Vasiliy Lomachenko

By Gerardo Granados: This Saturday night on November 26, WBO super featherweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko (W6-L-0-D0) will fight against former WBA feather Champion dangerous puncher Axe Man Nicholas Walter (W26-L0-D1) on HBO World Championship Boxing from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hopefully this great match up does ends up in an epic battle, instead of a dirty war due the ineptitude of the referee. Last week there was a controversial ruling by the judges, but to be fair, we should admit that the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward bout was far from being easy to score.

By Allan Fox: Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) is coming into this Saturday’s fight against WBO upper featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) as the undercard and in a tough situation in facing one of Top Rank’s rising stars.

Walters is kind of in a bad situation in taking on the 28-year-old Lomachenko, because he’s the clear B-side in this fight, and that’s not a good position for him. Walters, 30, is not accustomed to being the underdog in his fights, so it’s interesting that he’s now in position where he’s expected to lose the fight.

By Chris Williams: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) will be defending his title this Saturday night against unbeaten former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) in the biggest fight of his career on HBO Boxing from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Lomachenko-Walters fight has a start time at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT. It should be a good fight. Walters is the underdog, but it doesn’t matter. It’s an even fight. Walters just needs to make sure the fight doesn’t go to the cards, because he’s clearly the B-side in this fight. Walters needs to make sure he leaves no doubt who the better fighter is between the two if he wants to rip Lomachenko’s WBO title from him.

By Dan Ambrose: WBO super World super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) will be making a dangerous title defense next month on November 26 against former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Nevada. Former two division world champion Mikey Garcia is picking “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko to win the fight. The Lomachenko vs. Walters fight will be shown on HBO World Championship Boxing starting at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT.

Garcia doesn’t say why he thinks the 28-year-old two-time Olympic gold medalist will be winning, but it could be due to Lomachenko’s recent success in defeating Roman “Rocky” Martinez by a 5th round knockout last June, and his 12 round majority decision win over Gary Russell Jr. from June 2014. Those are easily Lomachenko’s two best wins of his seven-fight pro career.

By Earl E: I reside in Los Angeles, specifically within a 60-mile radius said to have the most boxing gyms per capita in the world. There are boxing gyms everywhere, in backyards, plazas, indoor swap meets, corners, and stand-alone buildings. Being raised in this area, we grow a bias towards the American and Hispanic boxer, because they are among us, a part of our communities. My bias led me to watch the Vasyl Lomachenko vs Orlando Salido fight, cheering for the latter to teach Lomachencko a lesson.

Here, I thought, is an over glamorized amateur fighting for a world championship in only his second professional fight. Naturally, I wanted Salido to win this fight. I went through my checklist why I disliked Lomachenko, as follows, but not limited to: