Loma's best weapon - I think it's his pity pat throw-away punches

[Cheeko12]

No, range meaning no matter wats goin on ur in his range to be hit. Even if ur throwing punches hes never far away

[sicko]

Call it what ever you want he is scoring punches while his opponent is busy trying to land just 1 Clean Shot!

[satiev1]

In boxing in order to beat a faster fighter, you have to throw with them.

Vasil is keenly aware of that so he is throwing these throw-away shots to see if you'll try to counter them and go on top and by doing that he is in great balance to defend and counter your counters. When you stop reacting to his throw-away punches then he steps in and hits you hard.

I don't think I've seen anybody else do that.

GGG does the same exact thing. Kovalev does it as well to a lesser degree. It's called probing.

[satiev1]

Not the way Loma does it. I mean sometimes 60% of his punches could be tap, throw-away punches. That's what he did with Walters.

GGG does this to a tea.

[satiev1]

lmao here is golovkin with some throwaway punches that lead to actual KO shots


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Another example is when he dropped lemieux. There was a 6 punch sequence.

[pesticid]

Another example is when he dropped lemieux. There was a 6 punch sequence.

GGG does it from close range and when he's cut off the ring. Good call, he does it exactly the same but mostly when the opponent covers up. Vasil does this at any range, any angle, outside, inside and it's a big % of his offense.

[NEETzsche]

I think against a busier, gutsier fighter or a slicker counter-puncher it could leave him unnecessarily open. I'd prefer if he just did a normal feint in those instances rather than actually committing to a throwaway punch

Gvozdyk does the same thing but slightly slower and slightly less refined and it leaves him dangerously open at times

I love the innovations Anatoly Lomachenko brought to boxing, but I think in the pros you have to dial it down a bit and be more conservative. The textbook is the textbook for a reason. I think, of the 2012 Ukrainian class, Usyk actually looked the most "pro" in his last fight

[bojangles1987]

That's something Golovkin does well too. He taps with half-hearted shots to make opponents react and then wallops them with a hard shot.

EDIT: Already covered, lol.