Linares tamed Loma somewhat (he did a good job of pivoting into the space Loma had just vacated when he tried to step around him), but he never came close to neutralizing him altogether. Linares is inconsistent defensively, and whenever he stood in front of Loma with his ...
... gloves held high, he got picked apart. Loma had a lot of success with same hand, body-head combinations (left to the body-left uppercut up the middle, right to the body-right uppercut up the middle), and when coming back with a right hook upstairs after throwing a left ...
... uppercut to the body or head — a classic southpaw combo. And the way Loma manipulated the guard to open up the body for the finish was a thing of beauty. Of course, Loma is gifted physically, but his ring IQ is off the charts. He will give you a look, then give you the ...
... same look but do something different off of it. He’s constantly making small adjustments in there to keep his opponent guessing. We now know that Loma can also take a decent punch. Linares timed the jab and countered beautifully with the right hand, but Loma was ...
... completely unfazed after getting dropped and went right back to work, breaking Linares down. Having said that, I get the sense that Loma has reached his ceiling as far as weight is concerned. I believe 140 would be one step too far for him. #LinaresLoma #boxing
