Teofimo Lopez says Loma "doesn't know how to fight backwards?"

[DoubleMM]

Is he going to try and put Loma on the backfoot?

Does he have the ability to do so?

[A.K]

He doesn’t soon as loma counters everything he throws he won’t be that willing to step forward.

[NearHypnos]

I mean, that’s his best plan because he himself will have issues going backwards

[VatoMulatto]

Teo's trashtalk has made me even more excited about this fight. Let's see if he can back up his words tomorrow.

[deathofaclown]

He might not be wrong.

Loma only really throws lots of shots when he is creating his own angles, but he doesn’t actually throw many shots when he gets backed up, which is very rarely anyway.

If you could back Loma up then he would be less effective for sure, but actually being able to back him up is very difficult because of his footwork and distance control.

I’ve always felt that Lopez has to land something very significant early to make Loma second-guess himself because he felt some real power and make him cautious about getting into his rhythm and make him second guess his distance.

[edgarg]

I don't think that Lomachenko really "backs up". He may for step or two, but to reset himself.

He's more likely to use an opponent's attack as a reason for moving around him, and punching whilst he's doing it.

Only one thing. We haven't seem him operating for 14 months, a long time in a boxer's life, and he may not be as sharp as he has been before. Because unnoticeably, time erodes the most agile of us, even in minimal amounts.

[Jimmy 23]

Lopez is right. Loma is no Mayweather. Lopez walks him down.Roughhousing him.

[boliodogs]

Loma had 400 amateur fights and won all but one of them. He can fight backward, forward and sideways,

[BodyBagz]

Circling > moving backwards

[bballchump11]

I've been saying this for years