Comments Thread For: Vasyl Lomachenko Barely Gets Past Albert Selimov

[fish262]

is it true he only has one loss as an amateur?

[ElMeroChingon]

Little, if any, amateur boxers worldwide have been able to stay competitive within the same ring with the best unpaid fighter in the world in Ukrainian superstar Vasyl Lomachenko over the last five or six years. The two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012) and the two-time world (2009 and 2011) champion Lomachenko was so dominant over these years that a capable challenger for him became more of a myth than a reality.

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Thats the beauty of boxing,

No matter what you have acomplished, the people you've beat, the skills you posses, there's someone out there somewhere, who has your number.

[Citizen Koba]

Thats the beauty of boxing,

No matter what you have acomplished, the people you've beat, the skills you posses, there's someone out there somewhere, who has your number.

Indeed. Uniquely with Lomachenko, however , is that even with the old am pts system, which made the occasional upset a near certainty, it happened only once to Vasyl in 397 fights ( + a few more in the semi-pro WSB)...

Very much looking forward to seeing how Lomachenko manages in the pros, but if anyone is likely to succeed ity'd be him.

You're right though. Everyone can be beaten. Even the best can have a bad day or the worst get a lucky punch. Sometimes a styles clash can make the most skilled look foolish or the strongest look clumsy. The sweet science - or is it an art? I never can decide..

[Citizen Koba]

senchenko>lomachenko

Really? Because....?

Let me guess: Amateur boxing is an irrelevance?

Besides, Lomachenko is unbeaten as a pro.

[fish262]

Amateur standouts set to impress or have been impressive.

Rigo
GGG
Hopefully Lomachenko
Ward
klitschko

Who else?