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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason Sosa on April 8

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By Chris Williams: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) will be facing WBA World champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) in a unification fight on April 8 on HBO at the MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Dan Rafael is reporting the news. It’s a good fight for the 28-year-old Lomachenko, because Sosa is a tough fighter that has been active recently. He’s not all beaten up like Roman Martinez was going into his fight against Lomachenko last June, and he’s not coming off of a long 11-month layoff like Lomachenko’s last opponent Nicholas Walters was when they fought each other last December.

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Jason Sosa vs. Stephen Smith – Results

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World super featherweight champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) defeated a game but limited former world title challenger Stephen Smith (24-3, 14 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Salle des Étoiles, in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The judges scored the fight 116-111, 117-110 and 116-112 for Sosa. Boxing News 24 scored the fight 10 rounds to 2 in favor or Sosa.

Smith was knocked down by a left hook to the head by Sosa in the 2nd round. It looked like Sosa was stepping on Smith’s lead foot when he scored the knockdown. Never the less, Smith went down hard.

Smith, 31, suffered a cut over his right eye late in round three after Sosa unloaded on him with a flurry of shots. The cut would worsen as the fight wore on. It wasn’t the reason why Smith lost the fight to Sosa though. Smith was always going to lose this fight, because he was facing a more talented fighter.

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Jason Sosa vs. Stephen Smith: Don’t blink on Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: Stephen Smith (24-2, 14 Kos) is getting a crack at WBA World super featherweight champion Jason Sosa (19-1-4, 15 KOs) this Saturday night in Monte Carlo. This could be the end for the 31-year-old Smith as a viable contender if he gets smashed by the hard hitting Sosa.

It’s just a very, very bad match-up for Smith, as he’s facing one of the most relentless punchers in the 130lb division on Saturday night, and it does not look good for him. If you saw how the light hitting Lee Selby was able to trounce Smith in 2011 in stopping him in the 11th round, you know that Smith is going to be really up against it when he gets inside the ring with Sosa. Let’s be honest here.

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Luis Ortiz vs. Malik Scott – Official weights

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By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten highly rated #1 WBA heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz weighed in at 239.5 pounds during Friday’s weigh-in for his fight against the serviceable Malik Scott for Saturday’s fight on HBO World Boxing in Monte Carlo.

Malik (38-2-1, 13 KOs) weighed in at a heavy looking 246.4lbs. What was interesting about the two straightaway was that the 6’4” Malik appeared to be at least one inch taller than Ortiz, and clearly the heavier looking of the two. This suggests that the listed 6’4” height that Ortiz has isn’t legit. He looks no more than 6’3”. That’s not an issue for this fight, of course, because Malik is obviously not in the same class as Ortiz in terms of talent, boxing skills, power and experience, but it might be a problem in the future for the Cuban when he starts facing the giants in the heavyweight division.

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Jason Sosa vs. Stephen Smith this Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World super featherweight champion Jason Sosa (19-1-4, 15 KOs) will be looking to score a knockout this Saturday night when he faces #11 IBF fringe contender Stephen Smith (24-2, 14 KOs) at the Salle des Etoilles, in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Sosa, 28, wants to get an impressive knockout over the 31-year-old Smith. Sosa has got the perfect opponent for him to get a highlight reel KO on Saturday night in my view, because Smith likes to slug it out, even when it’s not in his best interest to do so.

If Smith’s trainer doesn’t have him on his bike this Saturday night, we could see him get royally smashed in two or three rounds. Sosa is a wrecking machine right now, and there isn’t anyone that has been able to stand up to him and beat him at his own game in the last five years of his boxing career.

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Javier Fortuna vs. Jason Sosa results

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By Jim Dower: #8 WBA Jason Sosa (19-1-4, 15 KOs) put in a great performance in defeating WBA World super featherweight champion Javier Fortuna (29-1-1, 21 KOs) by an 11th round knockout last Friday night at the Capital Gym, in Beijing, China. Sosa, 28, knocked Fortuna down twice in dropping him in the 10th and 11th rounds.

The fight was stopped by referee Raul Caiz Jr. in the 11th after Sosa had knocked Fortuna down with a big left hook to the head followed by two hard right hands. Fortuna, 26, made it back to his feet, but the referee Caiz Jr. decided to halt the fight anyway after seeing how hurt Fortuna was.

The official time of the stoppage was at 0:45 of round 11. Immediately after the fight was stopped, Fortuna was staggering around and seemingly in need of help by Caiz Jr. It’s good thing that the fight was halted, because Sosa would have flattened the badly hurt Fortuna with the amount of time remaining in the round.

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Is Nicholas Walters in denial about his performance against Jason Sosa?

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Image: Is Nicholas Walters in denial about his performance against Jason Sosa?By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti were not happy last night following Walters’ 10 round draw against 8 IBF, #11 WBO super featherweight contender Jason Sosa (18-1-4, 14 KOs) in a fight televised by HBO Boxing After Dark at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

Walters, 29, thought he should have got the victory by a nine rounds to one score. The judges saw it differently in scoring the fight 96-94 for Sosa, and 95-95 and 95-95.

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Rosado defeats Clottey; Walters-Sosa ends in draw – results

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By Tim Fletcher: After a three-year drought, former middleweight world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (22-9, 13 KOs) finally got a win under his belt in defeating the older and smaller 39-year-old junior middleweight Joshua Clottey (39-5, 22 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

The final judges’ scores were 96-94, 97-93 and 97-93. Clottey got off to a great start and dominated the first rounds of the fight.

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Nicholas Walters – Jason Sosa fight to draw

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Image: Nicholas Walters - Jason Sosa fight to draw(Photo Credit: Alex Menendez – HoganPhotos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Dan Ambrose: In a big shocker, former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and little known super featherweight Jason Sosa (18-1-4, 14 KOs) fought to a controversial 10 round draw on HBO Championship Boxing from the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. The final judges’ scores were 96-94 for Sosa, and 95-95 and 95-95.

Sosa landed more power punches to the head, and was able to use his size and busy fighting style to get the better of Walters through the fight.

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Nicholas Walters vs. Jason Sosa on December 19th on HBO

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VERONA, NY (November 9, 2015) — Undefeated former World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight world champion NICHOLAS “Axe Man” WALTERS returns to the ring to take on granite-fisted Top-10 contender JASON “El Canito” SOSA in a 10-round junior lightweight rumble. Walters vs. Sosa will take place on Saturday, December 19, at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Peltz Boxing Promotions and Warriors Boxing Promotions, Walters vs. Sosa will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. ET. The telecast will also feature Bryant “By-By” Jennings vs. Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz in a 12-round heavyweight battle for the WBA interim Heavyweight title. That fight will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Gary Shaw Productions.

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