Whats next for Loma?

After losing all of his belts to Teofimo Lopez on Saturday night in Las Vegas, where does Lomachenko go from here?

With no rematch clause in place, the 32-year-old is left with an uncertain future and it seems the new unified lightweight champion Lopez is not keen on an immediate rematch, instead talking up a move to 140 pounds or face Devin Haney.

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“They [Team Lomachenko] didn’t have a rematch clause for a rematch, and they gave me a contract pretty much on the side. ‘If you lose, this is what you’re going to get for your next fights,’ which pretty much was predicting that I was going to lose.

“So it’s fine. Now they got to eat it up, suck it up, and now it’s time for us to take over and move forward. That’s it. I told y’all, ‘Out with the old and in with the new,’” Lopez said about him beating the aging Lomachenko.

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Loma is known as a slow starter, calculating his opponents every move like a chess match patiently waiting for his chance to pull the trigger. But the trigger never came from Loma on Saturday night and according to Compubox, the Ukrainian superstar landed less than 8 punches in each of the first 7 rounds. Was the overly cautious Loma worried about the power coming the other way from the bigger and stronger Lopez?

The proud fighter may have a difficult time being forced out of the 135-pound division but a return to super featherweight at 130 pounds seems the most sensible next move and many would agree is his more natural weight class.

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Lomachenko said he would accept the loss but didn’t agree with the judge’s scorecards. On his next move, he said, “I’ll talk with my promoter and manager, and we will discuss, and we’ll make a decision,”