Lomachenko is a bonafide beast! He is a future #1 P4P fighter. He should learn English so he can maximize his earning potential. The kid has it all from a physical and mental standpoint.
Boy this shows Haymon's complete lack of faith in Broner or Broner's lack of faith in himself. There is no reason why he should be facing shot fighters at this point. He should have regained his confidence after the Maidana beating by this point. Put him in with Lucas or Ruslan at least.
Floyd has everything over Bradley. In addition, there is a huge disparity in regards to fan base so the fight would never happen. If it did, Floyd win a 9-3or 10-2 decision.
And that didn't benefit anyone but themselves. It didn't benefit the sport while they marinated and delayed a fight long past it's sell by date. It was the most blatant and transparent cash grab in recent memory.
So effing true! I categorically agree with you. My biggest fear is coming true. Floyd ducking Manny for 5 years and waiting till the offensive minded, pressure fighter aged and got knocked out so that he would be lesser of a threat and all parties involved making a boatload of money is causing others to follow suit and put money above legacy and the fans who make these a$$holes rich!
This is precisely why the average UFC PPV card is kicking the crap out of the average boxing one! The best fight the best in each division and fans don't have to wait ages for fights to "marinate" and guys can't duck their #1 contender and/or demand catchweights when they are fighting in the same damn division! Only really big PPV fights like May/Pac or the recent Cotto/Canelo fight can beat them. This is why Floyd's actions were so damaging to the sport. Does Garcia really think we were better off seeing the May/Pac fight 5 years too late because it made so much money? The fans got screwed and we are the ones making these a$$holes rich! I like Robert Garcia but he needs to stop this kind of rhetoric. Now we have trainers and commentators (Merchant and Kellerman) putting their promotional hats on? That's great, who's next, ring card girls? I wonder when the Corona chicks think the fight should happen? That will be the next headline: "Veronica the Corona Girl Thinks Canelo/GGG Should Be in 2020".
When Floyd says what he is going to do he almost always does exactly just that. Remember before the Mosley and first Maidana fights he said he would be right in front of them.
"If he (Pacquiao) clearly won the fight he would have won the fight". Really Naazim? You mean how Lewis got the decision in the first fight with Holyfield? You mean how Whitaker got the decision in the Chavez fight? That's a moronic statement. This is the problem with boxing! Why are we giving inept judges this much power? They should never be allowed to judge another fight. Instead, we are not only allowing them to be employed and to potentially screw up yet again in the future, but we are lending credence to their shoddy scorecards by justifying trilogies such as the Pacquiao/Bradley one and considering the 3rd fight a "rubber match".
What a joke! Lampley is the LEAST detached broadcaster on the planet. He is so obviously biased when he calls fights it's absurd! He has the self-awareness of a worm if he thinks he any differently.