Teofimo vs Loma: ... Who ya got?

[TitoFan]

High quality contest, shame it was in a bubble. Great job by Lopez, good jab, good early body attack. Loma did nothing for the first half and it cost him. Great finish by Lopez. It's a simple argument to say Loma starts earlier and gives himself a better chance of winning the fight. But those reasons why he was so slow to get going aren't going away. The speed, size, power, youth of Lopez all played a part, it wasn't just Loma starting slow as is the norm. Baring a stoppage all Lopez had to do was give it everything for one round in the second half to win the fight.

Crazy fight between two 15 fight pros where one was considered the grand master and the other the young pup who might find himself a bit out of his depth. Now of course that Loma has TWO!!! loses he's on the slide and was never any good. Obviously that's the opinion of the social media lunatic experts. Not the experts here

I think the consensus here is that number one, Loma made a tactical mistake by waiting till the second half of the fight... and two, Lopez is a better, more capable boxer than some here were giving him credit for.

Loma himself I'm sure now feels he may have underestimated Lopez from the outset, maybe thinking about Teo's comparative lack of experience.

Regardless, it was a fight truly deserving of a rematch, if that's what each of them wants.

[Master]

Bob Arum doesn't want to see a judge again after her Teofimo Lopez scorecard, and fans agreed

Teofimo Lopez is the undisputed lightweight champion after stunning Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday, but one scorecard for his win prompted disbelief for many observers, including Top Rank CEO Bob Arum.

The fight was officially scored 116-112 by Tim Cheatham, 117-111 by Steve Weisfield and 119-109 by Julie Lederman. It was the last scorecard that drew questions.

There was little doubt that Lopez deserved the win, but the consensus was that Lomachenko showed enough life in the second half of the fight to keep things competitive going into the 12th round. Lopez finished strongly for the win, but it’s hard to believe that he won 11 out of 12 rounds, as Lederman saw things.

The good news is that, if anything, Lederman erred toward the victor. That wasn’t enough for Arum, though, as he said after the fight that he would advise fighters to request Lederman not be appointed for their fights:



The vast majority of boxing fans, journalists and one welterweight champion seemed to agree with Arum’s assessment.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/bob-arum...051749340.html

[powerpuncher]

I don’t get why people are so up in arms about the one scorecard. That scorecard is at least plausible. I’ve seen so many worse. Loma only clearly won the 11th which is the round that the judge gave to him. Almost every major boxing card has at least one scorecard worse than that one.

[TonnnnUK]

I don’t get why people are so up in arms about the one scorecard. That scorecard is at least plausible. I’ve seen so many worse. Loma only clearly won the 11th which is the round that the judge gave to him. Almost every major boxing card has at least one scorecard worse than that one.

It's a weird one. Since the result went the right way anyway it doesn't matter all that much but it was pretty wide (albeit probably plausible), but I think it also stems from the fact that Lomachenko is one of those fighters who seems to have ardent supporters, they get a bit touchy when it's not gone their way. Even the somewhat sensible fans. Loma was something of a darling for the boxing purests.