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According to rankings Marriaga has never beaten a guy ranked higher than 60th at 126, if I remember right that guy is 19-8-2. Just saying.

I don't say that in any way to take away from Loma's skill. But he is top shelf, he needs top shelf opponents.
Who's rankings? Rankings don't mean shit in boxing, it's not like golf or tennis. Boxing rankings are based on opinion. Marriaga proved himself against Walters and Valdez.
I've given tons of praise for the Valdez fight but the Walters fight wasn't close.

Walters threw 200 more punches while landing at a higher percentage.

If you don't like punch stats Walters also floored him.

If you dismiss that the judges had it 119-108, 118-109, 117-110 and fans it 119-108
Yeah Walters won no doubt, it was competitive though regardless of the scoring (opinion based). If a guy is way out of his depth he gets Rod Salkaed or Liam Walshed not hold his own.

What rankings are you using? If you didn't think the rankings meant anything you wouldn't keep bringing them up.