loma vs pedraza december 8th

[jamamb]

this is on

wbc/wbo lightweight titles. madison square garden in new york.

hopefully this sets up a garcia vs loma undisputed clash , as each would be unified if loma wins. though mikey and arum have a bad history...

[jamamb]

pedraza is a decent boxer but dont think he has the sting in his shots linares does, or quite the athletiscsm

[jujigatame]

Not the worst matchup in the world but kinda pointless. Loma should win every round and the only question is whether Pedraza can hang in there for 12.

[jamamb]

well it could make loma vs mikey a bigger fight, because then it would be for the undisputed crown. of course big 'if' if those two fight at all

[imaioral]

In lightweight class, there is only Garcia as a highly possible treat for Lomachenko, before was Linares. So far there are virtually no opponents capable of winning Lomachenko. Pedraza is on average level, but will mostly serve as a sparring opponent for him, the fight ends up to 9th rd.

[jamamb]

tbh, i didnt realize there was so little depth at lw, pedraza may actually be a legit top 5 lw

mikeys really the only interesting fight at lw for loma.

[SenorPipino]

Pedraza didn't exactly wow against Beltran.

Beltran was aging and worn.

And Pedraza failed miserably against Tank.

Seems like a pretty routine win for Lomachenko.

Only thing that could hinder a dominating performance is how he responds coming off surgery.

[jamamb]

i thought pedraza boxed pretty well vs beltran, schooled him a bit for me

obviously hes no tank, although he is the top guy on tanks resume id think

[Cent0089]

Lomachenko looking bulked in newest training videos. And he is training in orthodox stance, maybe because of injury ? I like how Pedraza beat Beltran and somewhat deserves this shot. But he is going to take a savage beating in this :(

[jamamb]

i read loma saying recently he felt small at lw vs linares and wants to fill inti 135 more, so maybe he has bulked?

[Cent0089]

i read loma saying recently he felt small at lw vs linares and wants to fill inti 135 more, so maybe he has bulked?

Good for him, hopefully it does not affect his speed and reflexes