Comments Thread For: Lomachenko Decisions Russell, Captures WBO Crown

[AntonTheMeh]

I'm glad he won but i missed the damn fight being sick and ****.

[pacpacpacboom]

Lomachenko moved a lot like PAC. If he only had a powerful left it would've ended the fight early. Russell looked like Mosley IMO. Excited to see lomachenko vs donaire or interested to see how he handles Rigo's speed and footwork as we'll.

[Mikhnienko]

Lomachenko moved a lot like PAC. If he only had a powerful left it would've ended the fight early. Russell looked like Mosley IMO. Excited to see lomachenko vs donaire or interested to see how he handles Rigo's speed and footwork as we'll.

He hardly threw any left hands to the head you rarely saw a 1,2 from him all night but when he did it landed great it was the biggest tool he neglected.

[richardt]

I said from the beginning Loma would win this. People who gave me the red K for my explanation on why he would win..

Whoever gave you a red K needs to do the right thing and correct that with some green. If they don't, they are childish.

[hitking]

I was caught off guard by how much bigger Lomachenko was than Russell.

Gary looked tiny in there and was at a strength and size disadvantage. His punches appeared to have nothing on them while Loma's were almost lifting him off the canvas.

Respect to the Ukrainian. He made a believer out of me.

Size and strength were the least of Russell's problems. He was completely outclassed. His defense was sloppy. His footwork couldn't have been worse. And as the best commentator in boxing today, Paulie Malignaggi pointed out early and often. There's no variety to Russell's game. All he has is handspeed. He never changes the speed of his punches. He never changes his aiming point. All he does is fire wild shots really fast, not even worrying about landing them. Which makes him easy to time. And makes him easy to counter.

[umop-ap!sdn]

Oh wow this boy is a proooooblem!! He's an amazing fighter. Learned from the Lido loss too keep his hands moving. He has some really gifted hands, and a hard rhythm to catch. Made TBA miss all night. Amazing performance. Looking forward to see his career develop as he has time to grow and improve.

[Pain~Lucy]

And the hype is back on. Not super impressed with either of them

now u're dumping your boy GRJ huh

[Snake4380]

Too soon, Rigo would take Loma apart.

Rigo isn't moving up...he's turning into a diva...he was crying about moving up to fight Donaire at 126...Rigo is another Andre Ward type...he knew he almost got knocked out by Donaire

[LouIE G]

Excellent performance by Loma. Russell was exposed. Make Rigo-Loma happened.

He was, i was wrong about a draw... loma won it 9-3 in my book!

[nacho daddy]

They did not adapt at all on the Russell team. Smothering him worked well, but he couldn't keep it up, nor did he have the punching power to do any real damage. He kind of reminded me of Bradley in that his punches look similar, and he keeps fighting when hurt.

On the Lomanchenko end, the only thing I can see is he can't fight off the back foot all. I want to see how he handles a larger, and more aggressive fighter.

what really reminded me of bradley was the 114-114 score