Dougie’s Monday Mailbag (Gervonta Davis, Vasiliy Lomachenko)

LOMA AND TANK

Dougie,

What an important night time of boxing. Loma is wanting again to his standard self, and dammit if Tank isn’t all the time in tense and thrilling fights. Kinda want the ref would have let Barrios exit on his defend, however I do know that’s not his job. What do you suppose Tank ought to do subsequent? How do you see Tank vs. Josh Taylor taking part in out? Additionally, Loma loses to Lopez once more (an excessive amount of energy), however I’d like to see it occur anyway. Possibly Loma pulls a Marquez (a la Child Bull Diaz or Pacquiao IV) and simply starches Lopez. I’d lose my thoughts if that occurs, however in a great way. Loma is legit obsessive about Lopez proper now.

Facet observe: I simply graduated from Columbia (wassup fellow alumnus). Any recommendation for a latest grad? Received my masters in diet and train physiology, and actually, if I might be Canelo’s energy coach and sports activities dietitian, life can be fairly candy. I’d accept being on AJ’s crew although. All the perfect. – JC, Dallas

You gotta pay your dues, JC. That’s the perfect recommendation I may give anybody (Columbia grads included) and it’s true for each occupation. So, if you wish to get into boxing as a S&C coach, it’s finest to start out from the underside up and work in your craft/occupation as your teammates/shoppers study their craft/occupation. Work with promising amateurs and younger prospects – or possibly even not-so-promising boxers who aren’t that younger – (do it without spending a dime if essential) and assist them obtain their objectives, thus rising with them within the sport. Each S&C coach you’ve heard of began out this manner.

What an important night time of boxing. It was a whole lot of enjoyable, however I want the DAZN, ESPN and Showtime PPV broadcasts didn’t overlap the way in which they did. I can’t absolutely think about three screens (4 should you rely the Twitter web page that I stored flipping backwards and forwards with the ESPN+ participant on my laptop computer), so I didn’t watch the primary occasion on DAZN (I’ll catch up later this week) and didn’t absolutely watch sure undercard bouts on all three exhibits (I’ll have to look at a replay of the Brant-Alimkhanuly battle). Nonetheless, I nonetheless had fun.

Loma is wanting again to his standard self, and dammit if Tank isn’t all the time in tense and thrilling fights. I feel each guys are must-see TV regardless that their kinds and skillsets are totally different. Vasiliy Lomachenko’s the savvy ring common, whereas Gervonta Davis is the seek-and-destroyer. Nonetheless, they’ve the identical uncanny capacity to drag the set off with the fitting punch on the proper time, they usually each wish to stress their opposition till the opposition capitulates. Tank is extra liable to bludgeon or whack out his opponents; Loma is extra apt to grind his down or make them give up, however they’re each badasses. I’d like to see them tangle at 135 kilos.

Kinda want the ref would have let Barrios exit on his defend, however I do know that’s not his job. I assumed Thomas Taylor – top-of-the-line younger referees from California – did an important job on Saturday, and whereas he was little hesitant at first, I consider his stoppage was on the excellent time. Barrios was given a possibility to outlive and battle again if in a position, however he was in the end spared critical harm.

What do you suppose Tank ought to do subsequent? Drop right down to light-weight and problem the Lopez-Kambosos winner, Ryan Garcia and/or Devin Haney.

How do you see Tank vs. Josh Taylor taking part in out? I might favor The Ring champ to win a choice, however I feel it might be a hell of battle. I don’t suppose Davis could be in a nasty battle.

Additionally, Loma loses to Lopez once more (an excessive amount of energy), however I’d like to see it occur anyway. I might favor the younger lion to beat the previous lion once more, however I wouldn’t completely rely Loma out in a return bout, particularly if the Ukrainian legend enters the ring 100% wholesome and Lopez struggles to make 135.

Possibly Loma pulls a Marquez (a la Child Bull Diaz or Pacquiao IV) and simply starches Lopez. I don’t see that taking place, even when Lopez is severely weight drained.

Loma is legit obsessive about Lopez proper now. After all, he’s. He’s an actual champion, a winner and an ultra-competitor.

 

WEEKEND RECAP

What’s up Doug, I hope all’s nicely. My final time writing in I requested how do you see Casimero vs Inoue going. I forgot that Casimero is now scheduled to face Donaire, who regarded like a monster in opposition to Oubaali, so how do you see Donaire-Casimero going?

Tank appears to have that sickening quick twitch energy to the pinnacle and physique and he’ll take one to offer one, so he’ll be in thrilling fights however I do really feel like he’s defensively getting higher at slipping and using photographs. What did you make of his efficiency and the way do you see him fare vs. every of the highest lightweights who all of us wish to see him battle?

Loma regarded sensational however can he make sufficient adjustments to beat Lopez within the rematch if it occurs? Identical for Lubin, can he do something totally different vs Charlo if it have been to occur?

Janibek Alimkhanuly appears to be like like one to control! Cheers. – David, Dublin

Alimkhanuly was already Ring-ranked (No. 9 at middleweight) when he confronted Rob Brant (who’s at the moment at No. 8 however may drop out of the rankings following this stoppage loss). I count on The Ring Scores Panel to advance the 28-year-old native of Kazakhstan up the 160-pound rankings. I can’t offer you an evaluation of his efficiency vs. the extra skilled Brant as a result of I haven’t seen it but (don’t blame me, blame boxing’s energy brokers for counter-programming the s__t out of one another), however based mostly on that end result and on what I’ve seen of him I feel the southpaw is prepared for top-tier middleweights after simply 10 professional bouts.

Alimkhanuly is at the moment rated No. 2 within the WBO’s middleweight rankings, simply behind Jaime Munguia and the WBO titleholder Demetrius Andrade. If Munguia doesn’t need that Boo-Boo Smoke (oh my God, why did I write that? It sound like kindergarten slang for “fart”), I guess Qazaq Type would go for it.

(H)ow do you see Donaire-Casimero going? I feel it is going to be a hell of battle within the early going – it has the potential to grow to be a shootout – however I feel Donaire will hold his composure and systematically break his fellow Pinoy right down to a mid-to-late rounds stoppage. As massive, highly effective, gutsy and savvy as Casimero is, the Highway Warrior is simply too wild and reckless at instances. Donaire will clip him sooner or later.

Tank appears to have that sickening quick twitch energy to the pinnacle and physique and he’ll take one to offer one, so he’ll be in thrilling fights however I do really feel like he’s defensively getting higher at slipping and using photographs. He’s obtained the fast toes and reflexes to keep away from punches when he sees them coming from a distance. I don’t learn about his defensive prowess on the within. It in all probability could be higher than it’s now if he works on it. I feel he’s the entire bundle because it. The principle areas I’d wish to see him enhance in is his exercise, his ring-cutting capacity, and his mixture punching.

What did you make of his efficiency and the way do you see him fare vs. every of the highest lightweights who all of us wish to see him battle? I assumed it was an excellent efficiency; though he was outworked and outboxed within the early going, his pace, energy and take-no-prisoners mentality in the end proved an excessive amount of for Barrios, who confirmed a whole lot of talent and grit lasting into the 11^th spherical.

Loma regarded sensational however can he make sufficient adjustments to beat Lopez within the rematch if it occurs? Does he want to vary that a lot? Possibly all he must do is present up wholesome and begin quicker. There’s just one approach we’ll discover out.

Identical for Lubin, can he do something totally different vs Charlo if it have been to occur? Yeah, tuck his chin and hold his gloves up. LOL. Significantly, he’s matured and developed so much – technically and stylistically – since that first-round KO loss, and I feel underrated coach Kevin Cunningham deserves some kudos from the boxing group for The Hammer’s development.

 

THE MATRIX

Hey Dougie,

Hope you’re good. Stick with it with the mailbag, a few of us ain’t obtained a lot else in life!

I’ve utterly readdressed the place I see Canelo in world boxing after what he’s completed in latest instances however my two faves nonetheless seize me. Inoue was monstrous the opposite week, then Loma got here once more this week.

He didn’t begin gradual like he did in opposition to Lopez (not saying that’s why he misplaced!) but in addition he didn’t begin gradual like he did in opposition to everybody else! That complete “Matrix” factor may work however when boxers know they will simply throw leather-based in numerous appears to be like and decide up rounds…. And I’m not saying that’s why he misplaced to Lopez. However, afterwards, I watched him battle at his pure weight in opposition to the Ring Journal #1 ranked boxer at featherweight, Gary Russell Jnr. Loma actually shouldn’t be preventing at light-weight. Full cease.

The place is he in your pantheon of greats at featherweight? – Thomas

Lomachenko? He’s not in my featherweight pantheon. He had six professional fights at featherweight and solely fought two standouts – an obese Orlando Salido, who narrowly outpointed him, and a 24-0 Russell, who he outclassed. I assumed Loma was completely sensational in each fights, he exhibited unusual resolve vs. Siri and he was masterful in dissecting the ultra-talented American, however these 24 rounds aren’t NEARLY sufficient to earn a spot among the many likes of Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler, Salvador Sanchez, Henry Armstrong, Eusebio Pedroza and Naseem Hamed.

No disrespect to Loma. He’s an incredible expertise, however he didn’t reign lengthy sufficient in anyone division to be thought-about among the many better of a specific weight class. He’s like Jeff Fenech, one other super-talent who beat prime fighters in a number of weight lessons in just some years (and inside 20 bouts), he’s acknowledged for his physique of labor over three divisions.

Stick with it with the mailbag, a few of us ain’t obtained a lot else in life! LOL. I’ll hold that in thoughts, Thomas. I’m on household trip this week, however I’ll attempt to discover an alternative choice to the Friday Mailbag and subsequent week’s Monday Mailbag.

I’ve utterly readdressed the place I see Canelo in world boxing after what he’s completed in latest instances however my two faves nonetheless seize me. Inoue was monstrous the opposite week, then Loma got here once more this week. I assumed Loma regarded sharp and assured in opposition to Nakatani, who’s tall order (pun meant) for many lightweights.

He didn’t begin gradual like he did in opposition to Lopez (not saying that’s why he misplaced!) but in addition he didn’t begin gradual like he did in opposition to everybody else! It wasn’t only a gradual begin vs. Lopez; the younger gun “handcuffed” Loma along with his techniques and the specter of a knockout counterpunch.

(A)fterwards, I watched him battle at his pure weight in opposition to the Ring Journal #1 ranked boxer at featherweight, Gary Russell Jnr. I feel that STILL could be his most spectacular professional efficiency.

Loma actually shouldn’t be preventing at light-weight. He is probably not a pure 135 pounder, however he’s Ring Journal’s No. 1-rated light-weight, and he deserves to be. I can’t see him dropping again down all the way in which to 126 at this stage of his profession however dipping right down to junior light-weight may not be a nasty thought if the fitting battle is out there. Loma vs. Shakur Stevenson can be fascinating.

 

CRAWFORD AND THE P4P

Hello Dougie,

I’m simply interested by your ideas on Crawford probably taking over Jose Zepeda subsequent and extra particularly, ought to Crawford’s lack of high quality competitors begin to have an effect on his P4P standing? Guys like Inoue, Canelo and Spence consistently tackle the perfect of their divisions whereas Bud takes on mediocre comp on the common. This isn’t a knock on Bud, who IS good however I feel he ought to have to start out going through the p4p penalties sooner relatively than later. I do know Arum hasn’t precisely helped Bud’s profession path currently however Bud selected to re up with him as nicely.

MMs:

Bud vs Mosley @140

Kosta vs Bradley

Thanks. – Lance

I’ll go along with Crawford by MD or SD in an important battle, and Tszyu by UD in a superb battle.

Concerning Crawford’s place within the pound-for-pound rankings, I feel he’s already dropped resulting from his comparatively weak energy of schedule compared to Canelo’s and Inoue’s latest runs. Crawford was as excessive as No. 2 in The Ring’s rankings (behind Gennadiy Golovkin and later Lomachenko) via mid-2019. Canelo and Inoue have been all the time exterior of the highest two, however they’ve had the higher battle schedules from the second half of 2019 to the current and have superior previous the American, deservedly so for my part. Beating Zepeda at welterweight isn’t going to vary my opinion. Crawford must face a P4P peer, equivalent to Errol Spence or Josh Taylor, and beat him with a purpose to advance previous Inoue and Canelo. If he retains preventing the Zepedas of the world, he’ll be at risk of slipping out of his present No. 3 spot.  

 

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