Comments Thread For: Lomachenko: Lopez's Size, Reach Made It Difficult To Get To Him - Wants Rematch

[ELPacman]

First, Lopez ain't giving him a rematch. He already said it himself and he's ready to move on now as the undisputed.

Second, Loma probably wouldn't win again unless he truly goes all out offensive in first half which puts him at risk as it did in the first fight. He is too small against Lopez and I was saying that forever, the size was too much this time for Loma to overcome when Lopez had the power to keep a smaller guy off him.

With that said, I think Loma gave a great account of himself in the second half and if a rematch picked up where it left off, Loma should win, but again, that's where Lopez is most dangerous so I don't think Loma would risk it again in the first half. It's just a not really gonna win it fight for Loma and he should move on.

Lopez has every right to move on really at this point and doesn't need to give a rematch.

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All of a sudden Teo is just too big lol. The vast majority, myself included, didn't give Teo any chance to win this fight. Loma was an established champion at 135 with 5 fights in so I don't want to hear this lame excuse. The sad reality is that he was outboxed and outfought by a green, 23 year old kid.

[ShoulderRoll]

No more tall fighters for Lomachenko.

[Apollo7]

All of a sudden Teo is just too big lol. The vast majority, myself included, didn't give Teo any chance to win this fight. Loma was an established champion at 135 with 5 fights in so I don't want to hear this lame excuse. The sad reality is that he was outboxed and outfought by a green, 23 year old kid.

A good big guy beats a good little guy. Size and weight is obviously a big factor in boxing. Size played a part in that fight as well as skills and tactics.

[Boxingfanatic75]

Tim Bradley is the BEST, bar none, boxing analyst TODAY! Tim does an admirable job keeping things real-true while analyzing fights!!

Bradley is annoying and cringe worthy. His voice is like listening to nails on a chalk board and he never shuts tf up. Many times he’s like the John Madden of boxing by stating the obvious. Like his boxing career he is a spastic. Every moment is one in which you must be excited for and more so than the last I just mentioned. Bradley is god awful.

Malignaggi, Foreman, RJJ, Bernstein, Teddy and call it a night.

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A good big guy beats a good little guy. Size and weight is obviously a big factor in boxing. Size played a part in that fight as well as skills and tactics.

Is Teofimo that much bigger than Jorge Linares? Both are the same height. I'd buy this excuse if Loma had moved up to 140.


Also, Lomachenko was p4p #1 and fighting a young kid with little experience not an experience good big 'man.'

[JayJab]

sore loser...

Loma is good, but not good enough.

[Goldie]

A good big guy beats a good little guy. Size and weight is obviously a big factor in boxing. Size played a part in that fight as well as skills and tactics.

Why didn’t this apply to loma’s wins in the lower weight divisions though? He’s clearly bigger than guys like GRJ and Rigo but that didn’t stop the media and fans alike from overhyping those wins. I didn’t hear people using the “a good big man beats a good little man” logic to those fights. Loma didn’t quit like those guys, but he did basically give 7 rounds away just trying to survive.

I also wonder why people think it’ll be so easy for him to go back down to ‘30. He fought above ‘30 in his last Olympics and he was over ‘40 2 weeks out before this last fight. He could be draining himself getting back down to ‘30 at this age.

[Apollo7]

Is Teofimo that much bigger than Jorge Linares? Both are the same height. I'd buy this excuse if Loma had moved up to 140.


Also, Lomachenko was p4p #1 and fighting a young kid with little experience not an experience good big 'man.'

Lopez looks to be significantly naturally bigger than Loma. Probably 1 - 2 weight divisions between them in natural size. Lopez has said Loma isn't as good at 135. Loma has said he finds it more difficult at 135. Size is a big factor.

And as for Lopez being green, he's been boxing from a young age and had won a title. He clearly has a lot of talent and ability and is in his physical prime. He's clearly a problem for anyone at 135.

[Apollo7]

Why didn’t this apply to loma’s wins in the lower weight divisions though? He’s clearly bigger than guys like GRJ and Rigo but that didn’t stop the media and fans alike from overhyping those wins. I didn’t hear people using the “a good big man beats a good little man” logic to those fights. Loma didn’t quit like those guys, but he did basically give 7 rounds away just trying to survive.

I also wonder why people think it’ll be so easy for him to go back down to ‘30. He fought above ‘30 in his last Olympics and he was over ‘40 2 weeks out before this last fight. He could be draining himself getting back down to ‘30 at this age.

If you know anything about fighting you know size is a very, very significant contributing factor. It clearly played a part in the the GRJ fight, the Rigo fight and every other fight in history. It's just a fact.