Who's been matched tougher than Loma over first 7 fights?

Don't forget he isn't just talking on these tough challenges he's also not afraid to take on his opponent's in their country or where everything is stacked in their favour and the challenge is even greater. In his second pro fight he took on Mexican Orlando Salido in Texas and all 3 judges and the referee were American. And taking on a Mexican in Texas is tantamount to a home match for the Mexican, especially when facing someone from Ukraine.

Salido had only lost to 4 opponents in 12 years when Loma fought him.

Juan Manuel Marquez 42-2-1

Mikey Garcia 30-0-0

Yuriorkis Gamboa 18-0-0

And a SD to Cristobal Cruz 36-11-1 (don't be fooled by the record Cruz was a good fighter) which he avenged 3 fights later by wide scores.

Salido was down against the excellent Garcia 4 times but he was actually coming back into it and causing him problems before the head clash/butt broke Garcia's nose and at the time I definitely recall thinking there had been a shift in momentum.

And Saildo floored Gamboa.

And the Salido that Loma fought weighed 128¼ on the scales, 3lbs more than Loma and he had a 11lb weight advantage on the night, whereas the Salido that Marquez, Gamboa, and Garcia fought had to drain himself down to 126 and they were all roughly the same weight as him.

Gamboa 140 - Salido 140

Salido 147 - Lomachenko 136

Marquez was coming in close to 140 whilst campaigning at FW, probably round about 138 give or take a pound.

And Mikey Garcia who was a huge FW and even a huge SFW (he was walking around at 154 when campaigning at the later) was coming in at 140 when he was campaigning at FW too.

Again, Loma fought Salido in just his second pro fight and he'd never been past 5 rounds before.

And how many of the 142 punches Salido landed were illegal? A significant amount of them should not have been counted as scoring blows and he should've had multiple points deducted from his score for throwing them too, flagrant low blows that even Ray Charles could see from a mile away on a dark night. Loma landed a 164 legal shots not dozens and dozens of nut, hip, thigh and knee breakers.

And then in his very next fight after the despicable treatment he had been subjected to over in the US in his previous one by that parasitic scumbag Laurence Cole he headed on right back over there and took on an undefeated 24-0 Garry Russel in his home country, with an American ref and 3 American judges. Not a judge or referee from a neutral location in sight never mind one coming from his own country. And to top it all of he was stitched up yet again when one of Russell's home country judges inexplicably scored the fight a draw despite the fact that Russell had been thoroughly outclassed and got his ass paddled.

Loma isn't refusing to fight on a level playing field and always demanding that everything is stacked heavily in his favour all the time. That's truly ''daring to be great''. :yep

How anyone could even entertain the notion that Loma is a ducker is beyond me. Granted most of those who were trying to make out he was are Dontae groupies. No explanation needed.