Comments Thread For: Team Lomachenko: We Have ZERO Interest in Walters

[Foreign Soil]

Smart move by Loma's team for once. They really dropped the ball, giving Salido that weight advantage. If Walters can make weight and regain his title, then the fight makes sense.

[Foreign Soil]

Well done Bob Arum, "let it marinate" turned into "let it dissipate" and the fans lose out. Fight should've been done.

Yep. Been saying it from day one. Walters didn't want to fight Loma right away, wanted it to become a "bigger" fight, and I suspect Arum thought the same.

[MDPopescu]

He was also coming off a long lay off and an illness. He's supposedly struggled hard with the weight for awhile, but having a recent training camp, maybe he's able to still make 126 for this fight.

You may be right (because I never noticed that you post trash here)...

... I like Walters... And I think that, right now, he would beat Loma at 126... Loma has little pro experience and his style is too 'narcissistic' for my taste.

[Ahmed_Ismail]

If Walters kept his belt, I am sure the interest would still be there from his camp but I assume they were have a rehydration clause. But a ppv fight? It's definitely too early, would not sell unless it was a co feature to a bigger fight. As far as the race theory you have. I know it happens in the sport but in this particular situation. Nahh.

Not saying that people hate on Walters cuz he's black, actually I don't think anybody hates Walters cuz he's an exciting fighter, but I think the majority (meaning white people), like Lomachenko even more cuz he looks like them, which is normal, black people tend to take the side of black fighters and mexicans support mexican fighters, the majority of the population is white and that's why Lomachenko won't suffer any backlash for what was said in this interview, which btw I don't think is SO bad, but I'm sure that if Walters would've said the same he would've gotten crucified for it by the majority, which is how things have been for more than 100 years.

[Mr. Philadel]

Smart move by Loma's team for once. They really dropped the ball, giving Salido that weight advantage. If Walters can make weight and regain his title, then the fight makes sense.

but...but...but..Cotto drained Geale and won't fight your boyfriend after giving Pac the weight advantage years ago....it's a b'tch move when it comes to Cotto but A SMART MOVE when it comes to poor little Loma huh? ....GTFOH!!

[Mr.Fantastic]

How can it be a duck if Walters couldn't make weight in his last fight?

Would you risk it if you were in Loma's shoes?

[-PBP-]

The unification was a big reason for this fight happening. If Walters can make weight and reestablish himself then it's a possibility.

[MDPopescu]

Not saying that people hate on Walters cuz he's black, actually I don't think anybody hates Walters cuz he's an exciting fighter, but I think the majority (meaning white people), like Lomachenko even more cuz he looks like them, which is normal, black people tend to take the side of black fighters and mexicans support mexican fighters, the majority of the population is white and that's why Lomachenko won't suffer any backlash for what was said in this interview, which btw I don't think is SO bad, but I'm sure that if Walters would've said the same he would've gotten crucified for it by the majority, which is how things have been for more than 100 years.

I'm 'white', but I like Walters more than Loma... Now what?

[Foreign Soil]

but...but...but..Cotto drained Geale and won't fight your boyfriend after giving Pac the weight advantage years ago....it's a b'tch move when it comes to Cotto but A SMART MOVE when it comes to poor little Loma huh? ....GTFOH!!

Yeah, it's smart, since it's an actual weight class that Walters can't make - not some made up CW. Clear difference that only a Philly fool couldn't see.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Yeah, it's smart, since it's an actual weight class that Walters can't make - not some made up CW. Clear difference that only a Philly fool couldn't see.

Beat me to it.