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.
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.
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
By Sean Jones: Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) is saying he’s going to use his big size advantage to “squash” the smaller challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) in their fight live on ESPN on December 9 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko doubts whether unbeaten Guillermo Rigondeaux will have it in him to try and beat him next month on December 9. Lomachenko notes that Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) will have it in him to come forward to press the attack on him when the two of them face each other on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) claims he’s not bigger than his opponent Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) even though he fights 2 divisions above him and looks considerably taller and heavier.
By Scott Gilfoid: Guillermo Rigondeaux took the opportunity to lecture Carl Frampton on Thanksgiving by saying he doesn’t understand how he could be a ducker with the type of fans that he has.
By Chris Williams: In a sign of how badly he wanted the fight, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) agreed to a same day weight check for his December 9th fight against unbeaten 2-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) for their fight on ESPN and ESPN Deportes from Madison Square Garden in New York.
by Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) is taking unbeaten Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) very seriously for their fight coming up in less than a month on December 9 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Chris Williams: Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) isn’t worried in the slightest about him being the smaller man than WBO super featherweight champion Vasily “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) in their fight on December 9 at Madison Square Garden in New York.