I am looking forward to it, too. Both are high quality fighters. One stat that I couldn't find was how many times per round each tends to get hit. That is an important factor. My impression is that Lopez is more available as a target. More, I like to focus on who gets hit with two punches in a row, since all good combination-punchers increase the power with each blow.
Add to that that each guy can end a bout with a single punch. Loma has shown great skill in landing that left to his opponent's liver -- and as old as I am, I clearly remember that liver shots are the most painful. Nothing like watching an opponent's legs fold under him, making it near impossible to get back up before the ref's count reaches ten! And Lopez can knock anyone his size unconscious with a single blow.
Loma's footwork is art. I love it. My older daughter, who is an amateur in Boston, is developing similar side-to-side movement. My son who boxes is more like Lopez, mving forward, cutting off the ring, and delivering very hard punches. He is still training daily since the April finals of the NYS Golden Gloves were canceled. Both are hoping the sport opens again in 2021, but I have my doubts. (I sure hope it does, as I have a solid, though small, team preparing. One female, four males. My fighters have placed either first or second for four years now. Never had a fighter I trained place below that back when the state had upstate districts, going back to 1976.)
While either man could win Saturday, I have to think Loma has the edge. But nothing will surprise me.
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