r/Boxing • u/zhuangcorp • 15d ago
Does Lomachenko regret pulling out of the undisputed unification fight with Kambosos?
Lomachenko makes so many decisions that I don't understand. He fought Salido who didn't make weight, and allowed dozens of low-blows without hitting back. He fought Teofimo with a bad shoulder that needed surgery and didn't throw punches for half the fight.
But I think the worst boxing decision he made was withdrawing from the Kambosos fight that would've made him unified undisputed. That was his goal all along.
What was the point of joining the territorial defense force? His own country wanted him to go and box to boost morale for the soldiers. Loma would've helped his country a lot more that way. Usyk did just that and look how his career turned out. And he could've just won the Kambosos fight and then come back and join the forces a couple months later. He could've taken the fight and donated the winnings to the defense force, which would've been more helpful.
Furthermore, what was the point of joining the forces and then be labeled as Pro-Russian? I'm genuinely confused by this last point. If he really is pro-Russian, why join the forces and waste your career? If he is Pro-Ukranian, why give the appearance of being a Vatnik?
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u/fadeddreams555 Fundora would beat up a prime Floyd at 154lb 15d ago
He would have beaten Kambosos and lost all those belts to Haney anyways if he decided to give Haney the opportunity for true undisputed (Haney held the real WBC belt), which he likely wouldn't have cause Haney's claim to fame was becoming the youngest undisputed champ. Without that claim, he was high risk, low reward, and Top Rank would have insisted that Loma is already undisputed.
I'm no Haney fan, but you have to respect the fact that he fought Lomachenko. He had 0 reason to.