loma doesn't really counter much and is likely to really struggle against a pressure fighter with a good punch. i think it actually could go bad for lomachencko when he starts slowing in the latter rounds. i really think he pulled the cat out of the bag against linares, he was starting to get punched around a fair bit.
you took the words out of my mouth...at the exact moment loma ko'd linares with a punch that seemed to come out of nowhere, it looked like linares had worn him down and now loma was ripe for the kill...i saw linares closing the distance because loma was moving less and linares seemed to be going in in for what i thought would be an assault to set loma up for the ko, and then bam!..it's linares who gets ko'd. it's boxing so i know anything could happen, but i swear linares let a golden opportunity slip out of his hands...if only he was more durable, or if he was a more cautious guy, he would have taken advantage of loma being more stationary and kept his range and tried to outbox loma over the remaining couple of rounds...but instead he blew it.
i can't really see how his fans though he was controlling the fight. he might have been ahead in the early rounds but after the knock down he was starting to look a desperate. i will give him one thing, he has a champions heart. the size of linares and his ability to coral lomachenko's movement with body punches was starting to take a toll. the way he came back from getting dropped, to catch him (with what looked like an all or nothing combo) was impressive.
you and me are of the same mind...that's 100% exactly how i saw it.
I dont see Davis having shit. Mikey is different story, but Davis is not Mikey.
I favor Garcia over Lomachenko. I think Davis vs Lomachenko is just an interesting fight.
Meh.
I've asked the same question, many times.
