Is Lomachencko ducking Berchelt?

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Berchelt deserves some recognition why is nobody calling for this fight. I was the first one to call for this fight.

[john l]

I don't even know what to say to this.Im just gonna show some blind faith for once and assume its a joke.

[john l]

I'll be back when this gets to page 7.

This is why I'm for ********.And I'm not even kidding

[wlad1111]

Salido wasn't supposed to be a live dog and he sonned a hype job Mexican style.

i thought we are talking about now not the past.

[richardt]

Notice the OP didnt ask if Berchelt was ducking Lom?? The bias is obvious.

[Scipio2009]

Lomachencko is calling out Tank Davis who doesn't have a title... but not long ago he didn't want to fight Walters since he didn't have a title. Did Lomachencko see how trash Tank looked in his last fight and want, yet another, easy win? Why not target Berchelt? Is Berchelt not green enough like Tank? Is Berchelt not undersized like Marriaga or Rigo? And don't say promotional or network issues since that **** don't fly for guys not under Top Rank. When will Lomachencko fight a live dog?

Promotional issues, in the sense that Berchelt likely has HBO interested in him, which raises the price of what it'd take for Arum to get Berchelt to ESPN (it's already been made clear that Arum doesn't willingly send his fighters to fight under anyone else's banner).

Lomachenko isn't going to take a pay cut, and Arum isn't going to short himself to make the money work, so Lomachenko is left having to act as if Berchelt doesn't exist.

[Scipio2009]

Does anyone seriously think Loma is ducking anyone?

It's not Lomachenko's call to make, and Arum doesn't give a **** what anyone thinks if he can't make a dollar off of it.

[iamboxing]

Loma would probably shoot himself before ducking anyone. The guy is all about diginity and honour.

[Fists_of_Fury]

It doesn't sound like you are asking a question at all. It just sounds like a Loma trash fest. Trash him all you want because he is considered one of the two or three best boxers in the world by the majority of boxing fans and boxing writers. He is only going to get better. When did Tank become trash? He looks damn good to me.

I'm not trashing Loma just holding him to the same type of standards his bunboys used on better fighters with proven resumes. Are you blind or have you not seen Tank's last fight? He missed weight(which stripped him of his title) and looked terrible in what was supposed to be a showcase fight. Damn good doe...

[Fists_of_Fury]

Promotional issues, in the sense that Berchelt likely has HBO interested in him, which raises the price of what it'd take for Arum to get Berchelt to ESPN (it's already been made clear that Arum doesn't willingly send his fighters to fight under anyone else's banner).

Lomachenko isn't going to take a pay cut, and Arum isn't going to short himself to make the money work, so Lomachenko is left having to act as if Berchelt doesn't exist.

No excuses about promotion or network... if it's considered a duck for like a PBC fighter when it's a network and/or promoter issue then it's a duck for Top Ranks hype job too. The double standards need to end. Top Rank fighters get no free pass.