By Chris Williams: Fight discussions are underway for a match between WBA World lightweight champion Jorge ‘El Nino de Oro’ Linares and Top Rank fighter Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) for April 28 or May 12, according to ESPN.
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Lomachenko to move up to lightweight for next fight says Arum
By Chris Williams: Top Rank boss man Bob Arum says super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) will be moving up to the lightweight division (135) for his next fight in April, and he’ll be targeting Ray Beltran and Jorge Linares, according to Lance Pugmire of the La Times.
Lomachenko’s next fight likely on April 28
By Chris Williams: Pound-for-pound star Vasyl Lomachenko will likely be fighting next on April 28, according to his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank. Arum isn’t saying who WBO super featherweight champion Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) will be fighting next, but he is revealing that it won’t be against Manny Pacquiao.
Arum interested in Pacquiao-Lomachenko fight in fall
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum likes the idea of a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Vasyl Lomachenko, and he’s hoping to put it together for the fall. It’ll be up to Lomachenko’s father for it to take place.
Klimas: Pacquiao-Lomachenko NOT happening [Arum says it could later)
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko WON’T be fighting welterweight contender Manny Pacquiao, according to the super featherweight champion’s manager Egis Klimas, who says the weight difference between them is too great for it to be a fight that can realistically happen.
Pacquiao vs. Lomachenko in the works (at undetermined weight)
By Chris Williams: 8-division former world champion Manny Pacquiao says talks are underway for him to face super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko. The weight for the Pacquiao-Lomachenko fight could be the stumbling block to getting it done, however.
Lomachenko looking forward to Canelo-Golovkin rematch
By Sean Jones: Vasyl Lomachenko says he’s very interested in seeing the rematch between middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and Saul Canelo Alvarez this year. Lomachenko, who holds the WBO super featherweight title, says he thought Golovkin deserved the 12 round decision over Canelo last September in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBA strips Guillermo Rigondeaux of 122lb title
By Sean Jones: Guillermo Rigondeaux’s 6th round stoppage loss to WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko has resulted in him being stripped of his WBA Super World super bantamweight title by the World Boxing Association for his defeat on December 9.
Rigondeaux not listed as champion in WBA’s new rankings
By Jim Dower: The World Boxing Association hasn’t made a formal announcement about Guillermo Rigondeaux’s … read more
Mayweather says money for Lomachenko vs. Gervonta Davis is not there
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. says the money is inadequate right now for him to match his fighter former IBF super featherweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis (19-0, 18 KOs) against the Top Rank promoted WBO 130 lb. champion Vasyl ‘Hi-Tech’ Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) for a fight in 2018.