This week, three-division legendary boxing champion Sean "Sugar Cube" Moseley predicted the highly anticipated Gvota Davis vs. Vasily Lomachenko fight, and the two sides are expected to face off in November.
Davis and Lomachenko have a clear difference in style, Lomachenko can easily take a points lead with his superb skills in the game, while Davis is quite terrible in addition to attacking fiercely, and in the last two fights, he has used counterattacks to knock out Ryan Garcia and Frank Martin.
Moseley believes that Davis' heavy-handed counter-attack may not be so easy against the highly skilled and fast-moving Lomachenko, who is in front of him with the experienced and talented Lomachenko.
Moseley pointed out that there is a very volatile element of the Davis vs Lomachenko tie, and that is Lomachenko's age, which is 36 years old, and although still very sharp, it certainly can't be compared to a few years ago. Moseley feels that if Lomachenko is overconfident, he is likely to be seized by Davis.
"Lomachenko will do a lot of fast punching, but Davis will hopefully use heavy punches to catch his opponent because Lomachenko may not have imagined something to happen," Moseley said. ”
Davies didn't have a good start to the fight against Martin last month, and his opponent controlled the situation well, but Davis was very calm and composed, patiently looking for opportunities, and constantly increasing his attacks to finally submit Martin completely.
Now, except for his age, Lomachenko is outstanding in all other indices compared to Martin, Davis can take the opportunity to knock out Martin, it does not mean that he can take the opportunity to take Lomachenko's opportunity, if Davis faces Lomachenko, he can't find a breakthrough for a long time, and he is likely to suffer the first defeat of his career. However, in Mosley's view, if Lomachenko is in control, it is likely that he will let his guard down due to confidence, and therefore it is very likely that he will be hit hard by Davis while leading on points.
"Lomachenko can give himself confidence by attacking with a high frequency, but Davis always likes to attack when he's relaxed and proud, and that's how he wins, and I'd love to see Davis deal with that," Mosley said. ”
Moseley admits that it will not be easy for Davis to beat Lomachenko, because Lomachenko is unlike any of Davis's previous opponents, but the age gap will be one of the key factors in the victory.
"It's a tough race for Davis, but Lomachenko is a little older, the timing is different, and Davis is fully sure of catching up," Mosley said. ”
One of the characteristics of Davis over the past few fights is that he needs more time to find opportunities, and in the search for them, he has made very few punches, an approach that doesn't work well for Lomachenko, who can't help him win against Lomachenko if he only throws a limited number of heavy punches per round.
"Davis needs to spend some time deceiving his opponent, and when you chase Davis and he uses that opportunity to do heavy punches, and the same thing is going to happen to Lomachenko, but Davis has to punch more because Lomachenko is smart and he tries to avoid making mistakes, and there are probably two endings to the match, one is that Lomachenko wins by points, and the other is that Davis successfully reverses, and I prefer the second outcome," Moseley said. ”