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Negotiations are on-going for a fight between WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) and his mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs (32-1, 29KOs). The hope is that should this fight comes to fruition in mid-March in New York.
Adding insult to injury for Nicholas Walters this past weekend in Las Vegas, not only did he suffer his first professional loss against the highly regarded Vasyl Lomachenko, he waved the white flag after the seventh round.
In the immediate aftermath of Vasyl Lomachenko's most recent display of boxing, where he made Nicholas Walters quit on his stool after seven rounds, there is a lot of discussions on who the reigning WBO 130-pound belt-holder will face next.
So what's next on the docket for Vasyl Lomachenko, who successfully defended his WBO super featherweight title on Saturday night by making the previously undefeated Nicholas Walters (26-1-1, 21KOs) quit on his stool after seven one-sided rounds?
After a decorated amateur career, which culminated with him representing Mexico in the 2016 Olympic Games, light flyweight Joselito Velazquez is now ready to embark on his professional career.
This Saturday night, Vasyl Lomachenko makes his first defense of his WBO super featherweight world title against the dangerous, unbeaten Nicholas Walters. This event is taking place at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. While there's no denying Lomachenko's prodigious skills, he's still fighting in a venue that holds under 2,000.
Sergey Kovalev’s promoter is hopeful her fighter will get another shot at Andre Ward sometime in April. Kathy Duva, chief executive officer for New Jersey-based Main Events, told BoxingScene.com on Wednesday that HBO Sports has an April date for a pay-per-view card. Depending on various financial factors, it’s also possible that a Ward-Kovalev rematch could air live on HBO.
After winning the WBO super middleweight title from Arthur Abraham on April 9th as part of the Pacquiao-Bradley III undercard, Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez (34-0, 24KOs) was set to make the first defense of his belt against Dominik Britsch on July 23rd on the pay-per-view undercard that featured the junior welterweight unification bout between Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol.
There are some who believe that Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) - who won a rather unpopular decision against Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 15KOs) this past weekend in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena - had figured out 'the Krusher' in the second half of this contest.
Late last week it was revealed that Juan Diaz would not be available to face Ray Beltran as the co-feature on HBO in Omaha, Nebraska. But on Monday a deal was finalized with Mason Menard to replace 'the Baby Bull' on December 10th.