Comments Thread For: Arum: Unlike Mayweather, Lomachenko Closes Shows, Destroys Foes

[BoZz]

Uncle bob is right, not many people can beat featherweights coming from losses..and bumachenko is already p4p #1 no doubt about that..he's had already 10 pro fights with one loss..if that's not p4p status then I don't know what is.

[snoopy360]

Good 'ol Arum. Selling **** to flies....

[PunchyPotorff]

Mayweather turned pro at 19.
Lomachenko turned pro at 25.

Ha! And this from the same one who would say pro and amateur are 2 different things entirely. BTW, list how many had a title within that short length of time as pro, no matter WHAT their age.

We'll wait.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

He's definitely more aggressive. I think he seeks to just get his foe backing up and questioning himself to the point that he kind of smothers them. It's fun to watch. I thought he was going to take Marriagi's lunch money.

[Pigeons]

Ha! And this from the same one who would say pro and amateur are 2 different things entirely. BTW, list how many had a title within that short length of time as pro, no matter WHAT their age.

We'll wait.

A lot of guys that turn pro at a later age with extensive amateur careers have won titles quickly recently like Rigondeaux and Usyk.

You gotta also realize that Lomachenko had 6 fights with World Series of Boxing that are considered pro fights by Fight Fax, boxing's official recordkeeper. So in reality he won a title in his 9th pro fight which is the same amount of fights it took Rigondeaux.

Inoue won a title after 6 pro fights.
Kyoguchi won a title after 8 pro fights.
Tanaka won a title after 8 pro fights.

It's happened a lot recently. Especially with the proliferation of world titles.

[PunchyPotorff]

A lot of guys that turn pro at a later age with extensive amateur careers have won titles quickly recently like Rigondeaux and Usyk.
You gotta also realize that Lomachenko had 6 fights with World Series of Boxing that are considered pro fights by Fight Fax, boxing's official recordkeeper. So in reality he won a title in his 9th pro fight which is the same amount of fights it took Rigondeaux. Inoue won a title after 6 pro fights. Kyoguchi won a title after 8 pro fights. Tanaka won a title after 8 pro fights.
It's happened a lot recently. Especially with the proliferation of world titles.

There's argument from both sides as to whether WSoB counts, but anyway, fight #3 Loma became a pro champ. So I'll stand by that as a huge accomplishment. And that he's better than Floydie, and certainly a more entertaining fighter to watch.

[Robbie Barrett]

He almost closed ESPN with only 750k viewers. Is that what Bob meant?

[iamboxing]

Bring back 15 rounds or bonus for performance and/or KO like the UFC.