Who's the baby now?

[ruthless rocco]

Poor baby Lomachenko.
Turned pro with a silver spoon in his mouth...
A family portrait.

[p4pking]

He's probably the most successful/decorated amateur ever... Was he supposed to turn pro thinking he was just lucky to be there? Guys with that kind of pedigree aren't supposed to take losing well, and he barely speaks English anyhow, we don't really know anything about him. Id say he's probably not the biggest baby implicated in this thread myself.

[X]

Nah, he is ONE of the most decorated amateurs ever. Not putting Lomachenko down, because he is a magnificent boxer, but:

Just because he is the most recent amateur to win lots of stuff doesn't make him suddenly the best amateur that ever existed, or even the most decorated.

Stevenson, Savon, Papp, Rigondeaux, Kindelan ......

(not even mentioning the fact that just about every professional fighter who ever lived was at some point an amateur too)

That would make Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Foreman etc pretty successful amateurs too.....

[p4pking]

See, he's not even close to the biggest baby

Haha nah I kid, no expert on this. Far as I know he's the only guy on that level to actually beat everyone he ever fought as an amateur though? Point was just that he's been ridiculously successful and was never going to be comfortable with losing.

[imp]

Needs to change his trainer and start thinking for himself.

He was exposed.

Still a great fighter but he was exposed.

Lopez will knock him out next time.

[Memphis]

I mentioned this in the other thread about casuals. No one ever elaborates when they say exposed. It's almost always a cool soundbite to throw into commentary with nothing to substantiate it at time of delivery. Exposed to me, means there is something wrong with what you do or who you are. This flaw is then exposed. For example someone with a dodgy chin might get exposed when they first meet a puncher. Until that point it's hidden, then gets exposed. Generally others follow suit by targeting and exposing this flaw.

For me, fighters at the very top don't get exposed. Not ever. It's the wrong word or terminology to use. In my opinion anyway. You don't get through a near 400 fight amateur record and albeit in only 16 fights a pro record that boasts multiple World titles in multiple weights with a glaring glitch that's been carefully hidden. You just get beat by the better man on the night.

I don't disagree about Lopez potentially knocking him out in a rematch. Loma would have to be more aggressive and deal with the inherent risk.