Lomachenko Vs Sosa: Latest News, Articles & Breaking Stories

Lomachenko-Sosa Peaked at 886K Viewers on HBO; Averaged 832K

•9 years ago

An increasing amount of viewers want to watch Vasyl Lomachenko, even in one-sided fights. The Ukrainian star’s nine-round domination of Jason Sosa generated the highest rating for a boxing match on premium cable thus far in 2017. According to ratings released by Nielsen Media Research on Tuesday morning, a peak audience of 886,000 viewers tuned in to HBO on Saturday night to watch another superb performance from Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs). An average of 832,000 viewers watched the uniquely skilled southpaw defend his WBO world super featherweight title against Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KOs) in the main event of HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” tripleheader. Raul Rivas, Sosa’s trainer, stopped their fight following nine rounds at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

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Vasyl Lomachenko-Jason Sosa: Post-Fight Report Card

Cliff Rold

•9 years ago

Vasyl Lomachenko is what he’s advertised to be. Even the most cynical fight fan has to see it. On a night when he had the sort of aggressive opponent who could make him look good, he lived up to and excelled his billing. He put on a show.

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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason Sosa - CompuBox Punch Stats

CompuBox

•9 years ago

Lomachenko vs. Sosa CompuBox Punch Stats - All Vasyl Lomachenko. Landed an average of 31 of 77 total punches per round and 23 of 39 power shots (58%). It's not just his offense though: Jason Sosa landed an average of just 8 of 32 punches per round. Junior light average 17 of 58.

Photos: Vasyl Lomachenko Beats Down, Punishes Jason Sosa

Boxing Photos

•9 years ago

Lomachenko vs. Sosa Fight Photos Gallery - Frustrated that he can't get fights against the opponents he wants, Vasyl Lomachenko took his frustration out on Jason Sosa. Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) dominated his WBO junior featherweight title defense before Sosa's own corner stopped the fight after the ninth round, completing a three-fight Ukrainian sweep on Saturday night.

Lomachenko Would Face Mikey Garcia Right Now, Eyes Crawford

BoxingScene Staff

•9 years ago

Vasyl Lomachenko easily retained his WBO junior lightweight title on Saturday, with a dominating boxing display over Jason Sosa, whose corner pulled the plug at the end of the ninth round. The 29-year-old Ukrainian cemented his status as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world with a ninth round TKO in just his ninth pro fight.

Vasyl Lomachenko Punishes and Stops Jason Sosa

Keith Idec

•9 years ago

By Keith Idec - OXON HILL, Maryland – Nine rounds of Vasyl Lomachenko’s dominance was more than enough evidence for Raul Rivas. Jason Sosa’s trainer didn’t want his brave boxer to take any more unnecessary punishment in a fight he clearly couldn’t win Saturday night. Thus he told referee Kenny C...

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Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jason Sosa - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

BoxingScene Staff

•9 years ago

Lomachenko vs. Sosa LIVE Scorecard BoxingScene - HBO Sports visits Maryland for the first time since 1979 when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: VASYL LOMACHENKO VS. JASON SOSA AND ALEKSANDR GVOZDYK VS. YUNIESKY GONZALEZ AND ALEKSANDR USYK VS. MIKE HUNTER is seen SATURDAY, APRIL 8 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from The Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will call the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.

Vasyl Lomachenko-Jason Sosa: CompuBox Historical Review

CompuBox

•9 years ago

WBO super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko's +20.9 rating is #1 on the CompuBox Plus/Minus list. That +20.9 rating is the highest since Floyd Mayweather's +24.5. Lomachenko landed 49.5% of his power shots-#2 on CompuBox Categorical Leaders list (Stevenson 54.5%).

Vasyl Lomachenko-Jason Sosa: Pre-Fight Report Card

Cliff Rold

•9 years ago

The rapid ascent of Vasyl Lomachenko is boxing’s professional ranks takes another step. Most assume he’ll win. That assumption would be there against anyone currently rated at Jr. lightweight. It might not be true. Boxing is a funny sport. Jason Sosa is a solid enough guy and stranger things have happened.

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Jason Sosa Will Look To Go All-Out With Vasyl Lomachenko

BoxingScene Staff

•9 years ago

Vasyl Lomachenko, who has established himself as one of boxing's most explosive talents in just eight pro bouts, puts his World Boxing Organization super featherweight title on the line Saturday against American Jason Sosa. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko is widely regarded as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world on the back of building a 7-1 pro record.