What say yall? I guess its premature to say who will go down as greater. It depends on how the rest of their careers play out. Better? I've always said and maintained that Crawford is a better fighter than Loma. I think Bud has more substance as a fighter, and more gears to shift into. For all the "he's downloading" bullshit, I also think Bud's ring IQ is higher.
if lomachenko decisively beats davis, stevenson and a few other guys he can make a case . especially if you consider his amateur career
Too early to tell. The lopez.loss is a huge blemish on loma record, but for all the accolades bud gets for beating porter (and i give him plenty) we have to rebember that.porter mo is losing to top fighters. But currently, momentum seems to be in bud favor
The problem with trying to compare them is Bud has had a much easier career than Lomachenko. Bud has never been the smaller guy bar once, against Porter and that was only by five pounds. He never been at a reach disadvantage, and he spent the first two entire title reigns draining badly and coming near the middleweight limit. He outweighed Gamboa by more than 15lbs. Lomachenko, for all of his faults, has never tried to shrink down to a smaller weight than he could, and clearly is happy taking on challenges. Bud has never been, and will never be, in the same situation Loma was against Linares, Campbell or Teofimo.
Crawford might have been better but greater will definitely be Loma imo. Bud never even beat a Gary Russell level fighter
bud would have to rally the rest of his career and clean up his division to have a chance of being greater. and even then, loma will have presumably also added to his resume. so does not seem likely.
Hard to say since both their careers haven't ended yet. Crawford seems to have a better "looking" career just based on still being undefeated and was also undisputed at 140. Loma definitely had a more challenging line of fighters that he's had to face, especially a weight bully like Lopez. If Loma can win against the likes of Haney, Kambosos, Tank, or even a Lopez rematch then he'll have an argument. Problem is that he's undersized and Crawford always appears bigger. Loma is the more athletically talented of the 2 but Crawford maintains a high ring IQ and always seems to find a way to end fights dramatically.
