW to hold him off and negate that to any significant extent in Chavez' prime. Loma and Taylor are comparable in some stylistic respects, but the Ukrainian lacks the physical strength to resist Chavez' bodily expertise, and Loma would be clueless when put in that back foot scenario. Chavez could box in a variety of ways (see the Lockridge fight), pressure isn't his only capability or forte, but it's his signature one, and he has sublime reading comprehension and timing, precision and calm in the trenches and an insane array of deep-seated technical skill differential over Loma in that position. Lomachenko's body would suffer badly on his way to a very clear UD or stoppage loss (depends on how tough and defiant he is).

 

Castillo was only ever JCC's understudy/sparring partner at his best, a poor man's version of boxing's Caesar. It's a testament to Chavez' high quality that those words aren't nearly as denigrating to Castillo as they may sound.

 

I mean, I pick Loma but we do need to see him in with an intense pressure fighter to really know how he'll do against that style again. I'm quite sure he'd do well but we need to see it

 

Time will tell but Loma will become the p4p 1 and he will do so easily. I see him dominating up to 140. He would befuddle Castillo

 

Lomachenko No Mases Castillo.

 

To call Salido low skilled it a little churlish, I would say. He did lose. The idea that it means he can never beat a pressure fighter again however is frankly absurd. Did you assume the 'Edwards' style would be something that Badou Jack constantly unravels to? Adonis Stevenson has great power in his left hand. Haye is a bigger puncher though, so knowing Bellew got KO'd by a lesser puncher would mean he loses to Haye right?

Facts are facts, he lost. That doesn't change. Would you pick Salido in a rematch? He's come out of retirement, so assuming he doesn't turn it down again we could well see it

 

I dunno man, are we forever gonna judge Pac's skills based on the Agapito fight? It was his 2nd fight.

 

He actually handled it well for one pro fight! Imagine how he'd fair after 10!

 

No version of Salido beats the Lomachenko of the last year. Period. End of story.

Fatigue, moreover, had nothing to do with the final rounds of the first fight. Quite simply, Lomachenko began to let his hands go and, equally important, move his feet. Lomachenko "lost" the first fight--I believed then and still believe it should have been scored a draw--for two very simple reasons: 1) his pacing early in the fight was overly conservative; 2) his corner, for some inexplicable reason, advised him to tie Salido up when the veteran Mexican employed his bull-rush tactics, rather than use his brilliant footwork to maneuver into counterpunching position.

The former mistake is understandable; the kid was fighting in his first 12-round championship fight against an opponent known for getting better as a fight wears on. The second mistake, in my opinion, is unforgivable.

Finally, let's stop acting as if Salido somehow dominated the fight or won a decisive victory. With all the low blows, goon tactics, and coming in overweight, Salido squeaked out a very narrow decision.