By Jim Dower: Unbeaten WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) defeated #8 WBO Michael Hunter (12-1, 8 KOs) by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to retain his title at the MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The final scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 117-110.
By Allan Fox: WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko is fighting tonight against Jason Sosa at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) was originally hoping to fight Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) in a unification fight, but instead the fighter from Camden, New Jersey vacated his WBA title. Lomachenko will be fighting the 29-year-old Sosa with just his own WBO title on the line tonight.
By Allan Fox: WBO World super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) made weight on Friday in coming in at 129.6 pounds for his title defense against former WBA World champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) on Saturday night on April 8 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Lomachenko-Sosa fight card will be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Sosa came in over the limit at 130.2 lbs.
By Allan Fox: WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KOs) has a high visible fight this Saturday night against Michael Hunter (12-0, 8 KOs) on the Vasyl Lomachenlo vs. Jason Sosa card at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. This is a pit stop for Usyk while on his way to unifying all of the titles at cruiserweight. Usyk wants to win all 4 of the cruiserweight titles and then move up to heavyweight to go after the titles in that weight class.
By Jim Dower:: This Saturday night on HBO World Championship Boxing, WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (7-1, 5 KOs) will be back inside the ring defending his title against puncher Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) from The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The card kicks off on HBO at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KOs) will be defending his title against unbeaten 2012 Olympian Michael Hunter (12-0, 8 KOs) on April 8 on the undercard of the Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason Sosa at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. The fights will be on HBO Championship Boxing.
Also on the card is unbeaten #6 WBO, #6 WBC, #7 IBF light heavyweight contender Oleksandr Gvozyk (12-0, 10 KOs) facing Yunieski Gonzalez (18-2, 14 KOs) in a 10 round fight. All three of these fights – Lomachenko vs. Sosa, Usyk vs. Hunter and Gvozdyk vs. Gonzalez – will be televised on HBO Boxing. It should be a great televised card for the fans. It’s definitely be one of the best card on regular HBO that’s for sure.