Is a Lopez/Loma rematch warranted?

[Vlad_]

Of course. Once Lona turned the action up, he was soundly winning the rounds. It’s just a shame he gave the first half of the fight away.

[sargo]

Don't see how people call it a clear win for Lopez. Yes Loma gave away the first half of the fight but hardly got tagged doing so. The last half Lopez got hit a lot.

[PunchMeIDareYou]

Don't see how people call it a clear win for Lopez. Yes Loma gave away the first half of the fight but hardly got tagged doing so. The last half Lopez got hit a lot.

Exactly, and this is why I had Loma clearly winning.

[baroidi]

Rematch? sure, every former champ deserves a rematch, but Loma will lose 10 out of 10 times. Loma has no power to worry bigger guys, if he tried to engage early, Lopez would've KO'd him. Lomachenko wasn't exactly dominating in the later rounds when he finally started to engage, Lopez landed shots too.

[Lomadeaux]

I understand Loma knew he couldn't walk into that fire early. Lopez is sneaky, fast & hits hard and that jab also troubled Loma. When Loma finally turned it on, he looked like a man who could win the fight. It was very competitive in the last rounds but for Loma it was too little too late IMO.

I still didn't think it would take Loma THAT many rounds to get going. In a rematch would he start faster now when he knows what Lopez brings to the table? If he does will the result be different? Maybe, mabye not but why I wouldn't mind to see a rematch.

Can you imagine if he picked up up early? The scorecards might be the exact same.

[Lomadeaux]

Lomachenko wasn't exactly dominating in the later rounds when he finally started to engage, Lopez landed shots too.

C'mon man...

[Lomadeaux]

Exactly, and this is why I had Loma clearly winning.

I had it a draw. Even though Lopez didn't really land anything in the first 6 rounds, Loma gave up those rounds with no activity. I could see Lopez by 1 round but that would be a stretch. It'd be hard to argue.

I'm not sure how you rematch with judges scoring loud punches with no effectiveness.

The judges had it 11, 9 and 8 rounds for Lopez. That is absolute insanity.

[Toffee]

I think that fight set the scene perfectly for a rematch.

Looked to me like Loma went out to see what Lopez had, and once he felt the power he didn't fancy getting too close.

But Loma showed he can mix it up. A rematch would be a much better fight.

[Shadoww702]

Why not. Loma still has his WBC FRANCHISE Belt.

[Citizen Koba]

I would say so. I believe wed actually see a more competitive and exciting bout second time out, with Loma understanding that he'd have to force the pace and take some risks.

It'd give Teo more openings too and I suspect lead to Vasyl getting at least hurt if not dropped.

Would watch for sure despite last night being something of a meh kinda fight action wise.