Lopez is a great fighter with good hand speed and great power, seems to be calm and confident in the ring. He likes to come straight forward and rely on his natural speed to land faster stronger punches against mostly one-dimensional opponents.
He is a good judge of distance so if a fighter falls short with his punches he will make him pay by leaning slightly and countering.
Comey who is older and slower decided that he was the alpha in the ring was just gonna outtrade faster, younger more athletic guy. That was the worst gameplan he could have implemented.
Lopez generates his power by having a wide stance which works perfectly fine against fighters who don't have any lateral movement.
Loma arguably has the best lateral movement in the sport. Although very different in every other aspect than Walters, Lopezes' footwork is very similar to that of Walters.
What is Lopez gonna do when Loma starts to circle him? He needs to be firmly in his wide stance to generate power just like Walters. without good foot placement, Lopez is just an arm puncher.
It's still possible Loma gets caught because that's boxing but other than punchers chance I just don't see a way for Lopez to win. Loma is not gonna start trading with Lopez, Loma is not gonna just come straight forward without any head movement, and most importantly he is not gonna just stand at the dangerous distance waiting for Lopez to figure out how to land a huge punch. Maybe if Lopez starts going to the body early and slows Loma down significantly. He could try to push Loma around and make it dirty just like Salido but even fighting dirty is a skill and fighters rarely just change their fighting style overnight. Lopez has been a pretty clean boxer so far.
He is a good judge of distance so if a fighter falls short with his punches he will make him pay by leaning slightly and countering.
Comey who is older and slower decided that he was the alpha in the ring was just gonna outtrade faster, younger more athletic guy. That was the worst gameplan he could have implemented.
Lopez generates his power by having a wide stance which works perfectly fine against fighters who don't have any lateral movement.
Loma arguably has the best lateral movement in the sport. Although very different in every other aspect than Walters, Lopezes' footwork is very similar to that of Walters.
What is Lopez gonna do when Loma starts to circle him? He needs to be firmly in his wide stance to generate power just like Walters. without good foot placement, Lopez is just an arm puncher.
It's still possible Loma gets caught because that's boxing but other than punchers chance I just don't see a way for Lopez to win. Loma is not gonna start trading with Lopez, Loma is not gonna just come straight forward without any head movement, and most importantly he is not gonna just stand at the dangerous distance waiting for Lopez to figure out how to land a huge punch. Maybe if Lopez starts going to the body early and slows Loma down significantly. He could try to push Loma around and make it dirty just like Salido but even fighting dirty is a skill and fighters rarely just change their fighting style overnight. Lopez has been a pretty clean boxer so far.
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