Despite Winning Two Olympic Gold Medals & Multiple World Titles, Jake Paul Thinks ‘Lomachenko is Overrated’

Published 10/07/2022, 12:45 PM EDT

Currently suspended by the New York Athletic Commission, Vasyl Lomachenko will return to the ring against Jamaine Ortiz on October 29th at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Lomachenko last fought in December of the previous year. Following the breakout of the war in Ukraine, he took a break from boxing. Now that Lomachenko is on his way back to the ring, fans are eager to see his talents glow once again inside MSG.

Ahead of Lomachenko’s return to boxing, Jake Paul called the former “overrated” in his interaction with Stephen A. Smith. During the show, BS w/ Jake Paul, primary host Paul and his guest Stephen A. Smith, engaged in a conversation about a list titled ‘Boxing Real Top 10 Pound For Pound’ by Jake Paul.

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Smith contested Paul’s list and, seeing no mention of Teofimo Lopez was disappointed. Despite his loss to Kamboses, Smith felt Lopez deserved to be on the list. He said, “What’s wrong with Lopez other than his loss to Kamboses? What’s wrong with him? He’s [Teofimo Lopez] a knockout artist. What’s wrong with him?”

In his response to Smith, Paul said, “He barely beat Lomachenko.”

In his assessment, Paul overlooked Lomachenko’s performances and more achieved in the ring. His two Olympic gold medals, titles in multiple weight classes since he turned pro, and 396 amateur wins.

Stephen A. Smith confronts Jake Paul for discrediting Vasily Lomachenko calling the Ukrainian overrated

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Hearing Paul’s opinion about the Lopez vs. Loma fight, Smith asked ‘The Problem Child’ if he had any idea what he was saying. In addition, Smith asked Paul if he understood how gifted Lomachenko was in the ring. To which Jake Paul simply replied by saying, “Lomachenko is overrated.”

Surprised, Smith exclaimed, “Oh my God! See, now I got to teach you about boxing.”

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Anyway, Paul disagreed and went on. However, do you think Vasily Lomachenko, whom Bob Arum once called the best fighter he had ever seen since Muhammad Ali, is overrated by any chance? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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Ajinkya Aswale

Despite Winning Two Olympic Gold Medals & Multiple World Titles, Jake Paul Thinks ‘Lomachenko is Overrated’

Stephen A. Smith confronts Jake Paul for discrediting Vasily Lomachenko calling the Ukrainian overrated

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