Revisiting Salido VS Lomachenko...Welter low blows lightweight ALL night

[DeadLikeMe]

I'm more disgusted with Lomachenko getting a title shot, than Salido's tactics. Salido could have hit him in the back of the head, kicked him, hit his kidneys, slammed him on the canvas, do the people's elbow on him, stone cold stunner, I wouldn't have cared, I would have enjoyed it. Boxing has little to no credibility as a major sport as it is, then you want to have a guy with 1 fight go for a major title. It's ****ed up. Fighting dirty doesn't make the sport more credible, but **** it, we're gonna have this sort of corruption and favoritism, let's go all out. Fight it with low blows.

This was (and is) how I felt about it. Yeah, it was really bogus and ****ty, but so was Lomachenko getting to skip to the head of the line.

[Loque-san]

First off, how was Lomachenko a ligtweight when he was 137 lbs. on fight-night? Salido was indeed 147 lbs. but a 10 lbs. difference is nothing we haven't seen before.

Salido gave Lomachenko a a pro boxing lesson. He just had no answers for Salido's style. He couldn't fight going backwards, take advantage of his superior handspeed and footspeed, didn't let his hands go, was lost on the inside and got pummeled to the body. Yes, Salido threw low-blows but Loma wasn't clean either. How many clinches did he initate? Salido's inside game is his bread and butter, if you grab and hold him every time he gets there, which is technically illegal, then you're cheating too.

To be honest, Loma should be happy about that S.D. loss, because it should have been a clear U.D. for Salido. Lomachenko is the real deal, but he wasn't ready so Siri took that "0". Simple as that.

[Doctor_Tenma]

yes and no...something about the term priority with fighting dirty I just can't wrap my head around. It's a choice some fighters make and others choose not to partake in, for those that choose otherwise, they should not be cast ignorant for fighting cleanly. I prefer clean fighters. I so much prefer boxing over mma I've never watched more than 5 minutes of UFC and boxing ****ing sucks when it looks like mma. Boxing is supposed to be a gentleman's sport, it can be dirty, sometimes it's inevitable but it doesn't mean it has to be or that we should so quickly excuse it when it exceeds in such a manner whether we're talking about Salido in all his hoeness or to a lesser degree Ward clinching excessively (no offense to a Ward, you brought it up, I think he can be brilliant to watch...hopkins a bit different)...There's a reason Rigo is in my avi, he's a clean fighter, he boxes clean, I appreciate his skill and his willingness to **** you up entirely within the rules of boxing.

Comparing one event to another, averting the subject, and insisting one implements your opinion is not the point of this thread...Salido is a dirty hoe, period.

It needs to be prioritized, boxing has been this way since the very beginning. One would have to be ****** not to add a couple of dirty moves into his arsenal. I don't like excessive but I'm an advocate for that kind of stuff.

[-Kev-]

This was (and is) how I felt about it. Yeah, it was really bogus and ****ty, but so was Lomachenko getting to skip to the head of the line.

Picture the Kansas City Royals (MLB) going to the World Series vs, let's say the New York Mets, after 162+ games(regular season+post season). Or at least the Royals seemingly have the record to go, they beat the teams they had to beat, they went through the playoffs, etc. In come this really good Minor League team, with really good connections, lots of Minor League wins, a ****load of wins in the minors. And this minor league team kicks the Royals off their spot (without ever playing a game against them) and gets to play against the Mets in the World Series.

^Salido vs Lomachenko.

[Doctor_Tenma]

First off, how was Lomachenko a ligtweight when he was 137 lbs. on fight-night? Salido was indeed 147 lbs. but a 10 lbs. difference is nothing we haven't seen before.

Salido gave Lomachenko a a pro boxing lesson. He just had no answers for Salido's style. He couldn't fight going backwards, take advantage of his superior handspeed and footspeed, didn't let his hands go, was lost on the inside and got pummeled to the body. Yes, Salido threw low-blows but Loma wasn't clean either. How many clinches did he initate? Salido's inside game is his bread and butter, if you grab and hold him every time he gets there, which is technically illegal, then you're cheating too.

To be honest, Loma should be happy about that S.D. loss, because it should have been a clear U.D. for Salido. Lomachenko is the real deal, but he wasn't ready so Siri took that "0". Simple as that.

True as well, Lomachenko showed some weakness, squaring up and his inability to mix it up in close.

As for people saying Lomachenko beats him in a rematch....Salido is past his prime, got dropped 3-4 times his last fight (Can't remember), Lomachenko at this point is suppose to beat Salido, it means nothing regardless.

[Hype job]

Picture the Kansas City Royals (MLB) going to the World Series vs, let's say the New York Mets, after 162+ games(regular season+post season). Or at least the Royals seemingly have the record to go, they beat the teams they had to beat, they went through the playoffs, etc. In come this really good Minor League team, with really good connections, lots of Minor League wins, a ****load of wins in the minors. And this minor league team kicks the Royals off their spot (without ever playing a game against them) and gets to play against the Mets in the World Series.

^Salido vs Lomachenko.

You can cry all you want but Lomachenko is here to stay and he will achieve great things in the sport whether you like it or not. Let the butthurt flow.... smoothly

[Loque-san]

True as well, Lomachenko showed some weakness, squaring up and his inability to mix it up in close.

As for people saying Lomachenko beats him in a rematch....Salido is past his prime, got dropped 3-4 times his last fight (Can't remember), Lomachenko at this point is suppose to beat Salido, it means nothing regardless.

Salido was already past his prime in the first fight in my opinion. Watching him get dropped 3 times by Terdsak was worrisome. He's 34 and has been in so many wars... I also think Lomachenko would beat him in a rematch, but as you said it woudn't mean much.

[PACnPBFsuck]

[Foreign Soil]

Loma got schooled in the art of dirty mexican fighting - the intentional tactic of missing weight and the intentional low blows.