This. .he won but its clear 135 is his ceiling and he def had his moments where pedraza defense and movement was getting to him...hes unified but he better take a softer touch to make sure that shoulder is 100 percent. 140 is a pipe dream for real.
ESPN 12/8 Vasyl Lomachenko vs Jose Pedraza (WBA/WBO Lightweight title unification)
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Well to be fair Pedraza fought like a fool in that fight with Tank
"Oh he'd get SMOKED by Mikey, he's TRASH for not being able to finish Pedraza, Mikey would end him in 5 rounds!!"
Like you can literally just swap out Loma's name with Floyd, Pedraza's with "Castillo" or "Maidana", and Mikey with "Oscar/Canelo" in any of those statements and you'd get the textbook diatribe of every salty crybaby after all of Floyd's fights over the past 15 years. Don't be that guy with Loma brehs
Mikey is on a completely different level than those opponents you named. Just like Floyd is in a different stratosphere than Loma.
Scored the fight 8-4 (116-110, anybody knows why Ward had it 116-111 ?) and thought that Loma did relatively well considering he was coming from a should injury and fighting a unification bout. Not his best showing obviously and he got tagged way too much in the 10th but otherwise he was not that bad. I think part of his averageness was due to Pedraza who had a good showing and should have invested earlier in the body but also the lack of right hook which are necessary for his pivots. Anyway, we'll see how he fares next fight and see if it was just a one off.
Like everybody, 135 is defo is celling though as he already looks quite buff at this weight and man consistently has height and reach disadvantage. I think Manny was smaller than him but he had a reach that was average for 140 while Loma is already sub-par at 135 so he's pretty much stuck here by his physical limits. Also, I'm not too much worried about his face as dude marks super easily and I don't recall any fight of him where his face was clean at the end. He does get touched more than average compared to the other elite boxers but it's also because of his attacking/pressure style so I think it's kinda expected.
Finally, I wish there was a way to have a commentary-free broadcast, I'd actually pay for that feature so I could only hear the crowd and the fight. I'm a Loma stan but the commentary was embarassingly pro-Loma. In the 10th, when Pedraza got busy the announcers got silent for a good 10 seconds til Bradley broke the awkwardness to salute Pedraza. I know the machine is behind him so I understand these dudes got to do the job but they really need to tone down the slurping, it's annoying and it's part of why some people hate on him.
I wish Ward was doing the commentary instead of Bradley. Not that Bradley is bad or anything but you can sense from his analysis that Ward is always neutral and tells it like it. When the broadcast got after 4th for the analysis, he had the fight 2-2 (I did too) and was very fair in his assesments while it basically felt that SAS gave 1 round for Pedraza out of pity.
Like everybody, 135 is defo is celling though as he already looks quite buff at this weight and man consistently has height and reach disadvantage. I think Manny was smaller than him but he had a reach that was average for 140 while Loma is already sub-par at 135 so he's pretty much stuck here by his physical limits. Also, I'm not too much worried about his face as dude marks super easily and I don't recall any fight of him where his face was clean at the end. He does get touched more than average compared to the other elite boxers but it's also because of his attacking/pressure style so I think it's kinda expected.
Finally, I wish there was a way to have a commentary-free broadcast, I'd actually pay for that feature so I could only hear the crowd and the fight. I'm a Loma stan but the commentary was embarassingly pro-Loma. In the 10th, when Pedraza got busy the announcers got silent for a good 10 seconds til Bradley broke the awkwardness to salute Pedraza. I know the machine is behind him so I understand these dudes got to do the job but they really need to tone down the slurping, it's annoying and it's part of why some people hate on him.
I wish Ward was doing the commentary instead of Bradley. Not that Bradley is bad or anything but you can sense from his analysis that Ward is always neutral and tells it like it. When the broadcast got after 4th for the analysis, he had the fight 2-2 (I did too) and was very fair in his assesments while it basically felt that SAS gave 1 round for Pedraza out of pity.
im guessing he had an even round in there on top of the 2 kd's
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Kid had a sinus infection and was keeping me up
Finally got her to sleep with her meds, hit the DVR cause I knew I was tired and forgot to hit the extension.
Fight stopped playing in round 6
Finally got her to sleep with her meds, hit the DVR cause I knew I was tired and forgot to hit the extension.
Fight stopped playing in round 6
do you have espn+? they prolly have it up there by nowKid had a sinus infection and was keeping me up
Finally got her to sleep with her meds, hit the DVR cause I knew I was tired and forgot to hit the extension.
Fight stopped playing in round 6
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
Though there wouldn’t be really a color guy, Max, Ward and Atlas would be a hell of a Announce team for Nights like this.
they need to get rid of stephen a..until he gets his knowledge up
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Went on the app and the first thing on app was them talking about Loma won by decision. I only get + when they're on there exclusively. Used reg ESPN app.
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Definitely possible. I thought I heard him say he scored it 8-4 so maybe I was mistaken.im guessing he had an even round in there on top of the 2 kd's
gotcha..well if you have espn+ the whole card is up on there on demandWent on the app and the first thing on app was them talking about Loma won by decision. I only get + when they're on there exclusively. Used reg ESPN app.
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Floyd at 130,135,140 did body dudes thoughThe "lack of power" "criticism is especially hilarious coming from some of Floyd's biggest fans
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I think this will be different next year I can see it being Max, Ward and Tessitore calling the fight and Bradley Stephen A as the people they go to after rounds
