Lomachenko vs. Walters

By Chris Williams: After the previous failed negotiations for a super fight, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) and Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) were finally able to get a fight put together for them to face each other on November 26 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes that the 28-year-old Lomachenko is the best fighter in boxing. I’m not sure if the facts bear that out. Lomachenko is a good fighter, but up until recently, he was more of a boxer rather than a puncher. Arum sees Lomachenko as a puncher now, and I still don’t think that’s accurate. We’ll have to see.

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By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4 KOs) will be defending his WBO super featherweight title against fellow Top Rank fighter Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) on November 26 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. This is great news for boxing fans, especially those who were tired of waiting for Lomachenko and Walters to finally face each other.

The fight should have been made in 2015 rather than at the tail end of 2016. It’s better late than never. Lomachenko and Walters have both reportedly signed the contract for the fight, which will be televised on HBO Championship Boxing unless Top Rank promoter Bob Arum chooses to go it alone by having them fight on his own show. Hopefully that doesn’t happen.

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By Allan Fox: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is working on a long awaited fight between former WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and current WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenklo (5-1, 3 KOs) for June 11 on HBO at Madison Square Garden in New York.

It would be a good location for the fight because a lot of Ukrainian and/or Russians could come see Lomachenko fight. Also on the same card, Arum is looking to add unbeaten WBC light welterweight champion Viktor Postol in defending his title against #6 WBC Adrian Granados. It would be an interesting fight for the co-feature if Arum can put the fight together.

Arum had been hoping to have the Lomachenko-Walters fight televised on HBO on April 30, but it wasn’t possible to do the fight at that time. Lomachenko would be moving up to super featherweight to face the 29-year-old Walters, who clearly can’t make the featherweight division weight limit of 126lbs any longer at this point in his career.

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