Comments Thread For: Arum: Lomachenko Will Return 8/25 at The Forum; Opponent TBD

[KhaosKX]

Probably Beltran but Arum's standing in the way of a potential Mikey-Loma fight for all the belts.

[Boxing42]

The quest to avoid Mikey begins

[Wolfie*]

Yeah definitely not interested in a Garcia fight next already having a fight lined up that fast.

[Boxing Logic]

Tank vs Loma at 130 or a catch weight of 132 would be the best fight next. Then Pacquiao at 135 in the fall, then Beltran March of 2019, and Mikey summer 2019.

[Ogecca MaMa]

Yeah definitely not interested in a Garcia fight next already having a fight lined up that fast.

Mikey already going to fight Robert Easter on July 28th. so you saying Vasyl should wait on them and then wait another 3 months and who knows, if Mikey accepts it. he prefers Lipinets level of comp.

[Boxing Logic]

The quest to avoid Mikey begins

Yeah definitely not interested in a Garcia fight next already having a fight lined up that fast.

You must be new to boxing. Robert Garcia said Loma-Mikey will take 4-5 years to build up like May-Pac. Both sides want PPV money for that fight, but neither fighter is a PPV star or well known by casual fans. I want to see that fight but my GUESS is what Loma-Pacquiao will be made first in order to get casual fans knowing who Loma is, and then if Pacquiao passes his stardom onto Loma, THEN Loma will be able to carry the PPV with Mikey.

So yeah, I want to see the fight too, but don't act like there is any fear at play here. Loma ducks no one. The timing of this fight is about money, not fear.

[Randall Cunning]

LOL this aint going to affect a Mikey Garcia fight, Garcia fighting Easter Jr a few weeks before. Theres much more thats gunna get it the way of that, Robert Garcia said it was 3-4 years down the line, rumoured Garcia gunna sign with Dana White who said hed never work with Arum. This why Arum likening it to Mayweather/Pacquiao, fights way off.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

This had already popped up on boxrec this morning. I guess they've been planning this for a while. I bet it's Beltran...

[jbpanama]

that's not a bad idea. Beltran is a champ. Maybe that's why Arum was able to announce a date so quickly?

If Pac gets by next fight. unscathed, (not a given

watch for Pac and Lomo in November...

[_original_]

Great news, might make it for this one.