Comments Thread For: Shawn Porter: Range Is Key for Slick, Counterpunching Vasiliy Lomachenko

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In Thursday's episode of "Deep Waters" on ProBox TV, analyst Shawn Porter offers a snapshot of Sunday's matchup between former three-division titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. in Perth, Australia. Porter believes range is the key for Lomachenko, 36, whom he says still has the explosive ability and sharp counterpunching style to compete at the highest level.
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[famicommander]

Kambosos has to bully him like Horn did to Pacquiao. Not necessarily all the fouls Horn committed, but being able to push the smaller man around and rough up the inside exchanges. If he tries to make it a technical boxing match, even a faded version of Lomachenko will wash him 12-0 on the cards.

[Knuckle sandwich]

Lomachenko will stop Kambosos with body shots

[SteveM]

Kambosos best bet is to keep his distance, box off his back foot (if he can) because if he tries to bully it will allow Loma to establish his mid-range and get into a grove. Bill gave Haney that same game plan and it caused Loma to start faster and outland Haney from rounds 1-3. In round 4 when Haney made adjustments and kept his distance and box it stopped the momentum Loma built through rounds 2-3. Is Kambosos technically sound enough to box off the back foot? Let's see. Hopefully they dont do to Lomachenko what they did to Maxi Hughes Fighting in Kambosos backyard.

in Kambosos back yard - wasn't that fight in the usa?

[SteveM]

Kambosos has to bully him like Horn did to Pacquiao. Not necessarily all the fouls Horn committed, but being able to push the smaller man around and rough up the inside exchanges. If he tries to make it a technical boxing match, even a faded version of Lomachenko will wash him 12-0 on the cards.

That's not how he fights - I don't see that happening and if he tries it because he's not used to fighting that way he'll very likely struggle to implement that

[1Eriugenus]

'Kambosos best bet is to keep his distance, box off his back foot (if he can) because if he tries to bully it will allow Loma to establish his mid-range and get into a grove'.

George isn't Devin. If he fights like that he is giving up all his strengths of size, youth, strength & stamina & he will lose. I tend to agree with famicommander.

[Roadblock]

Kambosos has to bully him like Horn did to Pacquiao. Not necessarily all the fouls Horn committed, but being able to push the smaller man around and rough up the inside exchanges. If he tries to make it a technical boxing match, even a faded version of Lomachenko will wash him 12-0 on the cards.

Kambosis is not the smaller man I don't know how you came to conclusion Loma started at 126 Kambo has never been under 135., Loma just has to box at his level and he will win clear he is a class above George, the last fight versions of both guys see Loma stop him.

[famicommander]

Kambosis is not the smaller man I don't know how you came to conclusion Loma started at 126 Kambo has never been under 135., Loma just has to box at his level and he will win clear he is a class above George, the last fight versions of both guys see Loma stop him.

Nobody said Kambosos is the smaller man. I said he has to use his size and youth to bully Lomachenko because Loma has literally every other advantage (power, speed, accuracy, technique, footwork, experience, intelligence, etc). He can't afford to get into technical exchanges with Loma because he'll lose every one of those. He has to make Loma feel his weight and strength, tire him out, muck the fight up as much as he can.

[1Eriugenus]

Famicommander, I understood what you said! If I'm in Kambosos's corner, I'm saying 'crowd him, push him, shove him, make him feel you are the bigger, younger, stronger man'. If it comes to skills, Lomachenko just has better skills than Kambosos.

[1Eriugenus]

I wouldn't ask Kambosos to be Salido because he couldn't be. He isn't a mean MoFo like Salido. He can use his superior strength & stamina by making it a bit scruffy & nasty & just physical in close.

I honestly don't think his reach, & longer arms will avail Kambosos at all when Lomachenko has so much greater ability. IME you can overstate what reach gives you. One good feint & its gone! I mean, having reach on a guy can be helpful but technique will negate reach very easily, whereas, say, technique can negate speed but with difficulty.