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VASYL LOMACHENKO'S PRO CAREER STARTS NOW!
All righty, so not that Lomachenko and his most loyal fans have been introduced to professional boxing, this great talent's pro career starts NOW, and it's gonna be an excellent one!
He's 7-1 as a pro (WSOB regulations comply with pro rules and should be counted), and he's got fed by the right amount of gamesmanship to start taking it more seriously. Salido fought the PERFECT anti-amateur fight: physical advantage, constant pressure, swarming the body, wide shots around the guard, tag the belt line, hit upon holding and expose the lack of inside game. These are the things Loma couldn't dealt with:
- fighting back up close or properly clinching, fighting out of clinches, effectively pushing, using his elbows etc.
- complain at the referee for low blows, act as if Siri's was rubbing his junk
- go around Salido's guard with hooks and uppercuts when coming in, feed him with hard body blows
- check hooks at corners, rope-a-dope and short hooks on the ropes
- side step, bounce around or move into Salido's range to take away the body work
- mix up head-body, straight-wide, quick-heavy shots, throw combos
- manage the output based on the opponent's activity
We should commend Vasyl for winning about 4 rounds in a world title fight this early and almost getting the stoppage, but there were far too many flaws exposed to get straight back into the title mix, and far too few answers by the corner to keep them - no matter of the longtime chemistry, Lomachenko needs a seasoned pro, cause that's who's gonna get him into gamesmanship. Vasyl also needs to start reading his opponents better, figure out the angles and start feeding the aggressor with heavy counters, something that was totally missing on Saturday. He also needs to learn to make a statement early, grab hold of the pacing and distance and let him decide how much gamesmanship is allowed. These will come with the pro fights and hundreds of rounds of quality sparring, but needs to be done with a pro corner.
Either way, the future is now, and he better start getting into it. Much to learn, you still have.
All righty, so not that Lomachenko and his most loyal fans have been introduced to professional boxing, this great talent's pro career starts NOW, and it's gonna be an excellent one!
He's 7-1 as a pro (WSOB regulations comply with pro rules and should be counted), and he's got fed by the right amount of gamesmanship to start taking it more seriously. Salido fought the PERFECT anti-amateur fight: physical advantage, constant pressure, swarming the body, wide shots around the guard, tag the belt line, hit upon holding and expose the lack of inside game. These are the things Loma couldn't dealt with:
- fighting back up close or properly clinching, fighting out of clinches, effectively pushing, using his elbows etc.
- complain at the referee for low blows, act as if Siri's was rubbing his junk
- go around Salido's guard with hooks and uppercuts when coming in, feed him with hard body blows
- check hooks at corners, rope-a-dope and short hooks on the ropes
- side step, bounce around or move into Salido's range to take away the body work
- mix up head-body, straight-wide, quick-heavy shots, throw combos
- manage the output based on the opponent's activity
We should commend Vasyl for winning about 4 rounds in a world title fight this early and almost getting the stoppage, but there were far too many flaws exposed to get straight back into the title mix, and far too few answers by the corner to keep them - no matter of the longtime chemistry, Lomachenko needs a seasoned pro, cause that's who's gonna get him into gamesmanship. Vasyl also needs to start reading his opponents better, figure out the angles and start feeding the aggressor with heavy counters, something that was totally missing on Saturday. He also needs to learn to make a statement early, grab hold of the pacing and distance and let him decide how much gamesmanship is allowed. These will come with the pro fights and hundreds of rounds of quality sparring, but needs to be done with a pro corner.
Either way, the future is now, and he better start getting into it. Much to learn, you still have.
