Comments Thread For: Vasyl Lomachenko To Face Fortuna or Martinez on June 11

[richardt]

Great news on several fronts. Good to see Haymon fighters gradually get back on HBO. Loma wins vs either but I think Fortuna is the tougher fight.

100% agree with everything. Fortuna presents a stylistic challenge to Lom where Martinez is just too straight forward and easy to hit. With Fortuna's awkward movement, Lom would have to get Fortuna's movement and timing down, not very easy. With Martinez, offensive opportunities would present themselves every minute of the fight because Martinez defense is far below average. But yeah, I see Lom winning both, Martinez would be easier to counter and to beat. Fortuna is just so hard to predict in the ring and he uses that ingeniously between offense and defense.

[tiliheels]

Great news on several fronts. Good to see Haymon fighters gradually get back on HBO. Loma wins vs either but I think Fortuna is the tougher fight.

i just hope this is not media spin..dont start trying to make fortuna look like a duck through twitter like they did with walters...
if they are trying to fight they should make fair offers..a guy with 6 fights and 2 loss is no one's Aside

[tiliheels]

Didn't the WBA order a unification between Fortuna and Takashi Uchiyama? If they didn't come to an agreement they were supposed to go to purse bids.

What happened with that?

the **** the bed! screw them..that was a great fight..

[tiliheels]

Good with either fight. Loma should be fighting 3 to 4 times a year. He's a top talent and deserves more exposure and meaningful fights.

Fortuna would be the better fight and would test Loma more than Martinez in my opinion.

What's up with Walters? Why is this guy so reluctant to fight Loma?

Oh well at least are meaningful fights for Loma.

stop it right now..prove to me how lomo is worith 850k and walters is only worth 500k...that is a disrespectful offer and walters should find ppl who care to promote him instead of being treated unfairly...i dont want to hear about the wat if you win stipuations..NO THAT IS A FORM OF PRICING YOURSELF OUT BASICALLY. no one takes those deals and i'm glad they dont

[tiliheels]

Chill...Fortuna is too young and hasn't fought anyone elite, he's only 25. I'd say wait til 27-29 to fight a guy like Lomachenko. In the meantime Fortuna should fight other good fighters like Uchiyama, Salido and Pedraza before fighting someone with a 396-1 amateur record and 2 Olympic Gold medals

speak for yourself if fortuna wants to fight let him fight...he's just as fast as lomo..much stronger..and has a style that lomo hasnt seen for 12 rounds.

fortuna would break salido's face..straight up dog

[tiliheels]

When they couldn't come to an agreement, the WBA ordered Uchiyama to fight the interim champion instead, Jezreel Corrales.

like i just said a minute ago...THEY **** THE BED!

[tiliheels]

what the hell? Why does the wba even have rules if they aren't going to enforce what they say?

With the ibf at least you always know what to expect.

check out the ibf rankings at 135lbs..they are legit..they are pretty terrible everywhere else...but yes they do follow their rules

[Corelone]

speak for yourself if fortuna wants to fight let him fight...he's just as fast as lomo..much stronger..and has a style that lomo hasnt seen for 12 rounds.

fortuna would break salido's face..straight up dog

I like the way Fortuna gets his guard up. No shoulder roll, lazy left, a well covered offense. He doesn't hang his chin out trying to counter.

[-Kev-]

speak for yourself if fortuna wants to fight let him fight...he's just as fast as lomo..much stronger..and has a style that lomo hasnt seen for 12 rounds.

fortuna would break salido's face..straight up dog

Let him do that FIRST. Sure he may be able to beat Salido, but Salido is a tough rugged test. He's the Glen Johnson of the 130 division.

Fortuna is too young at 25 and doesn't have the experience Lomachenko has yet. In a couple of years if they keep winning the fight would be 50-50. Right now it's 60-40 Lomachenko.

[tiliheels]

Let him do that FIRST. Sure he may be able to beat Salido, but Salido is a tough rugged test. He's the Glen Johnson of the 130 division.

Fortuna is too young at 25 and doesn't have the experience Lomachenko has yet. In a couple of years if they keep winning the fight would be 50-50. Right now it's 60-40 Lomachenko.

a man with six fights has experience bc he fought 3 rounds 400 times??
sorry it dont work like that..didn he lose his first fight bc they said he didnt have experience
javier has well over 100 am fight and near 30 pro fights..he's in his prime and ready to go.