Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell - 31 August 2019

[Ruthless-RKO]

[ShadrachSimmo]

Closest he’ll get to it.

[margaret thatcher]

Who is the short kid standing next to cool hands?

[Cholo_cws]

The reception Lomachenko got at the public workout was incredible, great to see the English fans give him his props

Much of the crowd may well have been Ukrainian. I went to the WSB British Lionhearts v Ukraine Ottomans there a few years back and it seemed there were more Ukranians there (to see Lomachenko and to a lesser extent Usyk) than there were British fans. They certainly made more noise.

Great reception nonetheless.

[Twinkle Toes]

I think Campbell is going to put on a better showing than Crolla, but this is a huge ask.

The thing that gives me some hope is Loma's fight with Linares. Although he found Linares out, he didn't have it his own way, and the size of Linares was an issue. Campbell is big for the weight and does most things well. I don't think ultimately he is quite fast enough, but I think he might surprise a few people with his showing.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[samwbr]

I think Campbell is going to put on a better showing than Crolla, but this is a huge ask.

The thing that gives me some hope is Loma's fight with Linares. Although he found Linares out, he didn't have it his own way, and the size of Linares was an issue. Campbell is big for the weight and does most things well. I don't think ultimately he is quite fast enough, but I think he might surprise a few people with his showing.

I think Campbell may flash drop Lomachenko earlyish but get stopped inside 8 rounds.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Both looked good at the weigh in. Both made weight.

[kbackup408]

Not felt the buzz through out the fight week, missing a few chants of lions in the camp.

[MightyWarrior]

Almost a mismatch, Loma is going to absolutely pulverise Campbell

[KiwiRider]

The reception Lomachenko got at the public workout was incredible, great to see the English fans give him his props

Much of the crowd may well have been Ukrainian. I went to the WSB British Lionhearts v Ukraine Ottomans there a few years back and it seemed there were more Ukranians there (to see Lomachenko and to a lesser extent Usyk) than there were British fans. They certainly made more noise.

Great reception nonetheless.

If most of the crowd were Ukrainian, then who was looking after your kids?

[TheLeprechaun]

I think Campbell is going to put on a better showing than Crolla, but this is a huge ask.

The thing that gives me some hope is Loma's fight with Linares. Although he found Linares out, he didn't have it his own way, and the size of Linares was an issue. Campbell is big for the weight and does most things well. I don't think ultimately he is quite fast enough, but I think he might surprise a few people with his showing.

Linares is an offensive juggernaut with a lot of snap on his shots. He has nice counters too. Campbell isn't as offensively gifted. I think Linares has better footwork and lateral movement. He pivots off well. A lot of his punches flow beautifully and it's sometimes hard to know what he's going to throw. In his combos he goes to head and body well. Luke has more body to aim at and I think he will struggle with Lomas pressure. We have seen Loma keep pressure on guys and Luke looks like he will have trouble maintaining distance once Loma really gets going.

Looking at the Linares and Pedraza fights, I don't see how you can see Luke going the distance. Pedraza had pretty good upper body movement and fought on the inside too, slipping and sliding quite well but was put into survival mode towards the end, dropped twice and lucky not to be stopped. Linares did the right thing in trying to get Lomas respect and did get it but again got worn down and worked over. I think Campbells camp need to realize they are in with a highly elite fighter here and go for broke early to get Lomas respect. For me Campbell needs to land something within the first couple of rounds which hurts Loma badly and keeps Loma in check. It's a long shot and I see Loma starting earlier than usual and being in complete control of the fight by the 5th round, with it looking like a matter of time before Campbell gets stopped.

[ewenhay]

Might actually break my self imposed ppv ban for this one. Could be an exciting night

[MightyWarrior]

Is it around 10 for Loma ?

[overhand_right]

Edwards to be toppled by the Mexican fly swatter.

Fury getting chopped down by Povetkin.

Campbell being shorted by the head at the deadly hands of Loma.

Bad night for tall men!

[Ruthless-RKO]

Is it around 10 for Loma ?

As always

[MightyWarrior]

Thanks, for some reason I thought it was sometimes a 11 o’clock start

[Ruthless-RKO]

Thanks, for some reason I thought it was sometimes a 11 o’clock start

That's usually Frank W who goes past 11pm for main event. Hearn has his main events just after 10pm. depending on prev fights.

[3132DW]

Thanks, for some reason I thought it was sometimes a 11 o’clock start

That's usually Frank W who goes past 11pm for main event. Hearn has his main events just after 10pm. depending on prev fights.

He said earlier Fury v Povetkin is 9.30 in the ring.

[Ruthless-RKO]

That's usually Frank W who goes past 11pm for main event. Hearn has his main events just after 10pm. depending on prev fights.

He said earlier Fury v Povetkin is 9.30 in the ring.

If that goes the distance, they'll try getting the main event ring walks done around 10.30pm

[Bard of Boxrec]

Hope luke is getting paid well here. It’s going to be so ugly for him.

[margaret thatcher]

Luke's got Olympic gold medal skills and is way longer and a bigger man. He'll be okay, he may lose but it won't be a slaughter.

[mickey1975]

Has luke Campbell shown weakness in the body

No, but he’s a very good body puncher.

Told you!

[THEBUTCH]

Hats off to Campbell, he tried his best to compete with an all time great but came up short.

He made Loma work for his win and can be proud of his challenge.

I think I heard Buncey say something along the lines that Luke made Loma look ordinary at times, but there is NOTHING ordinary about Loma at all. Don't forget Campbell is a world class lightweight himself and was well beaten, despite giving it a damn good go.

[tobyh5]

I was a little confused by the lack of bodywork by Loma at some key moments. He opened him up with that bodyshot in the 5th, and that was clearly hurting Luke but then in the next round his attacks where at the head, even when he pinned him on the ropes for moments he still neglected a step off to the side for a dig in hard to the body.

The 11th round knockdown came from a head shot but some really strong body shots which preceded it had opened it up and was what really hurt Luke.

I am not saying he did not attack the body, he just did not press the moments he should have and did not attack it enough considering how much it troubled Campbell