Comments Thread For: Russell Sees Lomachenko Bout as Crack in Cold War Cycle

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For years, boxing’s version of the Cold War – the ongoing rivalry between Top Rank and fighters with Golden Boy Promotions, adviser Al Haymon or both – have crippled progress and denied many boxers the opportunity to run the full gamut of taking on all comers.

A purse bid won by Golden Boy Promotions to promote the June 21 featherweight title fight between Gary Russell and Vasyl Lomachenko is viewed as a potential starting point towards a reversal of that ugly trend.
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[Hougigo]

This fight was made by purse bid... same as Lara/Vanes

[BigAlexSand]

Russell got this... KO with a quickness

[Jocknerd94]

Top Rank was allowed to be apart of the conference call. This shows the companies are actually working together in some capacity.

[jas]

sanctioning bodies can end the cold war by making certain fighters mandos .............

but sanctioning bodies are a complete corrupt joke

[soul_survivor]

sanctioning bodies can end the cold war by making certain fighters mandos .............

but sanctioning bodies are a complete corrupt joke

lol if only they had the balls

also, this is a very good, 50/50 fight. I hope Loma wins but Russel has much more pro experience. I just think theyve built Loma all wrong, he has such potential but back to back losses will send him into oblivion.

[LouIE G]

This is going to be a good technical fight but i dont see anyone winning a clear decision...unless someone gets knocked out iam predicting this fight a DRAW!! But would love to see gary take the fight!

[Divine Hammer]

oscar is a true hero of the sport. so glad to see top rank and gbp fighters fighting again.

a new and fruitful age of boxing has come, my friends. oscar did it. he did it.

[bojangles1987]

Nah, we've seen purse bids before. They don't mean anything.

We're almost at the end of the Cold War right now, it's just a matter of finding out who is still GB and who isn't.

[sicko]

If Belt Organizations do their job...YOU CAN'T HAVE A COLD WAR IN BOXING!

But instead they probably making fighters pay a extra fee to keep them off of their backs from pushing them to fight their mandatory