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I hope people don't shit on loma to much , I missed the last three rounds, I had salido up but nothing crazy. Its a fresh breath of air for a dude to not wana feed on bums and hell it didn't work so what he probably gained more experience in this fight than fighting ten bums, salido ain't no joke, and he did come in as a welter and cole is a joke

People are already calling him a hype job lol. Boxing fans kill me at times. I agree with you. We all bitch about the coddling and padding and this guy jumps at an opportunity and now he's a hypejob.


I would disagree. No matter how good the amateur they still need to adapt to the 'new' sport. In the UK it is like a top class Rugby League player moving over to Rugby Union. The player maybe top notch but they will need time to learn new strategies, plays, positions and also new training methods.


Even the very best amateurs and Lomanchenko is such, need time to bed in. Maybe not tons of time, but still a bit. Look at Ray Leonard or De La Hoya, top class amateurs they still took a year/18 months to adapt, and they did not turn out too bad.


And this is not hindsight, I wrote this down in the thread before the fight. The only example we have of a top amateur fighting the best from fight one is Rademacher, and that did not turn out so well. I hope Lomanchenko's management reflect on this, before deciding what to do next, before it is too late.