Vasyl Lomachenko v Jorge Linares on May 12th NYC

[p4pking]

I don’t think it’s a great idea for Linares to be going into this fight period. I know he’s extremely good and his losses were years back now. It struck struck me the things he always struggled with were gauging distance and transition from offence to defence. Most of the times he’s gotten clipped, never mind stopped, seemed to be pulling straight back from the waist, or after throwing one too many punches coming forward. Loma strikes me as a “make up a fighter to make that a disaster”. He style is basically perpetual motion and there is no transition.

[Spicoli]

Guess Mikey picked his lane today and it's 140. If Loma shines against Linares it'll be blinding and a great match missed. Starting to wonder about Mikey.

Linares will be forced to play aggressor and sacrifice timing and those sharp range punches.

[powerpuncher]

Guess Mikey picked his lane today and it's 140. If Loma shines against Linares it'll be blinding and a great match missed. Starting to wonder about Mikey.

Linares will be forced to play aggressor and sacrifice timing and those sharp range punches.

Ya, a little surprised at the decision but I honestly don’t mind if he sticks with 140. I still don’t think it’s out of the question for a mega fight at 135 with Loma, but as of right now he is picking 140. Good timing too because Crawford cleaned it out and now a whole new crop of 140lbers are there for the picking so he doesn’t have to just fight Crawford leftovers.

He is supposed to fight Baranchyk next who looked pretty good when he beat Petrov.

[Alpha]

Yea Garcia can wait for the waters to clear with Loma/ Linares, then force the winner into a bout at 140.

Baranchyk is a beast but I see Mikey picking him off in another competitive bout. I don't see many easy fights for him at 140 if he fights the top guys.

[Ron Swanson]

What a professional fight is is defined.

No headgear, no shirt, getting paid. Loma didn't fight for a title in his 2nd pro fight. He had like 6 pro fights before his "pro" career began. He is one of the best, he was ready to fight championship level.

[TitoFan]

What a professional fight is is defined.

No headgear, no shirt, getting paid. Loma didn't fight for a title in his 2nd pro fight. He had like 6 pro fights before his "pro" career began. He is one of the best, he was ready to fight championship level.

Splitting hairs here, but ok. So Lomachenko fought in the World Series of Boxing between '12 and '13, and some consider those "pro" fights. Depends on who you talk to, I guess. Lomachenko himself would argue they were NOT professional fights, seeing as to how he was trying to set a new world record for winning a world title in the fewest number of pro fights. The facts themselves would seem to support Lomachenko, what with the 5-round fight limits, and an apparent difference in the gloves. (There's other differences as well). Doesn't matter, really. Throughout the history of boxing, there's been more than a handful of fighters out of the gate who appear to be something special from the start of their pro career. And I'm not talking 40-0 taking on a bunch of bums in your backyard. I'm talking guys who climb quickly in the course of 10-15 pro fights, with ever increasing quality of opponent. Soon they get their shot. But it's not some artificial ruse to "set some record" or anything like that. Again, Lomachenko proved to be worthy. My point is so would have lots of other guys who ended up having to wait.

[Ron Swanson]

What a professional fight is is defined.

No headgear, no shirt, getting paid. Loma didn't fight for a title in his 2nd pro fight. He had like 6 pro fights before his "pro" career began. He is one of the best, he was ready to fight championship level.

Splitting hairs here, but ok. So Lomachenko fought in the World Series of Boxing between '12 and '13, and some consider those "pro" fights. Depends on who you talk to, I guess. Lomachenko himself would argue they were NOT professional fights, seeing as to how he was trying to set a new world record for winning a world title in the fewest number of pro fights. The facts themselves would seem to support Lomachenko, what with the 5-round fight limits, and an apparent difference in the gloves. (There's other differences as well). Doesn't matter, really. Throughout the history of boxing, there's been more than a handful of fighters out of the gate who appear to be something special from the start of their pro career. And I'm not talking 40-0 taking on a bunch of bums in your backyard. I'm talking guys who climb quickly in the course of 10-15 pro fights, with ever increasing quality of opponent. Soon they get their shot. But it's not some artificial ruse to "set some record" or anything like that. Again, Lomachenko proved to be worthy. My point is so would have lots of other guys who ended up having to wait.

I get ya, not even arguing with you. Was just saying dude was getting paid, fighting without headgear or a shirt. By the people that defined what a professional fight is he was a professional fighter. Just talking, not disagreeing or agreeing.