Who are the best professional boxers in history that Lomachenko could had beaten at 126-135?

[Malvado]

Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko, also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko (Ukrainian: Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, IPA: [wɐˈsɪlʲ lomɐˈtʃɛnko]; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes from featherweight to lightweight, including unified and lineal titles at lightweight.

Lomachenko is one of the most successful amateur boxers of all time, possessing a record of 396 wins and 1 loss, with that loss avenged twice. Competing in the featherweight and lightweight divisions, he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2008 European Championships, consecutive gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and consecutive gold at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships.



With a record of (17-3, 11 Knockouts) He has wins over Gary Russell Jr (24-0), Roman Martinez (29-2-3), Nicholas Walters (26-0-1), Jason Sosa (20-1-4), Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0), Luke Campbell (20-2), Anthony Crolla (34-6-4), Jorge Linares (44-3), Jose Pedraza (25-1), Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1), Richard Commey (30-3) and Jamaine Ortiz (16-0-1).

He also had a controversial loss to Orlando Salido (41-12-2) who fouled him often, also with Teofimo Lopez (15-0) and Devin Haney (29-0) in competitive close fights.

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[Boxing 112]

He's great but people need to chill over hyping him still. Also the Lopez fight was not close a close fight is where it's debatable who won. Lopez Loma was not close Loma barely did anything the first half.

He needs to fight either Tank Or Shakur after Kambosos

[Malvado]

He's great but people need to chill over hyping him still. Also the Lopez fight was not close a close fight is where it's debatable who won. Lopez Loma was not close Loma barely did anything the first half.

He needs to fight either Tank Or Shakur after Kambosos

Davis is a in-house fighter, difficult to make both PBC and Top Rank collaborate when Tank's team holds him back from taking on high risk high reward opportunities even though he has the skill and punching power to pull off a win against anyone in the landscape of 135.

Shakur though, that be interesting, Loma can neutralize his angles and ring distance management, but I am not sure he can compete against the bigger fresher more athletic fighter who can fight and run all twelve rounds.



I have seen a podcast where Stevenson had admitted that Valdez had hurt him to the body and no one noticed since he had a poker face (he got stiff and was unable to move), a opponent who Loma had also beaten in the amateurs and is rather similar in size. Maybe he could replicate the small sucess Oscar had, though immobilizing Stevenson with body work, is easier said than done though, that was circumstantial, Stevenson might be better prepared as he could had improved, rehydrate more at lightweight and bring a different gameplan focused on Loma's style.

This topic was more towards how he fare with past fighters who were at a younger age like Pacquiao, Mayweather and De La Hoya. Any fighter can be included.

[Atypicalbrit]

I struggle to pick him over any of the greats at those weight classes.

He's a good fighter but his resume doesn't have anything exceptional on it and he's found ways to lose to less than historically great fighters before.

[Haka]

Depends on the weigh in rule set. He beats most of them in a fight day weigh in.

[Atypicalbrit]

Depends on the weigh in rule set. He beats most of them in a fight day weigh in.

Do you want to throw in head guards and an amateur scoring system too

[N/A]

He's great but people need to chill over hyping him still.

They still believe in the unverifiable 396-1 amateur record, while the verified one is around 100 fights and 2 losses. Impressive enough, but not merely close to 400 fights.

[Haka]

Do you want to throw in head guards and an amateur scoring system too

Only thing Hanes and Lopez had going for them was their 20lbs weight cut. They are not better fighters.

[Haka]

Do you want to throw in head guards and an amateur scoring system too

The old school way would favor Loma most: same day weigh-in and 15 rounders. Yet they had to change the rules because it was too dangerous.

[Malvado]

Depends on the weigh in rule set. He beats most of them in a fight day weigh in.

If we apply the old rules such as the same day weigh in in benefit of Loma, he also have to fight for 15 rounds straight.

He had an extensive amateur career but I am not sure it be beneficial for him as he tend tire and give away rounds with the current rules, that's with 12 rounds. Most amateur fights are 3 rounds, with the Olympics being 4 rounds specifically. I mean it could be argued that he have prepare with better conditioning but same can be said with most great fighters.

As for same day weigh ins, he benefit quite a lot as Linares rehydrated up to 152 pounds and Loma 138 pounds (just 3 more) at lightweight. Lopez and Specially Haney weighted heavier than Loma, but it's not like Loma can complain about it. No one is breaking any rules if they cut down to the specific weight.

He probably do better if he fought at super featherweight. He was less susceptible to getting damaged and consecutively made 4 opponents quite in the stool, getting nicknamed No Mas Chenko like powerpuncher Nicholas Walters who retired for 7 years. Though one of them was a bantamweight (Rigondeaux was a great fighter though, just too small for Loma).

Still, wonder how he fair against Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez. Probably also Alexis Arguello.