Who's more skilled, Lomachenko or Usyk?

I’ll guarantee Inoue has a better FW career than Loma and doesn’t lose to Salido.

Rigo was an old man and a natural bantamweight who had never gone above 122 in his pro career fighting Loma at 130.

 

Loma has 6 wins that are better than any of Inoues.

 

Loma is more skilled by far. His skill and intelligence is his biggest weapon and his opponents wary the most.

But like George said, Usyk is the better fighter. It takes more than boxing skills to become good all-around.

Two of Loma's biggest disadvantages are he is feather-fisted and he is also injury prone. He has no killing punch. If not for these two, he would be unstoppable.

 

That's such an incorrect casual take.

Inoue has wins over:

Donaire (4 division champ, current champ, years after their fight)
Narvaez Who was 43-1-2, with 31 wins in title fights.

Loma doesn't have anybody as good as either of those. Loma's best win is Gary Russell Jr.

 

Ancient Donaire
Rigo who Loma schooled, beat prime Donaire by an absolute boxing lesson while Inoue barely scraped by old Nonito

 

I agree with this, Lomachenko has more tricks in his bag - dramatic side-steps, peeling off the opponent's gloves, flashier combinations. But Usyk gets hit less, is harder to push back, has better timing, and slightly better head/foot positioning in exchanges.

 

That’s a hard one. Lomachenko has more skills in his arsenal but Usyk uses his skills more effectively. Usyk has more grit and a higher IQ too so he’s the all-round better fighter:

 

Narvaez was 137 years old. And was never half as good as Gary Russell.

 

Loma also has dominating victory against the 'Axeman', Nicholas Walters. Many regarded Walters as one of most dangerous man in lower division after he added both Donaire and Darchinyan in his long list of KO wins. Against Loma, he barely touched Loma and Loma toyed him, embarass him and makes him quit. Making a strong opponent like Walters give up and voluntarily surrender is no small feat. After that, he never returns to the ring.

Inoue obviously KO his opponents more than Loma or any other champions. But things that Loma done, such as winning through complete domination of techniques to break his opponent's mental and spirit, is rare in boxing world.

 

Is Loma the same guy that got handled by a old shot Salido? And ran for his life and lost against Lopez?

 

Bring up the Salimov loss aswell to show your not a casual.

 

Current thoughts??

 

Loma is the better athletic talent while Usyk is smarter and adaptable. I also think Usyk has more grit and knows how to end the fight strong. If Loma had Usyk’s determination and pitbull like attitude he may have been able to close the show more convincingly against Haney.