the difference was Lomachenko's (i'll figure out how to spell his name right soon enough)superior power and-- by my amateur, never-been-in-the-ring-before opinion-- some of the best footwork i've ever seen. the dude is a surgeon. can catch u with debilitating head-body/body-head combinations from all angles and with authority!

other than his previous level of opposition, nothing to be ashamed of for GRJ, who is a HELL of a boxer and fighter. he just doesn't have the power or the experience to deal with a master boxer like Loma.

...and nobody talkin bout how that 1 L on his record has a HUGE asterisk next to it. Salido weighed in like 6 pounds over the 126 limit, and with no "rehydration clause" he came in fight night weighing in the 140s. Lomachenko made no complaints or demands at the weigh in. he just wanted to fight, and he fought like a champ and rocked the shit outta Salido several times in the late rounds but couldn't finish him off. Salido had a 10+ pound weight advantage (these' featherweights we talkin about), and didn't even come close to having to drain/dehydrate himself to make weight.

so yeah, i got Lomachenko KOing Donaire and whuppin anybody else at 126. Loma/Rigo (who said he is moving up to '26 after his next fight) would be a superfight!

i BET Nonito stay away from him. and probably Rigo too. i'm off the Flash bandwagon. he don't wannit no more. hasn't trained right for the last couple years now. he's not elite to me no more... but he still got big time power and a decent chin.