Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Loma looks small at the weight, these guys look massive in comparison. Loma is too skilled for them and played with Commey in the end. Very brave of his corner to allow Commey to take that beating.

Loma should take on Tank whilst he waits for Kambosos v Haney.

Loma is brilliant to watch and makes me reminisce about watching Sweet Pea at his best.
I agree that Loma is brilliant and I can’t help but think/compare him to other brilliant southpaws (Hagler, Sweet Pea, Manny….etc.). It’s like someone took the footwork and activity of Manny, mashed it together with the defensive ability of Sweet Pea, and added the footwork of a pro dancer. Loma is welll above his best weight and he beats these good fighters into submission because the gap in skill is so large.

I love the reference to Pea as he is one of my favorite fighters ever and was another guy who fought well above his weight because he was so good/much better than everyone else. Pea was unique because he was much more stationary and able to break opponents down behind a constant jab and sustained body attack, where Loma uses his legs to maneuver around opponents and create angles to attack. Both styles are effective and unique to those two, there was a period when fighters would try to adopt Pea’s deep knee bend on the inside but no one was as effective with it. Loma’s angles and footwork is similar- no one will be as effective as he is (they won’t be able to combine the movement, defense, and offense like he does).

As I said before, I love Loma’s desire to be great by fighting the best and cleaning divisions out. I still feel like his loss vs Teo was more about what he didn’t do than what Teo did, but admit I’m biased and my have clouded judgement. Either way, the next couple of years will be great and we all need to appreciate this guy while he is around (along with Bud, Canelo, Usyk, and Fury).