As Max Kellerman almost swooned in plain sight in his praise of Vasyl Lomachenko’s skills, there was no denying that this vastly skilled Ukraine fighter just might be the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet.
Lomo was outfoxing Puerto Rican Rocky Martinez (29-3-3) mixing great footwork with sharp lefts and right leads. But it was the footwork and timing that dazzled even the Pourto Rican fans in the Theater at Madison Square Garden as Lomo worked from an optimum point of separation. And then ?POW,? a perfectly timed right hook in the fifth round sent Rocky to Rain Forest Dreamland and just like that, Lomachenko added another title to his collection.
Max says Lomachenko is special. In this regard, Max is correct. Lomachenko is uncommonly special-redundancy intended,
Now let?s get ?Siri? Salido in there for a rematch and then, after dispatching the game Mexican warrior, let?s shoot for the stars
Here is how the HBO Team saw it (complements of BLH):
Lampley: “Well that was pretty explosive.”
Jones: “Over.”
Lampley: “What a right hook.”
Jones: “Over.”
Lampley: “What a sensational right hook!”
Jones: “Over.”
Lampley: “And it doesn’t look like Rocky Martinez is gonna get up from that.”
Jones: “Over.”
