Lomachenko interested in Pacquiao fight at 135

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By Allan Fox: If Manny Pacquiao wants to fight WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, he might need to drop down 12 pounds to face him at lightweight, because that’s the weight class that the Ukrainian fighter is willing to fight him at. Lomachenko says he wants to fight Pacquiao, but he wants the fight to take place at 135lbs.

Being that the 28-year-old Lomachenko isn’t in the position to be calling the shots in terms of weight for the Pacquiao fight, it’ll be interesting to see if his match ever takes place. Lomachenko is not a pay-per-view fighter, and the chances are that he may never get to that level unless he starts picking up more boxing fans.

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Walters quitting was shameful against Lomachenko says Donaire

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By Eric Baldwin: Former Nicholas Walters knockout victim Nonito Donaire says Walter’s ‘No mas’ quit job he did last Saturday night against WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko was “shameful” and he can’t believe he actually did it.

For the boxing fans that didn’t get a chance to see the fight last Saturday night, Walters quit after the 7th round against Lomachenko in their fight at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight was televised by HBO World Championship Boxing, and even the commentators for the network were surprised at Walters choosing to quit after the 7th round had ended.

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Nicholas Walters told Arum he was hurt in 7th by Lomachenko

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By Chris Williams: Nicholas Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs) is taking quite a bit of criticism since quitting after round 7 last Saturday night against WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, but according to his promoter Bob Arum, he told him he was hurt in the 7th. Walters took a left hand from Lomachenko to the head that had him hurt. Walters felt that he was going to be knocked out if he had continued fighting. That might sit right with some boxing fans, but you cannot blame Walters for continuing if he felt he no longer has any chance of winning.

Arum said this to ESPN.com about Walters telling him that he was hurt by Lomachenko in round seven:

“He told me he was going to get knocked out. He said he got really hurt,” Arum said.

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Lomachenko targets Francisco Vargas

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By Dan Ambrose: Nicholas Walters was no competition last night for WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, who did a superb job of out-classing him until the former featherweight world champion quit after the 7th round had ended at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Walters had experienced enough one-way punishment at the hands of the skillful Lomachenko, and he didn’t want any part of going any further. After the match had ended, Lomachenko made it clear that he wants to fight a unification match against WBC super featherweight champion Francisco Vargas.

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Lomachenko wants #1 P4P spot

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By Allan Fox: After forcing his opponent Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs) to quit after the 7th round last Saturday night, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) made it clear what his goal is for the near future by saying “My goal is to be No.1 pound-for-pound,” when interviewed by HBO Boxing after the fight.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko did a great job of using his mobility to attack the 30-year-old Walters to land his pin point shots. Lomachenko threw mostly 1-2 combinations in the first six rounds of the match. In the 7th, Lomachenko started to open up with sustained flurries in putting his punches together.

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No Mas for Walters after Lomachenko dominates – Results

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By Godfrey Falcon: November 2016 has been a great month for boxing, culminating in Nicholas Walters vs. Vasyl Lomachenko last Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. With echoes of the rematch between Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran exactly 36 years ago, Jamaica’s highly esteemed former WBA Featherweight Champion, Nicholas “The Axe Man” Walters (28-1-1) gets comprehensively chopped down by Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (7-1-0) and called it quits. Cleary from the corner, we could hear Walters telling referee Tony Weeks the same words Duran said that fateful day, “No Mas. No Mas.” Officially winning by TKO after the 7th Round, Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and current WBO Jr. Lightweight Champion, effectively vindicates his proponents, and proved his nay-sayers painfully wrong.

Walters, previously an undefeated power-puncher with incredibly long reach, was best known for his destruction of former Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (37-4), a fight that shook up the boxing world. After moving up to Jr. Lightweight and still proving he had the power to make his opponents honest, the bout between he and the Ukrainian native was hyped to be a highly competitive match between the best and the best.

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Lomachenko-Walters punch stats

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By Jim Dower: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) outclassed former featherweight world champion Nicholas Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs) in out-landing him two to one in punches in winning by a 7th round technical knockout at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Walters gave it his best shot, but he took too many punches in the 7th and was hurt. Walters realized he was hurt at the end of the round. He wisely chose not to come out for the 8th. The boxing fans at the small Cosmopolitan Arena weren’t happy that Walters, 30, didn’t want to continue, but they weren’t the ones that were getting hit.

Walters obviously understood that he didn’t have a good enough chance to win the fight, so he bowed out after the 7th.

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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Nicholas Walters – Results

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By Eric Baldwin: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) retained his title with a 7th round TKO victory over previously unbeaten former WBA World featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (26-1-1, 21 KOs) on Saturday night on HBO Championship Boxing from the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 30-year-old Walters surprisingly quit after the 7th round had ended. It’s unclear why Walters quit on his stool other than the fact that he was getting a boxing lesson by the 2-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko. The fight was close in the first three rounds, but Lomachenko turned up his foot and hand-speed starting in the 4th, and the fight quickly got out of hand with Walters taking punishment.

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Sanchez talks Golovkin, Canelo and Lomachenko

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By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Abel Sanchez is quite confident that his fighter IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is going to make easy work in knocking out Golden Boy Promotions star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September next year. Sanchez feels there’s no question in his mind that Golovkin is going to obliterate the 26-year-old Canelo when he gets him inside the ring next year.

Before the fight can happen though, Golovkin will be fighting in March possibly against Daniel Jacobs. That match has been ordered by the World Boxing Association. That doesn’t mean it will take place. Sanchez says if the fight fails to happen, then Golovkin will fight somebody else.

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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Nicholas Walters tonight

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By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko will be defending his WBO super featherweight title tonight in an all-Top Rank Promotions fight against the powerful Nicholas Walters on HBO Championship Boxing at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

With all the talking that Lomachenko’s promoter Bob Arum has been doing about him in the lead up to tonight’s fight, you would think that he’ll be able to breeze past the 30-year-old Walters without any problems whatsoever. Unfortunately, if things don’t work out well for the 28-year-old Lomachenko, then Arum could be crying big crocodile tears with his would be star exposed – again.

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