Lomachenko: I can't speak English very well...I can't be a superstar

[PotentialToast]

Loma sold out O2. 14k in one day. Rest over the following days. It was not Campbell. He is a Superstar.

[WhatDisButtonDo]

Pacquiao couldn't speak English very well when he first started to become a star.

He became a superstar because he was basically a great white hope in Asian form.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Miguel Cotto wasn't what I call a mega star...

I think he was most definitely.

[BangEM]

Loma sold out O2. 14k in one day. Rest over the following days. It was not Campbell. He is a Superstar.

LMAO.

I doubt you know the meaning of a superstar.

Campbell also a big enough loyal fan base that's responsible for perhaps 30-40% of the tickets sold.

[sicko]

More so his Division to be honest! Biggest Superstars and Draws through out the history of this great sport:
Ali, Leonard, Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, Mayweather, Pacquiao...

Either they was Heavyweights or Welterweights! Those are just the Divisions where the Money generates the MOST from for whatever reason.


154-160 also had some big fights

[killakali]

🗣"I can't be a superstar." 😮@VasylLomachenko says that his lack of English stops him from being a big name, but his ability in the ring can put him in the history books 📖

📺 #LomaCampbell is on Sky Sports box Office this Saturday - Order now: https://t.co/vQ6smvjTNC pic.twitter.com/rNAOAVfVlp

— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) August 26, 2019

Tank’s ability to speak has held him back as well

[Motorcity Cobra]

Not speaking English and not having a solid ethic base hurts him. But I think everybody is missing what really hurts him the most. Campaigning sub 140. Every fighter you all named were 140 and above. That's when Manny's star status took off.

[Gideon lock]

Canelo can't speak English at all, far as I can tell. That hasn't hurt his star status

If Loma could put on another 40 pounds though, that might do it.

He knows of and has said the phrase "lets do this" as evidenced in the buildup to the Khan fight
https://*************/watch?v=GxFH_IMgxJ8

[andocom]

I don't think he was really complaining, just a cerebral boxer stating his perspective.

His English isn't terrible either, if he immersed himself it would probably improve fairly quickly, but I get the feeling thats not really his priority, he always talks about his boxing legacy not money or fame.

If he improved a bit more, so he can understand questions and at give least fairly coherent responses he should be fine, the broken English may even endear him to people.

Like Khabib in MMA and his "send location" phrase, the memes write themselves.

[pasawayako]

HBO/Top Rank spent all their money on the most aggressive marketing campaign in the 2000s for Manny & attached his name to Floyd Mayweather as much as possible. Boxing hasn't seen a push like that since. The Lil g push from HBO was a good try but by then that ship was sinking and Lil didn't fight any opponents that would've helped it stay afloat.

Lol. YDKSAB. floyd was a pac fan from 2003-2007. Pac was feed to all the killers and elites of 122-130 division from 2001-2006 and demolished them like nothing, that's what make pac a superstar because of his phenomenal way of destroying the elites of every division....