Official Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Orlando Salido RbR & Discussion thread

[bojangles1987]

They obviously brought Lomo up too fast. Bad idea. But you have to admit, that's not a bad showing for a kid practically coming straight from the amateurs versus a solid, cagey veteran champion. (Not to mention the weight disadvantage and low blows.) Maybe this'll work out for Vasyl in the end. He got massive pro experience overnight. A few cab drivers from now, he might really be ready.

Exactly. This is not something that anyone should be walking away from thinking Lomachenko doesn't have extreme potential. There's a reason fighters don't win titles early on.

[Tom Cruise]

The hype is over before it even started.

Loma looks very average, I saw it in the first 3 rounds. I don't know how we won gold twice and how he beat 396 fighters. He looks very average and stiff.

He wasnt ready for this. If you watch hisAm fights it wont take you long to see how he did so well

[mathed]

Come On Kellerman...PATHETIC! HBO PUPPETS WITH NO BALLS! They just say what they are told to say!

HBO tries to dictate to the fans what the see and what they believe, I guess that crap works on Casuals but Hardcore Boxing Fans Not Buying Your BS HBO

Just like Bradley got punched 254 times and he never touched Pac at all.....wtf? You can't listen to those jokers, they are salesmen and crappy ones at that.

[RVABoxer]

Lomachencko is like Marquez both fighters’ takes their defeat like a man.

lol only difference is one doesn't drink piss

[Caxcan]

HBO bias reached an entire different level tonight. All they talked about was Salido's weight. If Lomachenko missed a punch, they practically blamed it on Salido's weight:

"Salido connects with a right hand, because he came in overweight"

[DannYankee]

So much potential, but he is no phenom as a pro. The pro's are a different beast and you have to get some rounds in to know yourself as a professional. He looked so jittery tonight.

[RVABoxer]

Does lomacho get another title shot?

yea but they need to get him more accustomed to the pro style and build him up similar to other fighters maybe not quite as slow though

[285Kid]

Does lomacho get another title shot?

Yes BOB want's the Mexican Russian

[damit305]

A great amatuer is just that ......an amatuer!

Ok, maybe for the most part.

There are a few exceptions out there. See sig. Ask Nonito if proof is needed.

[-PBP-]

He just looked like a talented amateur fighter that was out of his depths. Now that this is out the way, they can bring him up correctly.