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Please stop. Just stop...
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Gamboa hasn't looked good since he turned 30, man. Shouda lost to Sosa in my book too, not to mention struggling with and losing to journeymen..
5 years ago this might have been a fight to drool over, now I'm barely interested... hell, it might even be as bad as Crolla, but without even the excuse of it being mandatory.Comment
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any midget or boxer on the decline welcome
this is circuschenkos adverts for a fight he doesent fight anyone with a pulse go up the weights fight Crawford catchweight 143 but he wont do that seen interview on boxnation soiled himself when buds name was mentioned.........Comment
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That quote is an insult to boxing fans.
Shouldn't even be repeated.Comment
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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Mikey Garcia is a dream matchup, but it's fantasy
ESPN
Dan Rafael
December 10, 2018:
"Maybe next year we can make a fight with Mikey Garcia," Lomachenko said of one of the best possible fights in boxing.
But here's the cold reality for anyone who lives in the real world and not in the land of make-believe fantasy fights: Lomachenko-Garcia ain't happening anytime soon, if ever. Forget about it, and don't blame the messenger.
Other than Terence Crawford, Lomachenko is Top Rank's most significant star fighter. Top Rank is exclusive to ESPN. And while Top Rank is most definitely willing to work with other promoters and has on a variety of recent fights, if you want to fight the company's big dogs, you fight on ESPN. Period. End of conversation. Even though I'm not privy to the particulars of the ESPN/Top Rank deal, I can assure you that Lomachenko is not leaving ESPN even for a one-off fight.
Garcia, at least for now, is tied to Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions, which has deals with Showtime and Fox. Garcia is making the audacious move to jump up two weight classes to challenge heavy favorite Errol Spence Jr. for his welterweight title March 16 on a Fox pay-per-view. It seems unlikely Garcia, win or lose, will ever fight as a lightweight again. He has already won a junior welterweight title, and that seems like the division he will wind up in post-Spence. Lomachenko is a small lightweight and may have reached his weight ceiling. He said leading up to the Pedraza fight he didn't think he would move up to junior welterweight.
But weight aside, even if Garcia pushed for the fight, I'm doubtful. There is massive bad blood between Garcia and Top Rank, which used to promote him. Garcia's attempt to break his contract with Top Rank a few years ago was ultimately successful, but it cost him 2½ years of his prime while he sat out fighting the case. Neither side wants to do business with the other.
Even though Haymon has been willing to send his lesser fighters to the other side of the street -- John Molina, Felix Diaz and perhaps Luis Collazo as a future opponent for Crawford -- he won't, I repeat, he won't send his A fighters off one of his platforms, just like Top Rank won't. Haymon won't even have a conversation with Top Rank about such a fight, much less make a deal.
Some might say, hey, they could do Lomachenko-Garcia as a joint pay-per-view between ESPN and either Showtime or Fox, and that might be possible, but not if Haymon won't even entertain a discussion.
So forget about Lomachenko-Garcia for the foreseeable future. Don't waste your time on it. Accept reality. It's destined to be another fight we'll never get to see. Or if it does happen, rest assured it will be after its expiration date.
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Did he mean "Yori" Boy Campas? He has about as much a chance as GamboaComment
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LOL Why is gamboa still fighting?? This dude is straight garbage. Loma would KHTFO Cold. Cold! One of the most overated bums in boxing. his best win was Solido and ponce de leon 8 years ago. Him and Juanma need to fight and make it a fairwell fight for good.Comment
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Good resting for Loma.Comment
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gamboa has no heart!! i see loma making him quit.Comment
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Playing dominoes maybe....Comment
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