Comments Thread For: "This is the best fight you can make, period": Tom Brown on Benavidez-Morrell and PBC's 2025 start

[BoxingUpdates]

As the man who runs TGB Promotions, Tom Brown wears the hat of a boxing businessman while always connected to his earlier days as a matchmaker, and, even before that, as a fan.
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[elegua]

Lomachenko never had pedigree before his pro debut but nobody criticized him, instead he was and is better than Ali (as Bob Arum said then). Despite Loma was defeated by Salido in his second fight, was dropped by Linares and defeated again by Teo, but he's the face of Boxing and future HOF. Now you have Morell with a much better transition to pro than Loma but some people with voice and $$ are simply ignoring and underestimating him. WTF? On Saturday Morell will prove he's the real terminator...

[crimsonfalcon07]

Lomachenko never had pedigree before his pro debut but nobody criticized him, instead he was and is better than Ali (as Bob Arum said then). Despite Loma was defeated by Salido in his second fight, was dropped by Linares and defeated again by Teo, but he's the face of Boxing and future HOF. Now you have Morell with a much better transition to pro than Loma but some people with voice and $$ are simply ignoring and underestimating him. WTF? On Saturday Morell will prove he's the real terminator...

People still like to crap all over Loma also. Boxing fans are just haters. They're going to find out the truth of Morrell on Saturday. Loma got fast tracked as a double Olympic gold medalist. Morrell I didn't think even competed at the Olympics, and unlike Loma, he had losses he never avenged. He also has yet to fight a champion; this will be the first opponent of his who's touched a world title. A lot of that has to do with ducking from Canelo. But he's not really in the same league as Loma in any respect. Very different level of competition in both amateurs and pros. This is his coming out party. Hopefully he doesn't pull a Loma and start too slow.

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When Lomachenko first came onto the scene his footwork was so different, it was classified as great. His movement in the ring was excellent. It looked like he could smack any fighter at will with his hands. But some people got too carried away with what they thought they were seeing. Some folks saw Loma as the greatest fighter in the world, past present and future. But better than Ali, please.. All those great things we thought we were looking at was just fools gold. As he grew heavier in weight his abilities dwindled and as he got older it really showed. Though Loma has a style that looks unbeatable, it is not and he's not Pacquiao. As Pacquiao grew in weight he took his skills with him. Therefore, if a few people do crap all over Lomachenko its only because a lotta fight fans sadly thought he could walk on water. Vasily and his crazy azz fan base had to be brought back down to earth. Vasily would put on such a great show/fight with his footwork and movement that even if he got his azz beat in the early & middle rounds, (because he's losing on points) some wacky people still thought he won.