By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) will be getting a guaranteed purse of $1.2 million compared to $400,000 for Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) for their fight tonight on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Lomachenko 137.4, Rigondeaux 130 – Fight day weights
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko weighed in at 137.4 pounds for today’s fight-day secondary weigh-in for his fight tonight against Guillermo Rigondeaux. In contrast, Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) weighed in 7 pounds lighter at 130 lbs.
Rigondeaux: Lomachenko can never beat me
By Chris Williams: Undefeated Cuban star Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) can never beat him no matter how many times he was reborn. Rigondeaux says he’ll beat the 2-time Olympian Lomachenko every time. Unfortunately for Rigondeaux, that’s not what the odds-makers believe.
Crawford: ‘I’m the No.1 fighter of the year, regardless if Lomachenko beats Rigondeaux’
By Jeff Aranow: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) says he deserves to be the Fighter of the Year for 2017. Crawford says it doesn’t matter if Vasyl Lomachenko beats Guillermo Rigondeaux or not. He still deserves to be the top Fighter of the Year.
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux – Official weights
By Chris Williams: Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) had zero problems making weight for his contest for Saturday night against WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rigondeaux weighed in well under the limit for the division in weighing 128.4 pounds. His opponent Lomachenko weighed a little bit more at 129 lbs.
Rigondeaux says he sold his 2 Olympic gold medals
By Stanley White: Guillermo Rigondeaux revealed on Friday that he no longer has his 2 Olympic gold medals from the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Rigondeaux says he sold his gold medals for $10,000 so he could feed his family in Cuba.
Rigondeaux tells Arum: Terence Crawford is the best fighter you’ve got
By Chris Williams: Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux took a shot at his opponent Vasyl Lomachenko today in their final press conference by telling his promoter Bob Arum that the best fighter he has in his Top Rank stable is former light welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. Arum, not missing a beat, asked Rigondeaux if he wants to fight him next.
Lomachenko & Rigondeaux Gloves Headed To Hall
– 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.
Lomachenko MUCH bigger than Rigondeaux
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.
Michael Conlan targeting Rigondeaux and Lomachenko
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.