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

[messi807]

Loma wasn't at lightweight his entire career, he moved up as most do when their bodies begin to fill out and mature. We've seen Floyd move up through 5 weight classes and remain dominant through his late thirties, Pacquiao moved up through 8 and remained a force, and Crawford is about to be on his fourth weight class at 35 years old and still elite. All of these guys relied on their athleticism and footspeed, but only Loma gets the excuses.

Loma’s been beaten twice unexpectedly.. that doesn’t happen to elites. And if it does. They bounce back. Loma-Haney will probably be a shutout.. would’ve been a shutout years ago also.

[Rebelrbg]

ah but is loma now going to be fighting the top guy in his division, not bad for an 'old' guy ho ho

Not bad, so he needs to stop stalling the fight as if he's the guy holding the belts. The undisputed champion Haney, says that he wants the fight in March, and neither one of them have been in the ring since October. Plenty of time, but stallling nonetheless.

[Smash]

Not bad, so he needs to stop stalling the fight as if he's the guy holding the belts. The undisputed champion Haney, says that he wants the fight in March, and neither one of them have been in the ring since October. Plenty of time, but stallling nonetheless.

i agree haney in the driving seat so suit him or go away, personally i think loma would fight anytime, i hope it works out, not sure whats going on behind the scenes but loma should make it clear to bob to make it asap imo

[messi807]

ah but is loma now going to be fighting the top guy in his division, not bad for an 'old' guy ho ho

Loma’s getting an opportunity to be undisputed.. despite a shakey performance against a 16/1 underdog. You giving him credit for accepting a fight for undisputed? LOL.
Do we need to give the likes of Bud and Uysk who are the same age and actually earned to fight for undisputed the same applaud?

[RetroSpeed05]

When you face someone who out weighs you, has the height and reach advantage then start talking. Also any self proclaimed defensive master by fans that has to clinch the majority of times to stop his opponents offense isn't as skilled as he thinks. Haney being a major culprit of that tactic.

[messi807]

Yeah, I don't see him winning vs Floyd or Pac, but the Loma that beat Gary Russell Jr and Nicholas Walters is a handful for anybody. I think those were exceptional professional wins. Shakur doesn't have any wins at that level yet. Hopefully we will see him fight Loma at some point. I think he's talking a lot of nonsense....maybe hoping to stir up a fight.

Shakur beating Valdez was definitely a better win than Walters. Walters was coming off a draw and a 1 year layoff.

[Smash]

Loma’s getting an opportunity to be undisputed.. despite a shakey performance against a 16/1 underdog. You giving him credit for accepting a fight for undisputed? LOL.
Do we need to give the likes of Bud and Uysk who are the same age and actually earned to fight for undisputed the same applaud?

hes just lucky he has name value still & both with same promoters but most people give him almost zero chance so yeah i do give him some credit for taking the fight, why not, if a bit lucky to get the shot

[Apollo7]

Wasn’t small when people were creaming over the Linares & Campbell wins and he was P4P #1/2.
Time exposes all and Linares and Campbell were nothing to hit home about. 135 was weak back then..The current crop of lightweights are much better. Linares, Campbell, Pedraza, Commey were all big guys - just as big as Haney and bigger than Shakur. All I’m hearing is excuses.. Loma isn’t no Pac or Floyd. Never was and never will be

Yes he was.

[messi807]

When you face someone who out weighs you, has the height and reach advantage then start talking. Also any self proclaimed defensive master by fans that has to clinch the majority of times to stop his opponents offense isn't as skilled as he thinks. Haney being a major culprit of that tactic.

Floyd the greatest of this era isn’t as skilled as he thinks?
some boxing knowledge!
if you have a problem with clinching I suggest you don’t watch Salido-Loma back

[messi807]

Yes he was.

The problem wasn’t size against Campbell & Linares but the problem is size against Teo, Haney, Shakur?
Knowledgeable boxing fans aren’t buying these excuses.
Problem is the current crop of lightweights are way more skilled than the guys Loma was fighting 3-5 years ago. Hence why Loma looks ‘special’ against guys like Commey and Nakhatani.
Let’s just be honest for a change