Orlando Salido's Low Blows (video)

[Cutthroat]

How does this even compare to low blows? He was probably clinching to stop the low blows. Salido was tying up his arms in, I think, the last three rounds and nothing was done about that either. So, you have a complaint about Lomachenko clinching. The other guy came in over weight, throwing low blows, and clinching.

Lomachenko's entire defense consisted of holding and illegal pushing, reminded me of Wlad in there. You take that away and he has 0 defense.

[mrpain81]

At least he was consistent, first he warns Loma twice for holding then doesn't bring it up again in the fight. They must have told him to not get too involved so he did just that. I thought the main event Ref was giving Chavez way too much power, anything Chavez complained about he was right there like a lap dog. And that point deduction was garbage.

Cole is crap but he wasn't biased.

[CubanGuyNYC]

And he paused the action when Salido was hurt in the 12th round, as if he didn't want Salido to be stopped.

He likely is crooked.

I couldn't believe that! I was like, WTF! The commentators had something to say about it as well. That looked like Cole's objective was to stop Lomo from raining punches on Salido and give Siri a breather. Highly suspect.

[-Kev-]

30 seconds in and I see a lot of them were on the belt line where it should not have affected Lomachenko. Regardless there was a lot of low blows from Salido and a lot clinching from Loma. A tougher ref was needed, like Smoger or someone similar but also, Loma is not a mute, he could talk about the low blows and his corner too could tell the ref about it. I saw none of that happen. Incompetent ref, but also rookie behavior from Loma and his corner. I don't know when not complaining about fouls became a "tough" or "cool" thing.

[SN!PER]

Lomachenko's entire defense consisted of holding and illegal pushing, reminded me of Wlad in there. You take that away and he has 0 defense.

He's no Rigondeaux, but he has good foot movement and reflexes.

[Check_hooks]

Salido also threw big hooks after the break and never got a warning

I highly think this fight was fixed, Cole didn't say **** when Salido was holding on for dear life in the last 2 rounds

[Weltschmerz]

Absolute disgrace.

[CubanGuyNYC]

There's no way, some of those hits were right in front of him. He had to be staring above the waist the entire fight! What professional ref would do that?!? Not even one glance to catch 1 or 2 downstairs?!? With his history, I can honestly say he's crooked for sure.

Bro, there were several times where Vasyl actually came off the ground from a low-blow, actually wincing. At this very moment, the kid is way too clean for the pro game. He should've (in this order) 1. complained, 2. punched Salido in the stones, 3. fell to the canvass in agony. No way Cole could've missed all those fouls. I'm glad Lampley tore into him for his incompetence on national TV.

[CubanGuyNYC]

30 seconds in and I see a lot of them were on the belt line where it should not have affected Lomachenko. Regardless there was a lot of low blows from Salido and a lot clinching from Loma. A tougher ref was needed, like Smoger or someone similar but also, Loma is not a mute, he could talk about the low blows and his corner too could tell the ref about it. I saw none of that happen. Incompetent ref, but also rookie behavior from Loma and his corner. I don't know when not complaining about fouls became a "tough" or "cool" thing.

Lomachenko held a lot, this is true, but I don't think it compares nearly in severity to low-blows. Clinching is a part of the game. It's not supposed to be allowed in excess, but it's very common. Hitting below the belt, on the other hand, is another matter. It's a flagrant foul. One slows the action down, the other hurts and wears down the opponent. It's getting tiresome seeing these incompetent officials, from the refs to the judges. The sport is a circus.

[SnakeVen0m]

Bro, there were several times where Vasyl actually came off the ground from a low-blow, actually wincing. At this very moment, the kid is way too clean for the pro game. He should've (in this order) 1. complained, 2. punched Salido in the stones, 3. fell to the canvass in agony. No way Cole could've missed all those fouls. I'm glad Lampley tore into him for his incompetence on national TV.

I agree Vasyl should've done all those things. It was a rookie mistake by him and his corner.