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I love Loma. But he’s truly just a bigger Rigo. And I love Rigo haha but their pro careers didn’t play out like their amateur careers. With Rigo, we have concrete evidence contracts and bout agreements refused to be signed. I chose to give Loma the benefit of the doubt on this too. But he lost the Lopez fight fair and square. No matter how you slice it . I get the other controversy. I had Haney just edging him but the other is a joke. But going up and losing can’t be your excuse. Rigo never used it and that’s Loma’s biggest win by far. And that jump was big for the Cuban who had a very defined comfort range in weight. It was a big jump for Loma. I get that too. But Loma opting to turn pro so late kinda washes out this who “championship belt record” talk to some degree. He was SEVERELY overqualified as an amateur. I expect him to beat Gary in his 3rd fight, yes 100%. Loma had a lot of ring time. He was an incredibly risky fight early bc he wasn’t truly “untested” the secret was out. And losing to an over the hill Loma isn’t quite as forgivable as it once was - nor is beating him. So the big names his career NEEDS obviously will avoid Loma. And the dangerous young guys Loma would get put over if he beat, he likely can’t. I hate what ppl have done to the word “duck”. It’s logical Loma avoid a fight with Shakur right now. Is that a duck? If you ask the kids these days, then yes . But I don’t think that’s fair to Loma - who surely got a lot of rejections while in his prime. He’s entitled to navigate his career at this point. He’s truly in the GGG predicament unfortunately. Loma is an incredible boxer. But to be in any ATG convo, I wish he got the job done with either Teo or Haney. It’s asking a lot but it’s what’s required to be put in that next tier. Failing to do that doesn’t mean he’s overrated, he’s rated as highly as we thought leaving such an extensive amateur career behind. But much like GGG his next fights have to be huge and he risks some stinkers to end his career if he’s not careful. His record does not reflect his greatness but it’s also not proof he’s an ATG. Say what you want about the Haney fight, but ask yourself: will Loma go down as Haney’s best win? If the answer is even possible to be a “no” then that speaks volumes given Rigo is Loma’s. Ppl tend to overcompensate defending Loma who is unfairly labeled “overrated” . That’s just silly, he just had a very odd timed career and tough to make big fights happen. And the bigger ones didn’t go his way. Again, all the hall marks of a rigondeaux who as much as it pains me, wasn’t able to have the career I wish he had but atleast he didn’t fall for the Cuban trap of pursuing Olympic cycle while having pro aspirations. That allowed him to get one major scalp in his prime upsetting Donaire is his absolute prime. I can’t even imagine how things may have been different for Loma if he went pro a bit sooner.
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