Comments Thread For: Lomachenko Heading To 135 in 2018, Will Target More Gold

[TheCell8]

Loma should fight Salido first before moving to 135

I think that's the plan. Fight Salido in mid 2018, move up in late 2018.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Who wouldn't? But rather Chickenson would fight Kovalev, than those 130 "champions" would agree to fight Loma.

Well to be fair, there have never really been any negotiations with Berchelt, unless I'm forgetting. I'm hoping Berchelt would take the fight. That would be the most interesting fight to make. In my opinion, Loma and Berchelt at #1 and #2 in the division. That's the fight that needs to happen and hopefully it does next year.
I don't want to see Davis get a hold of a title because he won't fight Loma. Davis likes to beef with fighters that are on the come up, but doesn't seem interested in the guy he should be interested in fighting.

They have already tried to negotiate with Salido multiple times and he says he is happy with the money and then ends up not taking the offer. I think they should try one more time. Salido will probably take it this time, at least I hope, he won't make anywhere near that type of money against anyone else.
Farmer has already said he wants Loma but he wants him last, so basically once both have cleaned up the rest of the division. I just don't know what difference it would make if the fight happens next or last. Just make the fight.

I could care less about Machado, but he has a belt. What I'm hoping for is to see Gamboa rematch Casellanos and the winner fights Machado, then Loma fights the winner of that. None of those three fighters interest me a whole lot, but if Gamboa can beat Castellanos in a rematch then beat Machado I wouldn't be opposed to that fight.
Gamboa has at least been active now.

[Robi13]

Mikey would duck him the way he ducked Gamboa, Cotto, Linares after calling them out. Probably why he's trying to move to 140 already.

Calm down kid. Go to bed

[Robi13]

Lomabumko will go after the vacant wbo belt vs Rey Beltran lol

[ceylon mooney]

How will Loma be able to handle the bigger guys? He only walks around at 138-139, so he'll be fighting guys in the 150s and in some cases 160s. He doesn't have the pyhsical attributes to keep jumping divisions, though I admire huis courage and skill

thats not true. he does
not walk around under 140--in ring hes in the low 140s.

what lightweights are in the ring at 160?

['b']

thats not true. he does
not walk around under 140--in ring hes in the low 140s.

what lightweights are in the ring at 160?

http://www.boxingscene.com/lomachenk...o-much--110333

"If this fight will be at 135 weight category - I'm ready. At 135 - I'm ready. At 140, no - it's too big for me. My [walking] weight now is 138," Lomachenko explained to BoxingScene.com.

Novemeber 2, 2016

[landotter]

He can do whatever he wants. The dude has a ton of fights left in him and is talented enough he should be favored or at worst a 50/50 fight with those big names.

However, he better be ready for Saturday, first. I still feel a focused Lomanchenko has no problems with Rigo, but a distracted "I am moving up next, who do we want to fight?" Loma that isn't zeroed in on a great talent like Rigondeaux is going to find a monkey wrench tossed into his plans.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

He's already looking past Rigondeaux.
Maybe he can afford to. Maybe he can't.

[MisanthropicNY]

As soon as Loma started talking about this Mikey and Terrence started looking to move up weight...

[Ghost Rider]

Lomaputa will probably fight Beltran for the vacant Top Rank, I mean WBO belt, then fight two no hopers, and then when Mikey Garcia moves up to 140 he'll claim he wanted to fight him.