
Walters Warns Lomachenko: Remember Donaire? I Want a KO!
Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21KOs) is hoping to score another knockout victory on November 26th, when he challenges Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs) for the WBO super featherweight title.
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Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21KOs) is hoping to score another knockout victory on November 26th, when he challenges Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs) for the WBO super featherweight title.

LAS VEGAS -- Boxing Day comes to Las Vegas one month early with a blockbuster fight between two of the hardest hitters in the sport. Two-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist VASYL LOMACHENKO will defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight title against undefeated former world featherweight champion NICHOLAS "Axe Man" WALTERS. Lomachenko vs. Walters will take place Saturday, Nov. 26, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. It will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 10:35 p.m. ET/PT.

Better late than never. Top Rank has finally been able to put together the super featherweight showdown between Vasyl Lomachenko and Nicholas Walters. The HBO televised fight will take place on November 26th at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

So who does manager Egis Klimas have in mind next for Vasyl Lomachenko (6-1, 4KOs), who captured the WBO super featherweight title last night by stopping Rocky Martinez in five rounds? Well, a man that they are very familiar with.

By Keith Idec - NEW YORK – Vasyl Lomachenko doesn’t think Nicholas Walters is afraid of him. He’s not sure whether Walters will fight him later this year, either. The Ukrainian southpaw wants to fight Walters next, assuming the heavily favored Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) beats WBO world super featherweight champion Rocky Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) in their HBO “Boxing After Dark” main event Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Whether Walters can be satisfied financially, however, is another matter altogether.

On June 11th, Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs) faces Rocky Martinez for the WBO 130-pound title at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York and promoter Bob Arum has a particular fight in mind should Lomachenko (who currently holds the WBO featherweight title) wins this fight and stay in this weight class.

New York - In just his 7th pro fight, Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KO’s) is aiming to win a world title in his second weight class. To do that he must enter a house full of Puerto Ricans and beat the 130 pound WBO world champion Roman ‘Rocky’ Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KO’s) on June 25th, the eve of the National Puerto Rican day parade inside The Theatre of Madison Square Garden.

With Nicholas Walters continuing to waffle on a June 11th showdown against Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs), a new name has emerged to face the left-handed stylist from the Ukraine on this date.

Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who was celebrating his 50th year in the boxing business in Toronto - where it all began when with Muhammad Ali's bout against George Chuvalo at the Maple Leafs Garden - is still grinding away and looking to secure the summer schedule for his company.

Egis Klimas, manager of WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs), has indicated that super featherweight contender Nicholas Walters (26-0-1, 21KOs) is pricing himself out and being unreasonable.