Lomachenko has a new 5-year deal with Top Rank

[Pain~Lucy]

why should he join the dark side? wtf he already derailed their midget wanna be chump GRJ lol

[PACBOY]

He will receive the torch once past down to him. This dude is force in the making to reckon with.

[Scipio2009]

Most of the fighters and big fights at Lomachenko's weight are already with Top Rank anyway, so not all that bad a deal for Lomachenko. Outside of Abner Mares, Loma has access to 20 of the 25 top fighters at the weight.

As long as he keeps injury free, busy and winning, he should do okay on the deal, significantly better than he'd do if he'd left, tbh (Haymon only has Mares, Russell Jr, and Gonzalez at the weight, with Santa Cruz thinking of coming up, so the pool isn't really that deep.

[Scipio2009]

Does Haymon have any elite white fighters? Five years is a long time... He'll be confined to HBO unless there's a super-fight to be made... I'm surprised Golden Boy didn't try to get him... he could certainly be the next "golden boy" of boxing... Loma is the next ppv star IF the promoters don't F it up.

He's got a lot of prospects, likely 2-3 years from breaking through, of all nationalities, with even white fighters sprinkled in there.

I will bet any amount of money that a fetherweight, even one as talented as Lomachenko, never emerges as a PPV star, especially without speaking English and/or Spanish or having one-punch KO power.

[HEND]

Smh... bad decision. 5 years is a long-long time. How he know that TR will be still relevant 5 years from now? It's possible that it won't be...

[El-blanco]

Smh... bad decision. 5 years is a long-long time. How he know that TR will be still relevant 5 years from now? It's possible that it won't be...

Historically, they're a major player. No reason to think otherwise.

[creekrat77]

Good move. I've been waiting for this guy to hit the big times

[southpaw74]

Lomachenko is a bonafide beast! He is a future #1 P4P fighter. He should learn English so he can maximize his earning potential. The kid has it all from a physical and mental standpoint.

[ИATAS]

Top Rank is usually the best at building stars - just look at their track record. Once you make a enough money, then that's when fighters want to become a free agent or whatever.

[NEETzsche]

i don't like how inactive lomachenko has been under top rank. a pro novice like him should really be fighting at least five times per annum, especially if they still intend to pad his record with the likes of gamalier rodriguez and that thai pacquiao fella. one quarter of 2015 has already passed us by and lomachenko is only just about to have his first outing. if he's only going to be fighting three times a year, it should be against better opponents than rodriguez