Bob Arum wants Lomachenko to fight two more times this year!!

[NapalmKnuckles]

Salido rematch and then Vargas at the end of the year for the belt. I doubt they are able to scrounge up enough money for Walters unless they do another inexplicable PPV like Crawford/Postol.

[Boxfan83]

10 weeks would put it in the middle of August, as another poster has already stated.
Plus, the Crawford-Postol undercard is already set.
Loma will probably be back in middle to late August or September.



I wouldn't mind that.



Can you explain this a little more? Not sure if I quite understood it.
Lomachenko is the one that wants to fight more, so he isn't being forced.

Lomanchenko is must see t.v. I hope to see him possibly on the Vargas vs. Brook undercard? Hopefully we get Vasyl vs Walters by years end. Uncle bob knows how to make stars, hopefully Hayman has his pen & note pad handy...

[TheCell8]

It's likely going to be against Berchelt, and if he wins that one, then he'll face Salido in a rematch later this year. Those are the two fights they want to get out of the way before moving up to 135.

[LomaUsykKlichko]

Nice, I see him fighting Solido and then hopefully unify with one of the other champions.

[Derranged]

The Salido rematch has to happen at some point.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Lomanchenko is must see t.v. I hope to see him possibly on the Vargas vs. Brook undercard? Hopefully we get Vasyl vs Walters by years end. Uncle bob knows how to make stars, hopefully Hayman has his pen & note pad handy...

I don't think they'll want Loma to fight in the UK, they will probably want him to keep building in the US.
Is HBO showing the Vargas/Brook fight?
I doubt we see the Walters fight this year, we will unfortunately have to wait until next year most likely.
The most important thing right now is that Loma stays active. He created a lot of buzz on Saturday night they have to capitalize on it. Of course I expect them to give him good opponents not the Koasicha's of the World.
We'll probably see Loma again in August or September then he'll probably end the year against Salido. I would prefer the Salido fight to be the last one of the year, so Salido can rest up more. Who does Loma fight in August/September would be the real question.
This is all assuming Loma fights two more times this year, which hopefully he does.
Hopefully they can keep Loma active.

[LomaUsykKlichko]

I don't think they'll want Loma to fight in the UK, they will probably want him to keep building in the US.
Is HBO showing the Vargas/Brook fight?
I doubt we see the Walters fight this year, we will unfortunately have to wait until next year most likely.
The most important thing right now is that Loma stays active. He created a lot of buzz on Saturday night they have to capitalize on it. Of course I expect them to give him good opponents not the Koasicha's of the World.
We'll probably see Loma again in August or September then he'll probably end the year against Salido. I would prefer the Salido fight to be the last one of the year, so Salido can rest up more. Who does Loma fight in August/September would be the real question.
This is all assuming Loma fights two more times this year, which hopefully he does.
Hopefully they can keep Loma active.

I wouldnt mind seeing him against Pedraza or Berchelt

[HI-TECH Boxing]

I wouldnt mind seeing him against Pedraza or Berchelt

I was discussing Berchelt with someone for the past few days. I wouldn't mind seeing that fight, especially since he is the mandatory. However, something gave us a feeling that Zanfer may want to keep Berchelt away from Loma for now.
Apparently Berchelt may be fighting Piriyapinyo, former Loma victim, in early July.

I would love to see Loma-Pedraza. Pedraza says he wants it, so why not give it to him?
If Loma gets and beats Pedraza and Salido this year, he could end up being Fighter of the Year. That would be hard to top. Especially if Vasiliy does it in impressive fashion.
So yeah I agree. Pedraza for August/September and Salido for the end of the year.

[LomaUsykKlichko]

I was discussing Berchelt with someone for the past few days. I wouldn't mind seeing that fight, especially since he is the mandatory. However, something gave us a feeling that Zanfer may want to keep Berchelt away from Loma for now.
Apparently Berchelt may be fighting Piriyapinyo, former Loma victim, in early July.

I would love to see Loma-Pedraza. Pedraza says he wants it, so why not give it to him?
If Loma gets and beats Pedraza and Salido this year, he could end up being Fighter of the Year. That would be hard to top. Especially if Vasiliy does it in impressive fashion.
So yeah I agree. Pedraza for August/September and Salido for the end of the year.

I agree and then in 2017 Loma can jump 135 and get a belt there for his 10th fight to make history as it seems very important to him to make history after that he can come down to 130 and clean it out.

[g27region]

I was sceptical of Loma and even got a red K from some ******s for that, when I've said that Lomachenko is getting too much praise and that we don't have to overhype the fighter for his own good. But if he'll revenge that Salido loss and if he'll get a scalp of Walters caliber (some solid fighter with undefeated status) then it's gonna be hard to remove him from my top 10 p4p list