By Allan Fox: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko is fighting tonight against Jason Sosa at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) was originally hoping to fight Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) in a unification fight, but instead the fighter from Camden, New Jersey vacated his WBA title. Lomachenko will be fighting the 29-year-old Sosa with just his own WBO title on the line tonight.
By Allan Fox: WBO World super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) made weight on Friday in coming in at 129.6 pounds for his title defense against former WBA World champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) on Saturday night on April 8 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Lomachenko-Sosa fight card will be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Sosa came in over the limit at 130.2 lbs.
By Jim Dower:: This Saturday night on HBO World Championship Boxing, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) will be back inside the ring defending his title against puncher Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) from The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The card kicks off on HBO at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
By Allan Fox: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Oleksandr Gvozdyk says he doesn’t rate IBF/WBA/WBO 175 lb. champion Andre “SOG” Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) as the pound-for-pound king in the sport of boxing now. Gvozdyk says his pick of the No.1 pound-for-pound king is WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko. Gvozdyk says he has doubts about Ward’s recent victory over Sergey Kovalev last November. Gvozdyk thought Kovalev did more than enough to deserve the victory over Ward. Kovalev knocked Ward down in the fight, and landed the harder shots. The three judges gave Ward the decision by the scores 114-113 x 3.
By Dan Ambrose: Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) says he’s very interested in facing WBC World lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) in a fight. Lomachenko says he’s as motivated for the Mikey fight as he was in winning his 2 Olympic gold medals in the past. Lomachenko’s promoter Bob Arum says he’s open to making the Lomachenko-Garcia fight after one more fight.
By Allan Fox: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko says Daniel Jacobs came up short last Saturday night in his attempts to rip Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s middleweight titles away from him. Lomachenko notes that the Golovkin-Jacobs fight was a close one, but he doesn’t think Jacobs dominated enough in the majority of the fight for him to get the victory. He thought Jacobs fought well at times, but wasn’t consistent enough for him to beat Triple G.
By Angel Flowers:
THE BUSINESS OF BOXING
Boxing is a business much like any other business, the goal is to make a decent amount of money with the less amount of risk. Some boxers like any business do not mind taking the maximum risk available with little money in order further than brand, like a small company risking it all to advertise during the super bowl. Often though some boxers tend to romanticize themselves as wanting to fight the best opposition available regardless of the risk/rewards ratio, this is often a lie than experienced boxing professionals can see through easily.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KOs) will be defending his title against unbeaten 2012 Olympian Michael Hunter (12-0, 8 KOs) on April 8 on the undercard of the Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason Sosa at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. The fights will be on HBO Championship Boxing.
Also on the card is unbeaten #6 WBO, #6 WBC, #7 IBF light heavyweight contender Oleksandr Gvozyk (12-0, 10 KOs) facing Yunieski Gonzalez (18-2, 14 KOs) in a 10 round fight. All three of these fights – Lomachenko vs. Sosa, Usyk vs. Hunter and Gvozdyk vs. Gonzalez – will be televised on HBO Boxing. It should be a great televised card for the fans. It’s definitely be one of the best card on regular HBO that’s for sure.
Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist VASYL LOMACHENKO and World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight world champion JASON “El Canito” SOSA will battle for Lomachenko’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight world title, Saturday, April 8, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. The fight between the two world champions will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The non-televised undercard will feature undefeated No. 1 super middleweight contender JESSE “Hard Work” HART from Philadelphia, PA., and local favorites from the metro Washington, D.C. area, including undefeated prospects MIKE “Yes Indeed” REED and PATRICK HARRIS in separate bouts. Full details on the undercard will be announced at a later date.
By Dan Ambrose: As far as WBO super featherweight champion Vasy Lomachenko is concerned, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin will beat Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez when the two of them face each in September if the fight takes place then. Lomachenko sees Golovkin as a monster with huge power.
Lomachenko isn’t the only one that is impressed with Golovkin’s power and skill. Former cruiserweight world title challenger Ola Afolabi rates Golovkin’s power as good as a heavyweight, because he’s sparred with him before in the past.