Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson Believes That Vasiliy Lomachenko Is Limited In Skills

[al-Xander]

Stevenson also said in another article that Loma is getting old and slowing down. But when fans say the same thing, a certain sensitive group of fans would interpret it in the most extreme sense. Like the other group is already making excuses.

[Dakuwaqa]

He’s limited in head size and leg length

[Boxfan83]

Lomas physically limited not skill or athleticism.

[bigtyivier2k2]

396 amateur wins with 1 loss that he avenged twice. 2 gold metals. Jesus he hating and alotta yall too. Imagine winning 396 out of 397 fights like bruhh

[messi807]

It's easy to be brash and ****y when you're the young up-and-comer, but let's see if Stevenson is still so skilful himself when he's pushing 35 and fighting bigger men at 140/147. Haney too. These guys talk like they're God's gift. No, it's just your time to come up right now. Boxing is all about timing and the shoe will be on the other foot one day.

Nobody was begging to get in there with Lomachenko yet now he's starting to look old and faded they're all on him like vultures. It's embarrassing.

Yeah that’s just a lie. You can go back as far as 2019 when both Stevenson & Haney were calling out Lomachenko - they saw something beatable in him, just as Teo did a year later at 22 years of age. Let’s not make up false narratives because it sounds good.. it’s all on record

[messi807]

2 Olympic gold medals say different. Why not give credit where credit is due? Stevenson should think about it while he's polishing his silver medal.

Zou Shiming also won two Olympic golds.. but got iced in the pros. It’s a different ball game.

[messi807]

Loma can’t use his skills because he can’t close the gap anymore. His legs aren’t what they were and his athleticism is dwindling rapidly. He needs to move back down to 130 or even 126 and fight against fighters his own size. I’d give him little to no chance of beating naturally bigger guys like Stevenson or Haney. He barely beat Ortiz.

he’ll beat naturally bigger guys like Nakhatani, Campbell, Linares. but he won’t beat naturally bigger slick guys.. he moved up from 126 because there wasn’t any great fights.

[messi807]

Amen. Remember Money May wouldn't let Tank anywhere near Loma and flat out admitted it? Now he's old, 2 weight classes above, (which to be fair is not their fault, that's on Loma) and coming off war....real f'n war....and now everyone gotta talk tough. I've been watching boxing for 42 years, and I boxed for 4 years, and did marital arts for 8 years, and Loma is the most skilled fighter I've ever seen, and what I loved is that he could've easily boxed people's socks off defensively but chose to be aggressive and relentless and pound the soul out of all those dudes. Shakur beat a physically out atched Valdez, I didn't see such "great skill" just a very good fighter beating a guy who was tailor made for him. He may prove special down the road but he hasn't proven anything yet IMO, other than a big mouth and a criminal punk mindset.

Most skilled fighter you’ve ever seen? Pagahah.

Pernell Whittaker
Floyd Mayweather
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+ others

All mustve competed in another sport. Shakur would’ve beaten Loma at 130 and would beat him at 135 any day of the week.

[MONGOOSE66]

Loma is very talented and VERY OLD. 111 fights and 4 losses. Been fighting since 2004. Theirs a difference between lack of skills and old age. These kids don’t know the difference BUT THEY WILL.

[messi807]

Loma is very talented and VERY OLD. 111 fights and 4 losses. Been fighting since 2004. Theirs a difference between lack of skills and old age. These kids don’t know the difference BUT THEY WILL.

*17-2, soon to be 17-3.