Official Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Orlando Salido RbR & Discussion thread

[Weltschmerz]

I had it close but 115-112 Lomachenko, with the final round being 10-8 for Lomachenko.

Also, Laurence Cole is a fucking idiot.

[Weltschmerz]

Twas too soon for the kid. He'll be fine though.

yeah too soon in the sense that he didn't repeatedly foul Salido back and give him multiple low blows each round.

[Holywarrior]

Am I nuts or did Lomachenko win the fight?

[StretchPlum]

I would have taken 3 points from Salido. Cole is far worse than an idiot, and always has been.

[dan_cov]

I would have taken 3 points from Salido. Cole is far worse than an idiot, and always has been.

And how many from Lomachenko for excessive clinching and pushing?

[Weltschmerz]

And how many from Lomachenko for excessive clinching and pushing?

This is allowed in pro boxing to some extend, unlike low blows. Lomachenko should have gotten the decision, quite clearly.

[Weltschmerz]

Anyway, Vasyl will come back strong. This kid has a great future ahead of him.

[BennyST]

Yea...but that's still 500 bucks I missed out on at +500 odds.....

Ouch. I feel for ya mate.

Lomachenko deserved the decision, low blows are not scoring punches. In fact Salido did not land very many punches to the head throughout the fight, he landed a lot to the body but a very large portion were below the belt. The refereeing was disgusting.

I had it close but 115-112 Lomachenko, with the final round being 10-8 for Lomachenko.

Also, Laurence Cole is a fucking idiot.

Cole is a ****ing idiot, but you guys can't score to save yourselves. Only a blind fool, or a completely biased douchebag could have scored that fight in Loma's favour...particularly by giving him a 10-8 round for landing one good punch that really wasn't anything close to ending the fight. It hurt Salido, he held on, recovered and that was it. Not even close to a 10-8. Don't embarrass yourself further.

I would have taken 3 points from Salido. Cole is far worse than an idiot, and always has been.

If he would have warned him, then it would have stopped. Thus 3 points never would have been taken.

This is allowed in pro boxing to some extend, unlike low blows. Lomachenko should have gotten the decision, quite clearly.

They are both fouls, both punishable by points.

[Weltschmerz]

Cole is a ****ing idiot, but you guys can't score to save yourselves. Only a blind fool, or a completely biased douchebag could have scored that fight in Loma's favour...particularly by giving him a 10-8 round for landing one good punch that really wasn't anything close to ending the fight. It hurt Salido, he held on, recovered and that was it. Not even close to a 10-8. Don't embarrass yourself further.

Well a lot of people believe Vasyl won, just look at these boards. Most would agree that it was a close fight, so your claims that Loma in no way could have been awarded the W makes little sense. Actually, it makes you look biased here. Salido could (should) also easily have been deducted several points for his continuous punching below the belt line - many would agree on this as well.

[BennyST]

Well a lot of people believe Vasyl won, just look at these boards. Most would agree that it was a close fight, so your claims that Loma in no way could have been awarded the W makes little sense. Actually, it makes you look biased here. Salido could (should) also easily have been deducted several points for his continuous punching below the belt line - many would agree on this as well.

No, a small, yet typically vocal minority of bias Loma fans think he won. Everyone else, 95% of people, saw what it was. A clear Salido win.

I'm not dis*****g the low blows mate. If Cole had actually done his job, and warned Salido when they started, he would have stopped and no points would have been taken most likely. Salido did what he could get away with, that's Cole's fault, and it doesn't somehow mean Loma wins the fight. After all, if Cole did his job, then Loma could also have lost points for excessive holding. Both guys fouled, no one got warned.

But, no matter how bias you are, the last round wasn't a 10-8 round.

You need to be getting brutally lit up, staggering about the ring, about to be stopped for the majority of the round for any judge to give a 10-8 round with no KD. They are very rare and briefly hurting a guy with one punch means nothing. It meant he won the round clearly, but very normally.

It was a dumb risk that didn't pay off. Just leave it at that boys and girls. Getting freaky on everyone is just sad. He didn't win, but he fought well for what he was trying to do. Don't slide further by going down that path.

I have favourite fighters too, but when they lose, they lose. I don't think Marquez won the Bradley fight just because I like him. That's how close this fight was, but I don't need to pretend Marquez won for whatever the **** reason. I'm not an idiot and I'm not ******. Bradley won. It sucks, but that's boxing. When you take big risks, sometimes they don't work. I'm not going to start suspending reality because my poor little mind can't handle a basic truth. It wasn't hard to score, and Salido made it closer than it needed to be by training like **** and being a fat turd, and Loma did bloody good to be the guy finishing strong.

But he didn't win. Another five fights against various guys, and maybe a ten rounder and I think he would have won, but they missed this time. No shame at although. It's only his 2 official pro fight. He'll be a champion soon.