Comments Thread For: BoxingScene roundtable: Memories of Lomachenko

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The writers at Boxing Scene take a moment to reflect on the extraordinary career of the now-retired Vasiliy Lomachenko.
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[Dee @ PYP Boxing]

Feel very fortunate to have seen Lomachenko fight live. It was versus Jorge Linares, and a fight at the time that I thought was very dangerous for Loma. It was an excellent back and forth battle. Definitely feel a bit let down that we'll never get to watch Lomachenko fight again, but it was one hell of a ride.

I wonder if anyone feels like he is not a hall of fame fighter?

[gingerbreadman]

There are so many incredible individual 'WOW' moments in Lomachenko's career, perhaps more than any fighter of the past couple of decades: the absurd pivoting footwork into hooks, the KO of Martinez, feint-jabbing high into the sky against Walters.

IMO though, my favourite Loma moment dates from 2011, before he was even a professional, when he beat Yasniel Toledo Lopez in the final of the world amateurs, landing an utterly blistering four-hook combo to the body before instantly switching upstairs to take advantage of Lopez's dropped guard and knock him down. Pure poetry.