By Chris Williams: WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) says he’s possibly 3 fights away from becoming a pay-per-view star in boxing if he can get the right fights. Garcia is what he believes the first step to him achieving PPV stardom with his fight with IBF 140 lb. champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) on February 10 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.
By Chris Williams: Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) says he’s sure he’ll beat Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) if he steps up to the plate and faces him in 2018. Mikey is waiting for Lomachenko to move up in weight to the lightweight division so the two of them can fight each other.
By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire and Robert Guerrero are 2 more boxers that are picking Mikey Garcia to defeat Vasyl Lomachenko when/if they fight each other next year. The Garcia-Lomachenko fight still hasn’t been made, but Lomachenko’s promoter Bob Arum spoke about him moving up to lightweight in 2018 and making easy work of Mikey.
By Chris Williams: Brandon Rios says it’s going to be a much different story when Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) moves up in weight to fight WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs). Rios says Mikey will be too strong and smart for Lomachenko when the two of them face each other.
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. wasn’t all that impressed with what he saw from Vasyl Lomachenko’s recent 6th round stoppage win over Guillermo Rigondeaux from December 9. Mayweather says he saw immediately that Lomachenko was much bigger than Rigondeaux when the two of them stepped foot inside the ring.
By Stanley White: The highly hyped Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux contest wasn’t much of a compelling fight for the boxing fans that took time out to watch it on ESPN last Saturday night, but it brought in a lot of viewers who got caught up into the pre-fight discussion about the fight.
By Chris Williams: Mikey Garcia says he’s ready and willing to fight Vasyl Lomachenko next year in the summer once he moves up to the lightweight division. However, Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) has strong doubts that Lomachenko’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank will let him take the fight with him.
By Power VCT: Jeff “Taz” Bumpus gives his professional experience and boxing insight on Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux from last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: Lightweight champion Mikey Garcia has a completely unique perspective as to why WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko’s opponents have been quitting lately in his last several fights. While the boxing public believe overwhelmingly that Lomachenko’s opponents are quitting because of his massive talent, Mikey sees there being another reason for why they’re quitting.
By Chris Williams: Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford thinks it’s silly for boxing fans to be already comparing Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) to what the two of them have done in their respective careers in fighting at super featherweight. Crawford states that Mayweather was a real “monster” when he was fighting at 130.