Comments Thread For: Gary Russell: I Want Loma Rematch For Myself; Not Fans, Not Media

[RetroSpeed05]

All areas.
There’s nothing to break down. Loma was clearly the bigger fighter in the ring against Russell jr and it played a huge role in the fight. If you are arguing that the size difference didn’t matter and it was all about Loma’s footwork then you can continue believing that.

What were the fight night weights?

[Goldie]

What were the fight night weights?

I have no idea.

[Real King Kong]

Well size is a factor in all aspects of being in a fight with someone. The size difference played a role to some degree in everything that happened in the ring. If your opponent can hurt you while you can’t hurt them, then that’s going to effect everything else. If you’ve got 2 relatively equal skilled fighters with one fighter having a clear size advantage over the other then the bigger guy is going to win 8-9/10 times.

I don't think they're equally skilled, that's the thing. maybe an extra bit of reach makes it tougher for loma to deal with Russell's flat footed one speed flurries, maybe not...but loma would have still been hitting him just the same and he'd still be stepping out or blocking most of what came back.

[Goldie]

I don't think they're equally skilled, that's the thing. maybe an extra bit of reach makes it tougher for loma to deal with Russell's flat footed one speed flurries, maybe not...but loma would have still been hitting him just the same and he'd still be stepping out or blocking most of what came back.

Well that’s your opinion and that’s good for you, but I’ve made it clear that I don’t agree.

[Boris Spassky]

What were the fight night weights?

Featherweight


Loma 129 - Ramirez 135
Loma 136 - Salido 147
Loma 138½ - Russell 138
Loma 134 - Koasicha 133
Loma 138 - Rodriguez 132
Loma 132 - Piriyapinyo 137

Super feather

Loma 137 - Walters 136
Loma 139 - Sosa 142
Loma 137 - Martinez 144
Loma 138 - Rigo weighed 130 the morning of the fight in his tracksuit

Lightweight

Loma 138 - Linares Judging from his previous fight night weights he would've been at least 146
Loma 138-139 - Pedraza 147 as per a member of his team
Crolla would've had at least 7-8lbs on Loma if not more
And Campbell would've had 8-10lbs on Loma according to the fight night weight his trainer said he would be

Reach

Loma 65.5''

Campbell 71''
Crolla 67''
Pedraza 70.5''
Linares 69''
Rigo 68''
Marriaga 67''
Sosa 67''
Walters 73''
Martinez 67''
Koasicha
Rodriguez 69''
Piriyapinyo
Russell Jr. 64''
Salido 67''
Ramirez 65.5''


Terence Crawford's fight night weights by way of comparison

Lightweight

Crawford 149 - Klimov 140
Crawford 152 - Gamboa 145
Crawford 153 - Beltran 147

Super-lightweight

Crawford 155 - Lundy 151
Crawford 155 - Jean 155
Crawford 157 - Postol 152
Crawford 157 - Diaz 161

So as far back as 2016 he was coming in as high as 157 at junior-welterweight


Per his S&C coach on bulking up to fight at welterweight

''We've trained harder since his last fight, putting more weight on him - good weight - putting some more muscle on him, and just getting him bigger, because we've always know he was going to have to move up in weight eventually, so that was a big part of it - just getting him heavier''

''He has easily put on 10lbs of muscle all the while by maintaining speed and athleticism.''


Terence Crawford 74'' reach


kavaliauskas 71''
Khan 71''
Benavidez 73''
Horn 68''
Indongo 71.5''
Diaz 67''
Molina 71''
Postol 73.5''
Lundy 68''
Jean 72''
Dulomre 73''
Beltran 67''
Gamboa 65''
Burns 70''
Klimov 69.5''