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.
Vasiliy Lomachenko
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.
The best fight ever made?
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.
Rigondeaux: I’m going to beat Lomachenko’s backside
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.
Rigondeaux: The only way to fight Lomachenko was to go to 130
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.
Rigondeaux: I’ll see what Lomachenko is made of on Dec.9
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.
Lomachenko promising to squash Guillermo Rigondeaux
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.
Lomachenko-Rigondeaux to run against Salido-Roman on Sat.
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.
Rigondeaux says he’ll box a “masterpiece” against Lomachenko
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.
Lomachenko and Rigondeaux Talk Up Historic Showdown
We are ten days away from arguably the most historic fight we have seen in many a year. Two 2-time Olympic Gold Medalists facing off for the first time professionally, at the highest level, in a world championship fight. It will be Saturday, December 9 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, which has been sold out for nearly two months. It and it will be televised live on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. There will be a four-bout telecast that will end up with the grand finale of a great night of boxing, Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux. The entire card will stream live on the ESPN App., beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT