Lomachenko is still the toughest fight for Davis

[darius45]

Even though Haney has the belts, Lomachenko is STILL, after all these years, the toughest test for Davis at 135.

But now Davis can avoid Lomachenko even LONGER because he doesn't have the belts. We saw how easily Haney can be hit with the straight left... when Davis lands that on Haney it's lights out.

Lomachenko, on the other hand, has a much tighter defense and it would far more difficult for Davis to land one of his signature power punches.

Lomachenko vs Davis is also the most interesting fight at 135 stylistically. Both guys have short arms and need to fight mid-to close range. Both guys are skilled but Lomachenko is certainly the more polished technician...But Davis has the clear power advantage. Both are super quick so the action would be intense close range action.

Davis has a way of waiting out his opponent (often letting his opponent get off more than they should) and then landing that straight left or overhand left that seems to come out of nowhere. But can Davis land that punch on Lomachenko? Can Lomachenko's chin handle it? These are very interesting questions.

In a perfect world, Davis knocks out Haney relatively soon and gets all the belts.... Lomachenko in the meantime faces and beats Shakur... and then we get the REAL super fight at 135 for all the belts and for the real king at 135.... But, I doubt this ever happens.

[HandsofIron]

Even though Haney has the belts, Lomachenko is STILL, after all these years, the toughest test for Davis at 135.

But now Davis can avoid Lomachenko even LONGER because he doesn't have the belts. We saw how easily Haney can be hit with the straight left... when Davis lands that on Haney it's lights out.

Lomachenko, on the other hand, has a much tighter defense and it would far more difficult for Davis to land one of his signature power punches.

Lomachenko vs Davis is also the most interesting fight at 135 stylistically. Both guys have short arms and need to fight mid-to close range. Both guys are skilled but Lomachenko is certainly the more polished technician...But Davis has the clear power advantage. Both are super quick so the action would be intense close range action.

Davis has a way of waiting out his opponent (often letting his opponent get off more than they should) and then landing that straight left or overhand left that seems to come out of nowhere. But can Davis land that punch on Lomachenko? Can Lomachenko's chin handle it? These are very interesting questions.

In a perfect world, Davis knocks out Haney relatively soon and gets all the belts.... Lomachenko in the meantime faces and beats Shakur... and then we get the REAL super fight at 135 for all the belts and for the real king at 135.... But, I doubt this ever happens.

That right there is one of many keys to the fight

Call me crazy but after watching Lomachenko's last performance, not only do I think he beats Tank, he possibly stops him too.

[darius45]

That right there is one of many keys to the fight

Call me crazy but after watching Lomachenko's last performance, not only do I think he beats Tank, he possibly stops him too.

Lomachenko has a way of figuring guys out and hurting guys but he doesn't have the same type of power as Davis. He had both Devin and Teofimo hurt at some point but he could never really finish the job. He always goes back to fighting smart. He doesn't quite have the killer instinct of a Manny Pacquiao.

Buuut... Davis is smaller than Teofimo and Haney... So maybe Lomachenko's power would go a little further with Davis. So when Davis does get hurt Lomachenko will feel more compelled to try to finish the job... Maybe Davis won't recover as well. Or maybe Lomachenko will get sloppy in his attempt to finish Davis and Davis will sneak in one of those huge power punches. Lomachenko's chin has never really been tested yet and I think Davis would probably find a way to find it at some point.

It's a very interesting match. The MOST interesting at 135 I think...both stylistically and fan-friendly action wise. They're both the most talented fighters at 135 for sure.

[joseph5620]

Even though Haney has the belts, Lomachenko is STILL, after all these years, the toughest test for Davis at 135.

But now Davis can avoid Lomachenko even LONGER because he doesn't have the belts. We saw how easily Haney can be hit with the straight left... when Davis lands that on Haney it's lights out.

Lomachenko, on the other hand, has a much tighter defense and it would far more difficult for Davis to land one of his signature power punches.

Lomachenko vs Davis is also the most interesting fight at 135 stylistically. Both guys have short arms and need to fight mid-to close range. Both guys are skilled but Lomachenko is certainly the more polished technician...But Davis has the clear power advantage. Both are super quick so the action would be intense close range action.

Davis has a way of waiting out his opponent (often letting his opponent get off more than they should) and then landing that straight left or overhand left that seems to come out of nowhere. But can Davis land that punch on Lomachenko? Can Lomachenko's chin handle it? These are very interesting questions.

In a perfect world, Davis knocks out Haney relatively soon and gets all the belts.... Lomachenko in the meantime faces and beats Shakur... and then we get the REAL super fight at 135 for all the belts and for the real king at 135.... But, I doubt this ever happens.

I don't agree with that. I think Lomachenko's defense gets overrated. The top fighters have had no problems hitting him. I also think Davis defense gets underrated. He's not nearly as easy to hit as some try to make it seem.

[Lance98]

Tank by murder. Loma's defence is poor, got hit in the body a lot by haney. He is not going to withstand those shots from tank.

[Boxfan83]

Loma would likely get knocked tf out of the Ring by Davis.

People really need to stop with Loma now, he is a Super featherweight. If he wants to be undisputed he should go to 130 and fight guys his size and where his punches will have full affect.

[buddyr]

If Loma couldn't stop Haney's body shot, Tank would sent him in the 2nd row. Loma isn't stopping anyone. I don't even want to see that fight, but if it happens and Tank stops him, you bichazz Loma fans will claim it's a bad stoppage. Even if he's sleep like Santa Cruz.

[Roadblock]

If Haney had Davis power he would have stopped Loma, Haneys kryptonite is his lack of power, he will have trouble keeping full sized elite 135/140 guys of him, if you look at the top guys that moved up from 130 they all had power, Haney doesn't even when he is lot bigger, those signs will catch up, it's to Haney's advantage to stay at 135 for as long as he can that's why they pulling him down so much, you can only do that with a light punching speed guy, to do that weight cut with a puncher will take too much power of him, they know Haneys weaknesses that's why they fight him real big at the weight.

[BoZz]

gervonta knocks him out cold and him and his salty ass fans still gonna find an excuse why he didn't lose.

[darius45]

If Haney had Davis power he would have stopped Loma, Haneys kryptonite is his lack of power, he will have trouble keeping full sized elite 135/140 guys of him, if you look at the top guys that moved up from 130 they all had power, Haney doesn't even when he is lot bigger, those signs will catch up, it's to Haney's advantage to stay at 135 for as long as he can that's why they pulling him down so much, you can only do that with a light punching speed guy, to do that weight cut with a puncher will take too much power of him, they know Haneys weaknesses that's why they fight him real big at the weight.

That's not a certainty. We have never see Loma really hurt. We don't know how he'll react if chin is really tested. That's one of the reasons why this fight is so interesting. Because the fight-ending power of Davis is the only way he can win a fight against Lomachenko. And I do think he'll eventually find an opening. Davis is quicker and more explosive than Haney.