Media Lomachenko officially retires

one could argue it wouldve been better for his career if he stayed at a lower weight class, but he seemed like he wanted to challenge himself and try for greatness. FWIW, he still does hold the record for becoming a 3 division champ in the fastest time.

is he an all time great? in amateur boxing, absolutely. probably one of the best ever. in professional boxing? im not sure. but he is a great fighter and has a legacy he should be proud of. super entertaining style to watch in the ring, never put on a boring fight. he was and has been one of my favorite fighters for years now. its pretty smart for him to retire with all of his faculties intact and in good health.

Cheers to Loma! thanks for all of the fun fights!
 
cuban23 said:
Anyone who watched Lomachenko fight knew they were witnessing something special. We won't see a talent like that again.
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Eh, I thought he was good. But I just never saw that he was as good as people said he was. I wish him well in retirement though.
 
Superzorro said:
Eh, I thought he was good. But I just never saw that he was as good as people said he was. I wish him well in retirement though.
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i think thats valid, but i would argue his style is quite unique. other than Orlando Canizales and Nicco Loche, i cant quite think of any other boxer that moves like Loma. even those 2 examples are kind of reaching.
Usyk sort of does, especially since they are part of the same training team, but since Loma is smaller he was much faster and more varied.
 
He's a first-ballot HOFer but not an ATG in the pros. In the amateurs he was arguably the greatest boxer ever. Had he turned pro years earlier and not climbed the divisions so fast he might've had an even better pro career. Unfortunately he was injury prone. He had to undergo 2 shoulder surgeries, one immediately after the Linares fight & the other right after the Teo fight. That didn't help him any.
 
StopDucking said:
It’s a shame that Tank has ducked him for years and now that he’s not ducking anymore, Loma is retiring. That would have been such a great fight.
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Tank Davis and his team are now trying to push this narrative that Lomachenko is the one who was ducking, when you could find a million interviews from 2016-2019 of Mayweather and Ellerbe saying that he wasn’t ready for that fight.
It’s a shame. I used to argue with Lomachenko fans back then that Tank would knock him out. I believed in Tank more than he believed in himself apparently.

I actually think Mayweather eventually trying to force Tank to fight Lomachenko is what sparked the rift between them.
 
Sticking with retirement announcements is rare... fighters tend to slip into obscurity while compiling losses, countervailing declarations be damned.

Boxing is the one sport where you're retired until your next fight.
 
Superzorro said:
Eh, I thought he was good. But I just never saw that he was as good as people said he was. I wish him well in retirement though.
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He was a great fighter but the insane hyperbole surrounding the guy did him a great disservice, I think.
 
Seano said:
He was a great fighter but the insane hyperbole surrounding the guy did him a great disservice, I think.
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But can you be hyperbolic of the greatest fighter ever who is quite likely a Greek god of old donning a mortal skin?
 
Usyk has always had some similarities to Loma, being that they're from the same school of boxing, but his ability to adjust in fights is superior even if he isn't quite as athletically gifted.
 
He could never come close to the hype he got sadly. His three losses stick out really bad to me. Haney fight was really close so I guess I can give that a passish. but the other two just stick out so bad.

He was fun when he was able to fight a certain style of boxer but other times I was like "he's really good this is fun" but I feel he I wont think back on him as fondly as others.
 
I didn't even know what he looked like until I clicked on this thread. How in the world do you go 400 ammie fights with one loss? So many politics involved, at least in my viewing exp that that's not easy even if you are dominant, sometimes the judges favor a guys for some reason. Ray Leonard lost to, who was that guy? Randy shields in the ammies? He complained about it when people pointed it out one time on the air, that "i thought I won" and knowing the ammies, maybe he did. We all know what happened to RJJ in the olys, that's just not unusual in either ammie or pro but might be even more common in the ammies. In any case, that's a helluva record.
 
Loma you were one of the rare beacon of light for boxing for me in these times.

I really appreciated your skillset and your warrior spirit.

Congrats Loma for a wonderful boxing career.

Happy retirement.
 
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