By Jim Dower: Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez says the fight between WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) and Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) is still not done for May 12th.
Linares vs. Lomachenko
Vasyl Lomachenko says he thinks Jorge Linares is next opponent
By Jim Dower: Vasyl ‘Hi Tech’ Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) says he believes his next fight will be against WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) when he returns to the ring on May 12 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Arum still hopeful for Lomachenko vs. Linares on May 12 at MSG
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still hasn’t given up hope on putting together a fight between his stable fighter Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) and WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) for May 12 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Jorge Linares Plan B: Restart talks with Mikey Garcia
By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez says if a fight with Vasyl Lomachenko isn’t possible for the time being, they’ll look to restart talks with Mikey Garcia for a fight. Lomachenko’s promoters at Top Rank want him to fight Linares on ESPN on May 12th. That’s not possible.
Linares tells Golden Boy to make Lomachenko fight for May 12
By Chris Williams: Jorge Linares says he’s going to tell his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions to make the fight with Vasyl Lomachenko for May 12th for the sake of boxing,. Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) is insisting Golden Boy put the fight together with the Top Rank promoted Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) for May 12 on ESPN, even though by doing so, Golden Boy would be competing with themselves due to them having the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin replay taking place on the same night on HBO.
Linares vs. Lomachenko on May 12th clashes with Canelo-Golovkin 2 replay
By Chris Williams: For the Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jorge Linares lightweight battle to take place, they’re going to need to pick another date for the fight instead of the May 12th date that Top Rank wants. The date reportedly clashes with the HBO reply of Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin on the 12th of May, according to @SteveUCNLive.
Lomachenko expects Linares contract signed within the next week
By Stanley White: Vasyl Lomachenko is saying that his promoters expect the contract to be signed by WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares within a week for a fight on May 12th in Madison Square Garden in New York.
De La Hoya says No negotiations have taken place for Linares vs. Lomachenko
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says there have been no talks between him and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum for Jorge Linares vs. Vasyl Lomachenko fight. However, Top Rank boss Bob Arum says he’s been in talks with Linares’ co-promoter Akihiko Honda of Teiken Promotions in Japan for a fight with Lomachenko on April 28 or May 12.
Mikey Garcia says Linares will NEVER get fight with him if he faces Lomachenko next
By Dam Ambrose: Mikey Garcia says if WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares faces Vasyl Lomachenko next, then he’ll NEVER get then chance to fight him. Mikey states that he’s got 1 fight left at 135, and then he’ll be moving up to 140 to campaign in that weight class.
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jorge Linares in talks for April 28 or May 12
By Chris Williams: Fight discussions are underway for a match between WBA World lightweight champion Jorge ‘El Nino de Oro’ Linares and Top Rank fighter Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) for April 28 or May 12, according to ESPN.