Man just listen to this interview, you wont find a more down to earth guy then Walters, i noticed that 1st hand aswell when i met him in Montego Bay, Jamaica @ one of their local gyms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGwb4_o_8VQ
Im a big fan of both Walters and Lomachenko but ill be rooting for Walters, who you got?
This fight has FOTY written all over it, high level boxing with 2 guys that comes to fight, Lomachenko with his fluid offensive/defensive style and Walters the boxer puncher with Power and long reach, cant wait 4 this one
Doesn't matter how hard you hit when you punch air. Walters is a great fighter and he shouldn't get hate, but we all know a certain demohraphic will give it to him.
Who is they? There are dozens of top 10 PFP lists by different well known groups or organizations and they are all different. Walters has been on my top 10 PFP list ever since he KOed top 10 PFP Donaire. No doubt a win over Loma will put Walters on many of the better known PFP lists. There is no one all mighty pound for pound list that carries more weight than any other PFP list. Ring, Boxrec, Boxing Scene, HBO, ESPN and many others all have their own PFP top 10 best lists.For me that is "they" as in Ring Magazine.
If Walters wins and they don't put him in the top 10 PFP list, there should be an outcry. Same with Lom. If it is a draw, it might be hard for them to get a higher ranking.Who is they? There are dozens of top 10 PFP lists by different well known groups or organizations and they are all different. Walters has been on my top 10 PFP list ever since he KOed top 10 PFP Donaire. No doubt a win over Loma will put Walters on many of the better known PFP lists. There is no one all mighty pound for pound list that carries more weight than any other PFP list. Ring, Boxrec, Boxing Scene, HBO, ESPN and many others all have their own PFP top 10 best lists.
i can't see walter's being able to box on lomachenko's level. there aren;t a ton of guys in boxing who can right now.
the rub is walter's power. i doubt lomachenko has been hit with anything like that. he's been tested, but he hasn't been a pro for all that long and we don't know how he will handle a war.
walter's seems like a class guy. as is lomachenko. arum has a tough road ahead of him if he's trying to stir the pot with either of these guyts in the future. they just train and fight. what they need is a fanbase that can stir the pot for them and promote the fights. unfortuntely a russian / ukraninan fanbase and a jamaican fanbase dont exist in america. at least not to any great degree.
yeah but the odds are very very wide, lomachenko is 1/6 on to win. Walters 11/2. Thats considerably wider than brook was v golovkin to put it in perspective
Brook hadn't a hope in hell of going the distance or winning a decision, I think this goes decision Loma, I'm not the betting type but I fancy it.
I love Walters. He is one of my 10 favorite boxers fighting today. I love Loma as well and pick him to win and hope they both fight their best and look great in their upcoming fight. It will be a much better fight than Kovalev vs Ward. There are no clinchers, holders, wrestlers or hold and hit fighters in this fight. Only two skilled boxer-punchers who come to fight hard and punch, not wrestle.
If Walters wins and they don't put him in the top 10 PFP list, there should be an outcry. Same with Lom. If it is a draw, it might be hard for them to get a higher ranking.
walters is a world class fighter, cant belive how wide the odds are on him winning.
The favourite is rightly the boxer, Lomachenko has been in with big punchers before and shown he can roll with them.
Refreshing to see two top fighters drop the cheesy 20th century ghetto smack. Bout time..
Ye like the Thurman-Garcia "altercation" after Garcias win over over Samuel Vargas, that fake sh1t had me laughing for dayzzz
Agreed,the guy is simply class, good personality, a casual fans wet dream, and can talk some good trash as well!
I picked Walters by TKO in the 9th, Let's go Axeman!!!!
Walters by UD.
What was the name of that gym? I don't think that's Walters' gym either. He trains in Panama.
Yeah he didnt train there, he was there for some give back to the community kind of thing, It had a spanish name, dont remember, it was local so it wasnt anything special, i just happened to be walking by there and i saw alot of ppl outside so i went in and saw Walters and his dad doing some padwork with locals, i managed to chat with Walters when they were about to leave