Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Orlando Salido RBR ~ Did Lomachenko Actually Lose Or Was He Robbed?

Here's @IntentionalButt's scorecard from the RBR.

Round 1

Lomachenko is doubling his right jab as both feel each other out. Salido is working the left jab high and low from outside. They are cautiously circling, wary. Lomachenko doubles a right jab and puts Salido in a corner with a left cross. Right hand on the chest by Salido stepping around Lomachenko away from the ropes.

10-9 Lomachenko

Round 2

Lomachenko is staying off the jab and low right hand of Salido, dancing in wide circles around Salido and tapping a few drum-rolls with the right jab off the side of Salido's head. Big looping right by Salido, caught on the shoulderblade and skidding up to a halt just under the jawline of Lomachenko. Clinch.

10-9 Salido

19-19


Round 3

Lomachenko is backing up and pawing right jabs. Body shots and hooks by Salido marching forward. Lomachenko is refusing to stand and engage, trotting backward as Salido swoops in and digs with uppercuts below the ribs. Lomachenko starts to fire a 1-2 stepping in, off the ropes, in the final half minute.

10-9 Salido

29-28 Salido

Round 4

Lomachenko is backing up and firing the right jab up at Salido's forehead but getting caught with two-fisted uppercut combos on the body, forcibly moving him around the ring. Lomachenko hops around Salido and crouches back, springing up with a smokescreen 1-2 but circling away quickly. Lomachenko is putting out a lazy right jab and Salido counters with a wide looping overhand right on the cheek.

10-9 Salido

39-37 Salido


Round 5

Lomachenko is raising his right fist up from a wide-legged crouch, waving it at Salido but not snapping the jab. Salido is pressuring slowly, looking to jab at Lomachenko's head to get him to duck straight down and then work him over with body shots while immobilized. Lomachenko is dancing around popping the right jab and jumping in to clinch. Salido taps him on the body in the clinches.

10-9 Salido, closer as Salido only scraped him with his body shots as Lomachenko spend most of the round pretty negative and got a couple of counters in.

49-46 Salido

Round 6

Lomachenko is sticking the right jab in Salido's face and jumping in to swallow him up in a hug before Salido can get off any body shots. Right upper-hook by Lomachenko circling in, backing out with a jab, then leaping in to hold again. Lomachenko is moving and jabbing, then parachuting in and clinching. Salido is bowling in body shots coming forward, back arched, but landing mostly low blows. Right hook by Lomachenko on the backfoot. Salido fires a hard right at the body of Lomachenko, caught on the elbows. Lomachenko is sliding back and looking to lure Salido into walking onto a left cross. Salido is careful not to, but isn't getting close enough for clean legal body shots.

10-9 Lomachenko, close, most of Salido's connects low.

58-56 Salido

Round 7

Lomachenko is getting staved off with body shots while trying to line Salido up with a 1-2. Right jabs into the forearms by Lomachenko, doubling and tripling up on them and then banging in with the left cross, also blocked as Salido takes a step back. Clinch. Salido tries ripping Lomachenko's head off with a hook on the break, unseen by the ref with his back facing Salido...and missing anyway. Pecking 1-1-2s into the guard by Lomachenko from outside. Salido is ducking the right hook of Lomachenko and hitting & holding the body. Double right hook on the face by Lomachenko, followed by a straight left and right hook as Salido dives in and lands a low blow.

10-9 Lomachenko, close, effective jab vs. bunches of body shots (many below the belt, again)

67-66 Salido

Round 8

Lomachenko is caught with a left hooker-cut as Salido dips in to his left with deceptively slothful calm. Salido is hitting the body as Lomachenko jabs and grabs. Salido walks through a double right jab and downward chopping left hand as Lomachenko stands up straight and tall backing up. Salido is bending his head down, chin to chest, and hooking at the body as he submarines in under the Lomachenko jab. Lomachenko paws with a right jab and Salido bats it down with an overhand right while ducking forward. Constant holding by Lomachenko when Salido gets close. Salido is shredding the body on the inside. Low blow by Salido. Warning by Laurence Cole.

10-9 Salido

77-75 Salido

Round 9

Lomachenko is jabbing and sliding in, grinding his right shoulder into Salido and resting. Salido bangs the body as Lomachenko backs out. Salido pumps a watch-the-birdie left jab up in the air and leans down to get to the real meat & potatoes of what he's after, digging in short hooking body shots. Lomachenko is grabbing where he can and otherwise scooting away from Salido, taking grazing body shots and scared to counter.

10-9 Salido

87-84 Salido

Round 10

Lomachenko is ducking and countering with right uppercuts and jabs as Salido comes in, swinging wide hooks with decreasing speed, huffing and puffing a bit. Salido goes to his knees, slip. Lomachenko is countering in combos lightly with right hooks and straight lefts backing up. Salido rips a hard right hand across Lomachenko's jaw in the final seconds.

10-9 Lomachenko

96-94 Salido

Round 11

Lomachenko is popping in short right jabs and straight lefts into the face of Salido, who muscles in and ties up. Salido is clinging to Lomachenko, tangling up his arms. Lomachenko lands a hard left on the body. Salido is working a few light uppercuts to the body inside, weary, mostly just looking to grab onto Lomachenko and suck wind.

10-9 Lomachenko

105-104 Salido

Round 12

Lomachenko is working right jabs on the face as Salido looks to bump him away with his arms or clasp onto him. Lomachenko starts landing hard left hand leads on the body and head. Salido is hurt. Salido is trying to hold for dear life. Lomachenko is slamming Salido with hard left hands, high and low. Salido dives in and wrestles Lomachenko's arms down to hold. Hard right hooks above the kidney by Lomachenko in the clinch.

10-9 Lomachenko

114-114