Loma v the Axe Man

[Hulk]

I knew Walters once but man he is emphatic about 'opting out'. Not sure I've ever watched a guy so certain and confident about staying on his stool. Very underwhelming.Loma calls out Vargas. you'd save time throwing a side of beef into a wood chipper.

well to be fair he was asked who he wants next and it seems like he really didnt know so unlike the rest who say they let the promoters deal with that he gave an actual answer/the first guy who could think of :S... I want loma to take on salido first and then vargas, hey let him beat the other champs.I am suspecting walters is locked in a backstage war with hbo, first his missing weight by a fair bit then the strange draw and now his strange post fight comments S: I suspect walters wanted to stick it to hbo here :S

But at the cost of his reputation and pride?I'm reading he quit and blamed it on ring rust due to HBO and his promoter.Crazy.

[chris6878]

I knew Walters once but man he is emphatic about 'opting out'. Not sure I've ever watched a guy so certain and confident about staying on his stool. Very underwhelming.Loma calls out Vargas. you'd save time throwing a side of beef into a wood chipper.

well to be fair he was asked who he wants next and it seems like he really didnt know so unlike the rest who say they let the promoters deal with that he gave an actual answer/the first guy who could think of :S... I want loma to take on salido first and then vargas, hey let him beat the other champs.I am suspecting walters is locked in a backstage war with hbo, first his missing weight by a fair bit then the strange draw and now his strange post fight comments S: I suspect walters wanted to stick it to hbo here :S

But at the cost of his reputation and pride?I'm reading he quit and blamed it on ring rust due to HBO and his promoter.Crazy.

ring rust, hbo, and getting a masterclass. that last round was really bad. Id rather see him quit than get totally embarrassed and beat in the head for 6 more rounds.

He is still an exciting fighter so he will be good.

[p4pking]

He can't have done himself any favours quitting. HBO might just say to hell with him now, even though there are certainly exciting and winnable fights for him, who would bank on the guy after that? If he fought Vargas or Salido that would be interesting for instance, but he's going to be worth peanuts for now.

[palmerq]

I knew Walters once but man he is emphatic about 'opting out'. Not sure I've ever watched a guy so certain and confident about staying on his stool. Very underwhelming.Loma calls out Vargas. you'd save time throwing a side of beef into a wood chipper.

well to be fair he was asked who he wants next and it seems like he really didnt know so unlike the rest who say they let the promoters deal with that he gave an actual answer/the first guy who could think of :S... I want loma to take on salido first and then vargas, hey let him beat the other champs.I am suspecting walters is locked in a backstage war with hbo, first his missing weight by a fair bit then the strange draw and now his strange post fight comments S: I suspect walters wanted to stick it to hbo here :S

But at the cost of his reputation and pride?I'm reading he quit and blamed it on ring rust due to HBO and his promoter.Crazy.

oh yeah he definently quit no doubt about it but it wasnt a full on beating, so i think there is something else going on here, walters post fight comments seemed rather odd... maybe i was incorrect and he really isn't commited to the sport anymore

[Pavlik]

Did Walters weigh in 148 pounds fight night?

[palmerq]

Did Walters weigh in 148 pounds fight night?

not according to the hbo fight night scale, they had him one pound less than lomachenko

[J_Undisputed]

Can't believe this dude sat out to b*tch about money and then quit anyway. The first time they were supposed to fight, Loma offered Walters 300k from his own purse if walters won because Walters claimed he should have been getting a million (what Loma got for this fight) Instead of something in the neighborhood of 450k (walters highest purse before that was about 300k and change)

Way to prove a point... No wonder they called him the axeman.. he probably just got fired.

[Spicoli]

I knew Walters once but man he is emphatic about 'opting out'. Not sure I've ever watched a guy so certain and confident about staying on his stool. Very underwhelming.Loma calls out Vargas. you'd save time throwing a side of beef into a wood chipper.

well to be fair he was asked who he wants next and it seems like he really didnt know so unlike the rest who say they let the promoters deal with that he gave an actual answer/the first guy who could think of :S... I want loma to take on salido first and then vargas, hey let him beat the other champs.I am suspecting walters is locked in a backstage war with hbo, first his missing weight by a fair bit then the strange draw and now his strange post fight comments S: I suspect walters wanted to stick it to hbo here :S

But at the cost of his reputation and pride?I'm reading he quit and blamed it on ring rust due to HBO and his promoter.Crazy.

oh yeah he definently quit no doubt about it but it wasnt a full on beating, so i think there is something else going on here, walters post fight comments seemed rather odd... maybe i was incorrect and he really isn't commited to the sport anymore

It seemed that way in the Sosa fight also. The whole 'draw' thing and how it was almost swept away by hbo and crew. I really do think someone, higher ups or deal makers, were intentionally putting the screws to Walters and trying to knock some of his shine off. In the lead up and weigh in he just lacked fire and when asked about fight night in last interview he never once said..I'm going to win. He said we'll see what happens and just watch tomorrow night. Not to discredit Loma and if he shook prior to the bell Walters then even more credit to him. Wouldn't be surprised if walters was smoked out in more than one way either

[Silkeyjoe]

Just watched the fight there. How good was Loma? Its like he knows we're in the matrix that movement wow! Freakish hand speed too.