Can Lomachenko be a star?

[boliodogs]

He already is a star and he deserves to be one.

[Raonic]

I think so. Not to the Manny/Floyd level or even Cotto/Canelo type of draw but considering he will be fighting majority of his fights on ESPN going forward and Bob is pretty good at building stars, he will be a guy people want to watch for a long time.

[_original_]

He's pretty big now. Not sure how much more marketable he can be as 135 is probably his ceiling. Lomachenko-Garcia would do big business for both.

[Dana White Sr]

looking at what tr is doing with loma, it gets me wondering what he could do with the charlos and spence. loma might not be the ppv star like manny and floyd but, i think he will be recognizable mainstream wise and im not talking about on no damn wheaties boxes.

[buddyr]

Yes I think he will be a star. Hes already getting there. Arum made a smart move moving these guys to ESPN. Loma has a lot of charisma too unlike Crawford so that helps.

He doesn't even speak english hahahahahaha.

[VatoMulatto]

He doesn't even speak english hahahahahaha.

You don't need to speak a certain language to have charisma. You either have it or you don't.

[Redd Foxx]

Problem is, he doesn't have the "angle" that makes a star, in the US at least. Doesn't have the nationalistic support. Doesn't hit the personality angle. Isn't a heavyweight. Doesn't look particularly interesting. Isn't wild and aggressive like Manny was. He's just a damn good boxer and guys like him only garner a certain amount of popularity. Ward had the same problem.
As a hardcore boxing fan, that doesn't bother me. I like guys who aren't pop stars.

[juggernaut666]

He wouldn't have got the noteriety like hes been getting and his MSG presence and reception shows hes already a star .


Only fools and detractors would disagree !


Read the idiots post above this one for details ..lol .....

[buddyr]

You don't need to speak a certain language to have charisma. You either have it or you don't.

how you gonna say someone has more charisma than another when you don't even know what one guy is saying though? Just a simple question if you care to answer? You don't have to.

[buddyr]

oh and before you young azz dudes come in here talking about someone hating sounding like a teenage girl, I like what lomachenko is doing fighting the best out there. I'm still pissed at Garcia for *****footing around and avoiding Linares for reasons only he and his brother knows. We can't be mad at that. Boxing needs more people like lomachenko. Lomachenko isn't the problem. I like the way he fights. I picked Rigo ti beat him, but he beat Rigo and I aint accepting a weight excuse just as if he loses when moving up, I aint accepting no excuse for that.

My only problem is with guys like Dan Rafael, Teddy Atlas, and fans acting like they've never seen a fighter use defense in boxing haha. The same guys calling Sweet pea and Mayweather "boring" are now praising defense. And I ****ing hate mayweather. I can't stand that mf and his fans. Lomachenko fans are just as bad becasue a lot of them just started watching boxing a couple years ago. I remember the night of Floyd vs Pac, the same day the spurs lost a game 7 to the Clippers, that Lomachenko fought on floyd/pac undercard and I'm the only one in the house that actually knew who he was and was telling everyone that he was gonna be a star. I watch all the weight classes. Inoue is one of my favorites. If someone is throwing leather, I'm watching. But I just hate it when the media has an agenda. Lomachenko is a bad mf. I like him, but all of this, "the best I've ever seen" bs gotta stop . I aint standing for that nonsense. He gotta give me at least 20 fights hahaha But I give him credit. He doesn't need to move up. I actually recommend him cleaning out 130 than fighting Garcia cuz that might be bad for him and I wouldnt' think any less of him if he moved back down.