"Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it."
George Foreman
I give big respect to Lomanchenko. In a sport where young guys are afraid to take risks in fear of failing and falling into obscurity, he jumped into the deep end right away with a complete monster in Salido, who had a huge size advantage.
Obviously he had a lot of problems with Salido and there's obviously still that awkward adjusting period he needs to go through to become a legit pro, but he fought well, made a relatively close fight out of it and made no excuses. So good for him. I wish more guys were like him and took huge risks in this sport.
Just watched re air. He can clearly take stock in his late surge and obvious quality stamina. But I gotta say because it was all the rage..Lampley was absolutley out of line bringing Coles fathers name into it and was his normal biased ass self. The holding..Loma was literally a clinging ragdoll in 9,10 and took 4 warnings for it, as Salido took 3 for LB. Both were ugly, it was a tough fight but that 12th round was great for Loma. Quality hands that looked natural. One thing that was telling was his inability to get into a clinch and get out of a clinch 'clean'...if that even makes sense?! He pulls out like he is avoiding some zombie hoard, arms extended, flailing and jerking his shoulders. Bit spaztic. HBOs attempt at CYA and cleaning the network shop was pathetic though. If they railed on the network stars as much as a guy brought in to lose..we may start to see some real change and consequence with the rash of guys blowing weight.
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