– History will be made on December 9th. For the first time ever two-time Olympic gold medalists will meet as professionals when WBO junior lightweight champion Vasily “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko and WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux square off at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux met for their final press conference on Thursday in New York head of their fight this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jeff Aranow: 2-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan is interested in facing and beating Guillermo Rigondeaux and Vasyl Lomachenko in the near future. The 26-year-old Conlan (4-0, 4 KOs) is fighting in the co-feature bout on the Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux card this Saturday night against 29-year-old Argentinian Luis Fernando Molina (7-3-1, 2 KOs) in 6-round fight on ESPN at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
By Gav Duthie: Since the contest was made between amateur stars Vasyl ‘Matrix’ Lomachenko 9-1 (7) and Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux 17-0-0-1 (11) I have been racking my brain trying to think of a better fight ever made from a technical point of view. It is a fact that they are the first ever double Olympic champions to meet each other as professionals and they are two of the best pound for pound fighters around.
By Chris Williams: By Chris Williams: Guillermo Rigondeaux is sounding very confident ahead of his fight against WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says he’s going to be whipping Lomachenko’s backside this Saturday night in their fight on ESPN.
By Chris Williams: Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux reveals that he wanted to fight Vasyl Lomachenko when he was fighting at featherweight, but he couldn’t get him to agree to fight him. Now that Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) is fighting at super featherweight at 130, he suddenly has changed his tune and is willing to fight him.
By Chris Williams: With three days to go before this Saturday’s huge match-up, Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says he’s ready to find out what 2-time Olympic medalist Vasyl ‘Hi-Tech’ Lomachenko has got.
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko says he’s not promising to knockout unbeaten Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) this Saturday night, but he is promising to “squash him.”
Lomachenko-Rigondeaux fight on ESPN this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Two competing cards this Saturday will run against each other with WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko fighting Guillermo Rigondeaux on ESPN and former 2 division world champion Orlando Salido battling Miguel ‘Mickey’ Roman on HBO. The boxing fans will have to either pick which of the two fights they want to watch or else flip channels continuously to see the two fights taking place at the same time.
By Chris Williams: Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) is predicting that he’ll put on a “masterpiece” performance in beating WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) in their highly anticipated fight in 8 days from now on December 9 at Madison Square Garden in New York.