Your current pound for pound top 10

Dear oh dear

FTR, for the Loma has 3 losses brigade who very often have Jermello ranked really high. Jermello should have 3 losses and Loma should only have 1

To Harrison, Castano, and the 7lbs lighter Vanes.

Unlike Loma all at his first weight, a weight he's massive for

Against smaller opponents or ones his size

And in his country

He could've rematched Castano in Argentina with an Argentine ref and three Argentine judges to make it fair but of course he wouldn't even contemplate it

Not against opponents who weigh 2-4 divisions more than him

2 in his opponent's backyards with all the officials coming from his opponent's backyards, the other on the road but essentially in his opponent's backyard with the most corrupt ref in the sport being their tag-team partner,

And 2 of them at his third weight and one he's tiny for.

It's like comparing apples to oranges. They're doing two very different things

 

Even if they didn't Jermello could've offered to do so. As you know, I'm a firm believer in if your opponent fights you in your backyard/country, you should oblige them in their backyard/country for the rematch, especially more so if the first fight was super controversial

And at the very least the judges should've been neutral for the rematch after the three three home judges robbed Castano in the first fight but once again they were all from the US which meant that Castano had to try and take it out of their hands and be more aggressive which made him more vulnerable to walking into something which is exactly what happened.

And guess what he was right, they were going to rob him even if he did enough to win and that became clear when we saw their scorecards because one of them only gave him a round and another only 2 which was extremely unfair or rather corrupt.

And even worse, they tried to stage the rematch in Houston

You are indeed correct he is indeed past his best and has been for a number of years, but he is still ranked in the P4P top 10.

He should retire. Don't forget that he's the one who put in all the hard work unifying three of the belts individually on the road in a division full of giants he doesn't belong in and then he fell at the final hurdle of achieving his dream against a way bigger murderous puncher who didn't belong in the division either but for the complete opposite reason.

Then he had to regroup and start from scratch again and when he did so he was cruelly denied his place in history when he was robbed against yet another gigantic 135 pounder in Haney who weighed 20lbs more than him.

Now that Haney has ducked the rematch people expect an old 35-36 year old Loma to start from scratch again trying to win the belts all individually again after he's already been robbed twice in the US and knows the same fate very likely awaits him again should he do enough to get his hand raised.

 

Again, Olu, at the very least the judges should be neutral if that's the case and it's extremely rare it ever is in the US. It's literally the only country in the world where you will find a home ref and three home judges for world title fights between a home boy and a foreigner and it's extremely common over there for them

And even worse, Jermello vs Castano was for undisputed.

Nelson was a big puncher, many fighters are not.

 

Olu, I return fire when those try to diminish Loma and context is key and there's an awful lot of it which gets ignored

And the only reason why Castano and Loma did not become undisputed is because of corruption and the deck being stacked with a full set of home officials. This is not something either Jermello and Haney have or will ever have to contend with.

There is nothing remotely wrong or unreasonable with me calling for a more fair playing field. We don't stack the deck with a home ref and three home judges for world title fights between one of our boys and a foreigner *no other country apart from the US does*

Hell, we'll often have neutral officials for non-world titles fights over here when foreigners travel to our shores. Of course foreigners get robbed here often too but if we stacked the deck against them with a full set of home officials I would strongly oppose it and speak out about it.