Comments Thread For: Report: Lomachenko-Linares Fight Finalized for May 12 at MSG

[uppercut510]

Loma will win this one

[Boxing Logic]

Arum was just pretending to negotiate the Linares fight in order to make Loma-Beltran though. He only does in house fights! Just like Loma-Rigo! And Ramirez-Imam! Loma is ducking Rigo! And Linares! This is obviously fake news!

Loma left 130 to duck Berchelt and Tank Davis!!!

THIS FIGHT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!!

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[nycsmooth]

Of course money dictates MSG Barclays Vegas California and the unfortunate part of it is it's always the same average to less confident officiated... I will grant you this the refereeing in NYC is far better than Vegas with the exception of Bayless and California refs leave a lot to be desired very slow and reacting it's almost like they are clones of James Jen Ken

[BaDaBingVIP2]

great matchup, im glad its done. lets see the winner get mikey.

[Boxing Logic]

Loma moving to 135 to duck tank smh

Are you for real right now? I wrote my last post as like a parody. I didn't think anyone was actually saying the **** about ducking Tank. The other stuff, yes, but I thought the LDBC had all agreed a couple months ago, after Lomachenko called out Tank, that the "Loma is ducking Tank" narrative would no longer work, and that Tank actually fighting Loma was not an option either because Tank would get embarrassed, so the best play left was to collectively switch to a "Tank is just too young for Loma. Why is Loma picking on him? They should just go their separate ways" narrative.

Maybe they were just late getting you the memo? Sounds like you way behind schedule bro. You making everybody else on your extended "Money" team look bad. Get with the times. Stop writing checks with Tank's name that Tank's boxing ability ain't capable of cashing right now. You fixing to push Tank into a fight he can't win, that's exactly what the LDBC wants to avoid!

[BoxingIsGreat]

Lol How is he average (below lol!) when he's 11-2 in title fights with belts in 3 weight classes with several solid wins?

The actual fight will answer that for you. Levels to this. I'd much rather see Mikey vs Loma, a fight where neither is guaranteed to win. Top flight fight.

[Boxing Logic]

I think this year is on course to be the best Boxing year since 2008.

Usyk-Briedis
Gassiev-Dorticos
Rungvisai-Estrada
Wilder-Ortiz
Valdez-Quigg

All delivered excellent back and forth fights in a short time span and now we've got a good show Saturday, Joshua-Parker, Hurd-Lara, GGG-Canelo II, Usyk-Gassiev Lomachenko-Linares, Smith-Groves all signed, sealed and delivered. They can produce some duds and it's still all good and that's before even June has hit.

I just realized GGG-Canelo II, Usyk-Gassiev and Lomachenko-Linares is all in the space of 7 days. I can't name a better week in recent history

Usyk-Gassiev is getting delayed a month apparently.

As for this being a good year, look man, matchups on paper are one thing, but until the most significant matchups of the year aren't dictated by corruption and A-side advantages, rather than a fair competition where the best boxer in their primes wins, then NO year of boxing can be considered good or "best" in any way. Every year where where the fights have been dictated by corruption and A-side advantages, which has been every single year with big fights in them the last decade at least, basically needs to be ruled a no contest. Those years are basically ineligible of being counted or included in the comparison in the first place, so you can't say they were the best, all you can say is that they and the big fights that took place during them don't really count, they're just kind of a shame, and the sport still isn't properly functioning. Some non-functioning years provide more entertainment and action than others, but non-functioning is still non-functioning as far as the SPORT of boxing goes.

Let's see how GGG-Canelo II goes, and whether it's a fair fight, for starters. Then, we can start talking about where the year ranks, provided the rest of the year goes off without major corruption as well.

[wrecksracer]

Loma moving to 135 to duck tank smh

Vagina "Tank" Davis was never going to fight Loma. Floyd wouldn't let him, anyway.

[Boxing Logic]

Yes, assuming Crawford demolishes Horn and wins a title in another weight class prior to Loma doing it.

I'm glad you said whoever does it first, chronologically, will be the determining factor for you, because Crawford-Horn is getting moved back, possibly after Loma-Linares happens. So if Loma-Linares happens first, and Loma wins the title first, it will be really fun to watch you flip flop your position to suit your bias

Comparing Linares to Horn... Hilarious. Next thing we know, you'll be comparing Indongo to GRJ...

[Shadoww702]

And we get Sadam Ali vs Beefy Smith on the same day!

SWEET!!! 2 great weeks of boxing!!