Great win for Loma! Made p4p material Crolla look terrible.

[Robbie Barrett]

Crolla was ranked #3 in the world on boxrec. Do you just expect commissions to disallow Loma fighting everyone in the division? Lmao

Boxrec has Joshua and Spence ahead of Loma P4P bet you don't agree with that though.

[W1LL]

Alright, jackass. So Lomachenko should just throw away his belt?

What did Crolla do to earn a mandatory position? Beat a shot Ricky Burns? Beat Daud Yordan? Some Mexican fella who isn't even ranked on BoxRec? The rankings are built for convenience for whoever is paying that particular alphabet org off. That's how it is today with too many titles and not enough common sense. Only a nitwit wouldn't be aware of that.

[EasternEuroFan]

It was a mandatory doe! Crolla ranked highly on BoxRec doe!

Well, that isn't Loma's fault. What should he do, just vacate belts?

Maybe the governing bodies need to re-work how they do things and how mandatory shots are given to try and avoid mismatches.

Look at Anthony Yarde now, he's mandatory for Kovalev despite never beating anyone worth a bean. But at the end of the day, he has earned his shot according to the rules, so what can you do?

[mathed]

It was a mandatory doe! Crolla ranked highly on BoxRec doe!

The dude he was supposed to fight got hurt. What did you propose he do?

[W1LL]

The dude he was supposed to fight got hurt. What did you propose he do?

Could have pushed the date back and found an opponent that could actually push Loma and take him rounds. But nah, just pay the WBA off to make Crolla mandatory, much easier. Who cares if it's a squash match in a half full arena? A win is a win at the end of the day.

[tonysoprano]

This is why rankings and mandatorys don't mean anything.

On paper Crolla deserved that shot. In reality he shouldn't have been in the ring.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

What did Crolla do to earn a mandatory position? Beat a shot Ricky Burns? Beat Daud Yordan? Some Mexican fella who isn't even ranked on BoxRec? The rankings are built for convenience for whoever is paying that particular alphabet org off. That's how it is today with too many titles and not enough common sense. Only a nitwit wouldn't be aware of that.

Why are you asking us? We aren't the sanctioning companies. We don't do the rankings.

Do you understand you are really trying to act like it's Lomachenko and his teams fault for setting up this fight? As if it wasn't Hearn (who is a competitor to Arum) that wasn't threatening to enforce this mandatory.

Only a nitwit would try to blame Loma for this.

If you want to be mad at somebody, blame the alphabet companies for their rankings. Not the fighters who are forced to take a mandatory.

[EasternEuroFan]

I hope you're trolling...

He beat 3 weight world champ Ricky Burns. Smashed the undefeated Barroso. Beat the excellent Darleys Perez. Had a close fight with Linares the first time.

Crolla is one of the top lightweights in recent times and will be highly regarded long after he retires but Loma is soooo good. He makes these elite fighters like Crolla look like journeymen.

[KillaMane26]

P4p material? This is sarcasm right?

[W1LL]

Why are you asking us? We aren't the sanctioning companies. We don't do the rankings.

Do you understand you are really trying to act like it's Lomachenko and his teams fault for setting up this fight? As if it wasn't Hearn (who is a competitor to Arum) that wasn't threatening to enforce this mandatory.

Only a nitwit would try to blame Loma for this.

If you want to be mad at somebody, blame the alphabet companies for their rankings. Not the fighters who are forced to take a mandatory.

I'm not blaming anyone, but that was a sickening mismatch. Calling it how it really is doesn't mean I'm trying to blame anyone for anything. Crolla beat a man who isn't even ranked in the top 15 by the WBA to become mandatory challenger. Work that one out. Crolla could fight the other 9 fighters ranked in the WBA top 10 and he'd probably go 0-9.