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I agree look at how much attention Jeff Horn has gotten from beating Pacquiao. He went from a nobody to now making millions fighting Crawford on Espn. It was the most watched fight on cable imagine how big a Pacquiao Loma fight would be. I think Loma beats him if they could do a catchweight at 138. Although Horn was 15 lbs heavier than pacquiao and barely won a decision, now Pacquiao would be a few pounds heavier than Loma so who knows what could happen. I think its a great fight and would be Lomas best opponent for sure but I still think he would get a lot of credit for fighting Pacquiao who most people think beat Jeff Horn.Comment
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All you could gain is main stream popularity, fans and millions of dollars.Comment
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I don't really see where Klimas is going with this. Loma and his team has been talking about "Big fights" Now that the first opportunity of a big fight and the biggest fight possible Lomachenko could get, they have been thinking on turning it down.
If Loma turns this down and still has trouble finding some fights since other champions refuses to unify, then it's their fault.Comment
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Yeah Egis let his fighter get put in position to get screwed over twice vs Ward (should have demanded the original fight take place in NY, period), and now he seems to be underestimating the impact of Pacquiao's star power. If Loma doesn't get the torch passed from Pacquiao, in terms of star power, before Pacquiao retires, then who is he ever going to get it from? There is no one else, not unless Floyd comes back. This could be the one opportunity Loma will ever get to skyrocket his career to the casual fans and get all the opportunities he wants after this. If he beats Pacquiao he could become the new cash cow and suddenly have every opponent he wants lining up at his door, which is actually what he has been wanting in order to fast track his legacy and do something great in the sport.
But if you can't get opponents to fight you on your fast schedule, then you can't forge the legacy you want. Just look at how GGG's career has suffered because he never got the torch passed from a star like Pacquiao early in his career. This is the one chance for Loma to have that, but Egis seems to underrate that.
With that said, if they have Berchelt lined up for April now that Mijares is out, that's the best fight at 130 not involving duckers, so maybe they feel they can finally get all the other guys at 130 in the ring with them now. maybe now they feel they have the commercial appeal, after beating Rigo, to actually get these fights on their schedule even without Pacquiao passing the torch. And if they can fully unify 130 by the end of 2018, that could have a similar effect in raising his profile, as well as perhaps helping his legacy even more, than fighting Pacquiao. But to unify 130 before the end of 2018, he needs to fight three more champions in his next three fights. Just because they can get Berchelt to fight them doesn't mean they can get anyone else. But, maybe they know something we don't?
And Loma will probably never be better than he is at 130, so if this means more of seeing the best at his best, that's also not a bad thing. So, we dont know what they know, or what the plan is, but I'm just saying, it better be good, with lots of top opponents already lined up, for them to pass on Pacquiao, provided, of course, that Pacquiao is still willing to come down to 135. At 140, the size advantage could be massive.Comment
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Deym loma is scared to get knockout by an old man pacman
Loma is ducking the best fighter of this era!Comment
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Does it really change my point? Casual fans aren't going to see it that way, they didn't see the Rigo win that way and he was old and way too tiny. A complete mismatch. Point is, whether the fight is on HBO or ESPN or FS1 or whatever, Arum has enough puppets and shills in the boxing media to spin the narrative into something really good for Loma.Comment
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