Is Loma's career going in reverse?

This guy came out of the gates as strong as you can, and now he is stepping back to fringe contenders. I really like Loma and think he is a great talent, but what is his plan? Who do you want him to fight Klitchko

I don't think just the Haymon factor is important here. There can still be better opponents but his team want to build him up...problem is, champions should not be in the "build up" category.

Lomachenko should never have signed with Arum. He woulds have been better off with K-2 or Golden Boy. A guy like him doesn't even need to be maneuvered or protected. I mean what is it that these boys can show him he hasn't seen?

The big problem is that Haymon has all the top FW's. If you look at the top 15 for a second, Walters is moving up to 130, LSC - Haymon, Castellanos is the WBC mandatory, Selby - Haymon, GRJ - Haymon, Cuellar - Haymon, Vetyeka - Haymon, Mares - Haymon, Sonija - literally never heard of him. Eric Hunter ??? Then if you look at the WBO top 15 The no.1 and no.2 guys are with Arum, but they're also prospects that Arum isn't going to feed to Lomachenko. Yep. When he signed with Bob he had Donaire, Walters, Gradovich, Gonzalez as potential opponets. Donaire got destroyed, Walters grew out of 126, Selby beat Gradovich and the PBC take over left Lomo in an isolated wasteland. Eric Hunter is good, but I've heard his team is in no hurry to fight Lomo.

there isnt much competition at his weight class you cant blame him.

The big problem is that Haymon has all the top FW's. If you look at the top 15 for a second, Walters is moving up to 130, LSC - Haymon, Castellanos is the WBC mandatory, Selby - Haymon, GRJ - Haymon, Cuellar - Haymon, Vetyeka - Haymon, Mares - Haymon, Sonija - literally never heard of him. Eric Hunter ??? Then if you look at the WBO top 15 The no.1 and no.2 guys are with Arum, but they're also prospects that Arum isn't going to feed to Lomachenko.

I agree that he is obviously still ahead of the game by a lot and has time. It just looks weird to come out fighting Salido and beating the **** out of Gary Russell in his first 3 fights, then proceed to fight 3 deep fringe contenders back to back. He is there, already lit up one of the top guys in the division. I am not sure what these fringe contender fights really do for him at this stage. Maybe he feels he needs a little more professional mileage before taking on the scary guys. Fair enough, but he definitely seems to have strayed from the path he started out on.

Fact that his next opponent was taken care of by Selby just a year ago does make you wonder.

There should be a maybe option. Salido was a great great start, only his second fight, tough, rugged, experience pro, one of the best around in the division but I think the manner of loss in that fight, where Loma was out hustled and out muscled, put heavy doubts in his team and possibly, in his own mind. The opponents that followed have been nothing more than pampered names or padded records. Having said that, he might be headed in the right direction, with talks of better fights to come, so I'm sticking with a maybe.