Comments Thread For: Pedraza: With Lomachenko I Showed That I Belong at Elite Level

[DuckAdonis]

It was a moral Victory for Pedraza. He was glad to go the distance. He boxed well, but he never tried to win, especially after Loma put him on his ass twice. He had nice movement and combinations and used it to keep Loma busy and off him and go the full 12. He is talented, but I don't think he should be proud of the fact that he survived the fight and had some good moments. Always try to win. A true fighter is only satisfied with their performance if they win. Shows that Pedraza has a losers mentality

[indelible]

I don't know about that! I've seen Ramirez getting hit a lot over his last 3 fights, and especially his last fight:

Jose Ramirez defends title with majority decision vs. Jose Zepeda

February 10, 2019:

Local hero Jose Ramirez pleased a crowd of 14,034 at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California, by rallying the second half of the fight to retain a junior welterweight title with a close, 12-round majority decision over Jose Zepeda on Sunday.

Zepeda (30-2, 25 KOs) out-boxed Ramirez (24-0, 16 KOs) for most of the early rounds, using savvy footwork and an accurate southpaw jab to keep the titleholder off-balance and out of range.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...vs-jose-zepeda

Jose Ramirez retains title with clear decision over Antonio Orozco

September 15, 2018:

Local hero Jose Ramirez defended his junior welterweight title via unanimous 12-round decision on Friday in a sensational fight with Antonio Orozco that featured sizzling two-way action in every round...

Ramirez's jab, combination punching and body shots were the keys to his victory. Orozco battled back with left hooks to the head and body, but despite his punch output, he couldn't turn the fight in his favor.

Many of the rounds were close, as both fighters hammered away at each other with reckless abandon. But Ramirez's hand speed and slightly harder punches allowed him to edge most rounds.

Still, every time Ramirez seemed on the verge of scoring a knockout, Orozco, of Stockton, rallied back to stay in the fight...

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...erweight-title

I won't even go to the Amir Imam fight, because Ramirez's performance was so poor that Arum had to steer Prograis in a different direction, because Prograis would've destroyed Ramirez! Teofimo stops Ramirez in 8!

I do not disagree. You did your research. Ramirez does get hit quite a bit but Zepeda (while I feel the fight should have been a draw since Ramirez didn't do much in the first half) and Orozco are no easy opponents. Zepeda showed he works a good jab and can box inside and out while Orozco is the type of fighter that can brawl and has a solid chin. He got dropped couple times with shot to the liver and still got up and kept coming forward. Ramirez is still young and will continue to improve with R. Garcia while Lopez will be limited under his dad's training unless he gets a new trainer which he'll want to do next year should he move to 140 to help advance his career.