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People still miss the fact that Loma had a bad shoulder ever since the Linares fight. That caused a lot of issues going forward in his fights. It wasn't until the final surgery that he came back as Lomachenko vs Nakatani and Commey. I don't agree with the Breadman that he couldn't finish Commey, and I'm surprised that he's saying that. It was obvious that Loma liked Commey a lot even before the fight with how they were with each other. Loma stopped pursuing when it was obvious that Commey was hurt. He could have easily dove and and flurried, forcing a stoppage. It's so obvious that I don't understand how anyone cannot see it. I suppose Timothy Bradley and myself are the only one's who know the truth? Very strange ....
That being said, 34/35 is a real number with real implications. There's no denying it or getting around it. Loma has aged, and the inactivity aged him. That's what happened. But how much has he aged? That's the question because there were other things going on in that fight other than age. First, he was not even training but doing his territorial defense. That's a job. You can't train and be in the military during war at the same time. Then he had a short camp. On top of that short camp, I saw Loma going to boxing matches and doing fundraising events a week or two out from the fight. For me, that was the first red flag that I saw, and I thought that Loma is not into this fight or not taking it seriously. Only he knows, however, but that was concerning for me going into this fight. Any fighter past 30 who takes time off is going to experience ring rust. That's as guaranteed as throwing a rock in the air and seeing it fall to the ground.
Then you add Ortiz's fighting style. Styles do make fights. Ortiz is exceptional fast, and I think he's faster than Haney. I think he's actually more athletic than Haney. Also, Ortiz throws blistering, explosive combinations. Five piece and six piece combos. It was those combos that caused Loma to constantly have to reset and be wary because you never knew when Ortiz would launch himself with furious combos. Like I said, styles make fights. Ortiz is a difficult fight for anyone, including Haney and Shakur. He's underrated.
Then you add on to the fact that Ortiz's main tactic to take away Loma's angles was to hold him with the lead, pull him in and start punching. That's called holding and hitting, which is a blatant foul. Apparently, boxing these days allow that to occur because no one knows how to fight on the inside anymore. Holding and hitting is never okay, and to see him do it so frequently and not get a warning is concerning.
With all of that being said, what Ortiz did is not something that Haney does. Haney is not an explosive volume puncher, and the explosive volume punching is what caused Loma problems, that and the holding and hitting. Haney will hold and hit, but he is not an explosive volume puncher. So because of all of this, I have Loma beating Haney if they fight beginning of next year. I hope Loma is the underdog because I'm putting money on him.Last edited by Cypocryphy; 11-06-2022, 05:21 PM.Comment
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They were all good fighters, if you actually know boxing. “Epic”, definitely not. And pretty sure Bread stated that Crawford’s resume was good and not great. Sounds like a pretty fair assessment to me when assessing a 3 division world champion who unified a division and beat 3 undefeated world champions along the way.
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