Gamboa circles and darts in and out of range whereas Loma stays in range and pivots. Salido's wide hooks caught Loma as he turned repeatedly
Also, I don't think that the Loma who fought Salido was bigger than the Gamboa who fought Salido. Gamboa successfully pushed Salido back throughout the fight. Loma looked a lot weaker back then and still had a bunch of amateurish habits
Finally, Salido is a hot and cold fighter in general. He sometimes looks completely different from one fight to the next. Perhaps he was more motivated against Loma
Gamboa circles and darts in and out of range whereas Loma stays in range and pivots. Salido's wide hooks caught Loma as he turned repeatedly
Also, I don't think that the Loma who fought Salido was bigger than the Gamboa who fought Salido. Gamboa successfully pushed Salido back throughout the fight. Loma looked a lot weaker back then and still had a bunch of amateurish habits
Finally, Salido is a hot and cold fighter in general. He sometimes looks completely different from one fight to the next. Perhaps he was more motivated against Loma
Great points except that Gamboa is not the smaller fighter. Gamboa was competing in the Olympics at 112 pounds and started his professional career at 122, so Loma is bigger.
Great points except that Gamboa is not the smaller fighter. Gamboa was competing in the Olympics at 112 pounds and started his professional career at 122, so Loma is bigger.
I just had a quick view of the highlights of both fights on YouTube and Gamboa looks more built up to me, especially his back. He was the aggressor and seemingly the stronger man against Salido, whereas Salido v Loma looked almost like man v boy. Gamboa was super young when he fought at flyweight, right?
We;re comparing Lomachenko, who is very good and very skilled but was only in his second pro fight to a guy who was in his 18th pro fight and had even better natural gifts of hand and foot.
It's sad that Gamboa is where he is right now and it can all be traced to him leaving TR in the build up to the Rios fight. That bout would have made him into a genuine star yet he chose to go with 50 cent or Jay Z or whoever it was.
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