Comments Thread For: Linares: I Want To Continue, To Keep Working - Ref Stopped It!

[nycsmooth]

A pretty good stoppage because he was still bent over after he arose so I can't contest it but let's give him another chance to fight was even on the scorecards...

[P4Pdunny]

He looked like he didnt want no more after that body shot

[lopez36]

He looked like he didnt want no more after that body shot

didnt see fight bit saw ending and it sermed like he barely got up and looked doen,, like he disnt want to continue but is blaming ref

[strykr619]

Anyone who says he quit has never taken good liver shot and has probably never been in a boxing ring.

Exactly, I took a front roundhouse to the liver a few years back, took me 5-7 min to just be able to get back up lol.... felt like a gunshot (been shot twice was on my 2nd tour in Afghanistan).

[HarvardBlue]

The animal only gets bigger & stronger from here! Linares was one good tough test. I too saw loma vulnerable not so much to be out skilled but rather more to be out powered! You think mikey garcia vs loma gets done this year?

Probably won't get done this year but hopefully by around this time next year. I think Lomachenko might go after Tank Davis but he also has a deveststing straight right hand. He might be a little bit more predictable than Linares but if it lands he can also put Lomachenko down. Maybe down for good.

[angkag]

Loma is not big enough even for LW. Linares towered over him making Loma look like a little kid. when they interviewed both at the end of the fight you could really see how small Loma was. even linares head was a lot bigger. some said linares might be juiced and he looked it. but he did fight well good sharp puncher good combos. I could see why Mikey the cherry picker would want Loma being he is even bigger then linares

Mikey is actually smaller than Linares in terms of height and reach, and he doesn't have Linares speed either. Plus Mikey has never shined against slick technical boxers, so I doubt Mikey would see Loma as an easy touch.

Mikey's actually an inch shorter than Lomachenko, and while he might have a stockier frame than Loma, he still looked a bit soft in the body at 140 lately and I suspect 135 is Mikey's optimum weight.

I think it would be a good fight, but I suspect Loma takes it just on activity. Mikey wouldn't get the same connect percentage as Linares, but then again, it only takes one.....

[harry-greb]

Linares himself said he wasn't that hurt, and could have continued, claiming early stoppage... A true body shot keeps you on the ground twisting and moaning in agony... Linares simply spent the 10 count on his knees. Then got up after the 10... He was exhausted and demoralized, and quit.

See for yourself:

No fighter says they were hurt, especially right after the fight. It's a macho sport. And there isn't a universal reaction to getting hit in the body. Linares fought a great fight, even if he tried to carry on, loma would have been all over him

[HURTFEELINGS]

JUST THINK ABOUT IT.......Oscar went down vs Benard from a liver shot, and HE can take a fist up his @ss, that sh|t must hurt.

[PunchyPotorff]

Funny how any time there's a stoppage like this, 'fans' think they just have to line up to trash the fighter. Guyz... it's a battle. And I doubt any of youse would have the guts to fight Loma, or Linares for that matter. Now, Linares does have too much of a warrior mindset, if he wanted to continue, but that's what fans want... or at least what I thought they wanted. I look forward to seeing both fighters continue on with their careers.

[Catrin]

Probably won't get done this year but hopefully by around this time next year. I think Lomachenko might go after Tank Davis but he also has a deveststing straight right hand. He might be a little bit more predictable than Linares but if it lands he can also put Lomachenko down. Maybe down for good.

Tank davis be a great match up!
I doubt floyd throws tank to loma... that would mean bob/floyd working together! Lets hope the politics dont delay this too long.