Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopez Crushes Edis Tatli in Fifth With Body Shot

[Boxing_1013]

If Loma really wants Lopez to have a belt as a prerequisite, then he should tell Lopez to go to the UK and pick up that Mickey Mouse strap from Luke Campbell for him. And then he should agree to the fight.

No one knows when commey will be ready for a top contender, so Loma should seize the moment before the weight issue expires Lopez from 135.

I’ve already went on record on here stating I’d give Loma credit for fighting Lopez, win or lose. Once again, I just wanna see good fights, and wouldn’t be tripping off Lopez if Commey was healthy and ready to go.

I don't mind a Crolla-type mandatory for a fighter one out of every 3 fights or so, especially if they are staying active. But yeah Loma needs to raise the level of competition, hopefully at 135, in his next couple fights after Crolla.

I will be interested to see if he can finally settle into the weight at 135 or if he will always struggle at that weight, compared to how dominant he was at the lower weights anyway.

[markther]

I really like Lopez. I wouldn’t want to see him in there with Lomo yet. Let that fight build up. But I would love to see how he would do in there with guys like Easter, Pedraza, Commey, Beltran, Campbell.

[djb914]

If Loma really wants Lopez to have a belt as a prerequisite, then he should tell Lopez to go to the UK and pick up that Mickey Mouse strap from Luke Campbell for him. And then he should agree to the fight.

No one knows when commey will be ready for a top contender, so Loma should seize the moment before the weight issue expires Lopez from 135.

I’ve already went on record on here stating I’d give Loma credit for fighting Lopez, win or lose. Once again, I just wanna see good fights, and wouldn’t be tripping off Lopez if Commey was healthy and ready to go.

I would try another route, have Lopez fight Lomachenko's friend and Ukrainian Olympic teammate Denys Berincyk (Olympic Silver Medalist) who is ranked 11th by the WBO, but he should move up as he beat #7 ranked Narakawa today by scores of 120-107 (X2) and 118-109, after Lopez demolishes Berincyk they could build it as Lomachenko trying to avenge his friends loss (I read they are brothers in law, but someone in the comments section said they are not) Berincyk is known for his crazy ring walks and he is the perfect opponent for Lopez, An Olympic Silver Medalist who is undefeated and at the same time he is a very safe opponent who has no chance whatsoever of beating Lopez, yet there is also the storyline of Lomachenko trying to avenge his friends defeat.

[Boxing_1013]

Again, I don't see anyone saying that Lopez is guaranteed to beat Lomachenko.

Just that he is one of the few intriguing matchups available at 135 right now.

All this talk about him needing a belt first is fine and dandy...as long as Lomachenko's next fight isn't against someone else who also doesn't have a belt.

Agree with you 100% on the bold part.

Well I didn't say guarantee - I just said a lot of people give Lopez a real shot in that fight, and a lot of people favor him. And honestly I am one of the ones who gives him a real shot.

But again my main point was that it was funny that a lot of people on here will rate a fighter pretty much exclusively on how much they can identify with them/if it is 'their guy'. Could have the same types of fighters - if it is 'their guy' they love him; if it is the 'other guy' he is overrated lol.

[Boxing_1013]

And I stick by that. U and I both know that the divisions he’s been in have been weak, same issue I had with ggg all those years.

U must admit Walters was exposed as a pretender, and didn’t have ANY intentions of winning that fight for obvious reasons. It was merely a nice retirement fight for him. Now he can ride off in the sunset and live like a king in Jamaica for the rest of his life.

Rigo was COMPLETELY, all the way compromised by moving up two weight classes in the twilight of his career. So besides Russell, no one on his resume is really impressive to me, and that’s just being honest.

If we start mentioning guys like Pedraza and Linares then we’ve simply gotten desperate.

Exposed by Loma, yes. I have my judgments of fighters going in, and if they look different than they have previously, good or bad, I usually attribute that difference to the opposition they are facing. Going into that fight many people were liking Walters and I think they had reason to like him.

Same thing in the Rigo fight. Obviously the weight was an issue there but still Loma made that look incredibly easy against a guy who has been nothing but dominant in his entire career. I was impressed. I really felt going in Rigo had a 50/50 chance, and it seemed most posters felt the same way, and it was completely one-sided. Going into that fight I don't think anyone expected that level of dominance.

The Pedraza and Linares wins are impressive in different ways - came at a higher weight against good fighters etc. And the Linares win especially showed a lot of toughness, heart and adaptability by Loma to find a way to get the stoppage in a close fight (I think I had it even at 5-4 for Loma at the stoppage).

I even give him credit for the Martinez Sosa and Crolla wins in the sense that he was very impressive against those guys and hardly lost one second of any of those fights, stopping all of them when guys like Salido, Walters and Linares couldn't. Not exactly wins to overhype but I always like it when a guy does what he is supposed to do and more going into a fight.

Crawford tonight would be a good example of that, same with what he did against Horn and Postol. Against Benevidez it would be the opposite. Spence was/is high on my pfp list for the same reason - he always excels in there, except imo against Mikey, I personally was disappointed that he couldn't get the stoppage.

Not every fight is going to be Hagler Hearns, but if you are easily running through good fighters (and in Loma's case some have been better than good) I think that is impressive.

[Oldskoolg]

So many young American stats on the horizon and he is definitely one of them

[chubuk7]

Teofimo vs Lomachenko. Let's stop the bullshit already.

Teofimo lopez great skills power I think his ready for an elite opponent now like Loma.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Ready for Loma? No way.

Better than Crolla?

[chubuk7]

Better than Crolla?

Do you mean make Tank vs Lopez first, then Loma?

[BoxingIsGreat]

Do you mean make Tank vs Lopez first, then Loma?

That would be nice. Davis is even more vicious. Teo's fight tonight is a baby play.