You have to get through the early embarrassment with Loma. Create pressure at your own expense to disrupt his thought process. Keep your head and be patient till round 7 on up.
When you get to the later rounds make those punches count. Loma just can’t be Loma under pressure and if you can disturb his equilibrium he loses that ballet nurtured balance.
Did you saw why Walter's quit? He was kinda patient, but he understood that the next round Loma will simply KO him. You can't just wait against Loma and his 4 quitting opponents can confirm that.
Loma can easily go counterpunching and he's great at provoking preplanned offense so that he knows how to counterpunch. You can't just "keep trying" or "keep pressure" - he will just orchestrate your punches and will punish you for each try. The only guy who went through the distance with Loma after Russel Jr was Pedrasa, and it was only because of Loma's injury. The rest didn't survive mid rounds.
Timing, range, and size can neutralize Lomachenko. Pedraza and Linares had some success doing this, and I believe Campbell is much better then criminally overrated Pedraza. I also had him beating Linares. Luke is much more durable then fragile/stamina impaired Linares.
Speed, power, aggressive explosiveness with skill like Tank would also be hell for Loma at 130.
Loma better not move up any higher in weight or he will be in trouble. Imagine Loma vs Prograis or Taylor...lol. Even Baranchyk.
I’ve watched Linares Campbell twice and no way did Campbell win.
Loma breaks opponents down mentally first then physically. If Campbell can stay mentally in the fight without getting discouraged by loma’s speed and movement, stay alert and withstand the storm, he might find some openings. Nobody except Salido has taken Loma into deep waters.
The scary thing is that Lomachenko is getting better as a pro. As good as he was as an amateur, perhaps the best ever, it took a few fights for him to adjust to the pro-style. I think he will make easy work of Campbell. Lomachenko is a one a generation type fighter.
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