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Mayweather criticizes ‘robotic, stiff’ Lomachenko for not having KO power, fighting smaller guy

For many, Vasyl Lomachenko cemented his spot at the very top of the sport after he completely outclassed a fellow top pound-for-pound fighter in Guillermo Rigondeaux. The former holder of that distinction though didn’t seem too impressed, with Floyd Mayweather saying that they looked “stiff” and “robotic,” and that Lomachenko doesn’t have KO power.

“I never fought a guy that was that small. He was smaller than that. Honestly, they didn't look like they belonged in the ring together,” Mayweather told Fight Hype.

“It really was no damage done to neither side. It was a real just robotic, real stiff, robotic fight.