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Linares: Lomachenko is Fast - But He Does Not Have My Punch!

•Mar 17, 2018

WBA lightweight world champion Jorge "King" Linares revealed to ESPN's A Los Golpes how he can increase his chances of victory on May 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York against the Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko. In a conversation with Jorge Eduardo Sánchez and the legendary Juan Manuel Márquez, the Venezuelan boxer accepted that while Lomachenko has advantages such as speed, he also has advantages such as distance and power, although he confessed that the fight could be defined not only with the fists but with footwork.

Canelo-GGG, Joshua-Parker To Have Special WBA Belts at Stake

Miguel Rivera

•Mar 15, 2018

The president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Mendoza, has announced that his organization is ready to recognize the winners of five fights - that are scheduled in the coming months - with commemorative belts that will be distinguished with some special features. The World Boxing Council has been issuing commemorative belts for several years - like the Diamond belt, money belt, ruby belt and several others.

Mikey Garcia May Remain at 140-Pounds After Loma-Linares Deal

Miguel Rivera

•Mar 14, 2018

This past Saturday night in Texas, Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) became the IBF junior welterweight champion with a twelve round unanimous decision over Sergey Lipinets at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. Garcia is still the WBC world champion at the lightweight limit of 135-pounds.

Report: Lomachenko-Linares Fight Finalized for May 12 at MSG

Keith Idec

•Mar 13, 2018

Promoters Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya have overcome what was once considered an insurmountable obstacle to finalize a Vasyl Lomachenko-Jorge Linares fight for May 12. According to a Los Angeles Times report Tuesday, Arum’s Top Rank Inc. (Lomachenko) and De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions (Linares) have come to an agreement for Lomachenko to challenge Linares for the Venezuelan’s WBA lightweight title May 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York. They struck a deal, according to the Los Angeles Times, because ESPN agreed to air the telecast headlined by Lomachenko-Linares at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, so that it won’t be broadcast at the same time as HBO’s replay that night of the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin middleweight championship rematch.

Luke Campbell Embraces Possibility of Vasyl Lomachenko Fight

BoxingScene Staff

•Mar 12, 2018

Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell (17-2, 14 KOs) has embraced the idea of a potential fight with Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs), who captured two gold medals in the Olympic games. There is some discussion about Campbell potentially signing a co-promotional deal with Top Rank - and the deal involves a three fight pact that ends with a Lomachenko fight.

De La Hoya: Lomachenko-Linares Not Finalized Yet; Up to Arum

Keith Idec

•Mar 12, 2018

Oscar De La Hoya wasn’t specific Sunday night, except to Tweet that it’s up to Bob Arum at this point to finalize a Vasyl Lomachenko-Jorge Linares fight. De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions (Linares) and Arum’s Top Rank Inc. (Lomachenko) have made significant progress in negotiations for Lomachenko to challenge Linares for the Venezuelan’s WBA lightweight title May 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York. De La Hoya characterized the deal as “getting close,” yet emphasized that there’s more work to be done.

Linares: When Lomachenko Faces Me - Things Will Be Different!

Hisao Adachi

•Mar 11, 2018

The lightweight champion of the World Boxing Association, Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs, 32 years old and Teiken Boxing Gym of Tokyo), has been in Japan since February 27. He arrived in the country a few weeks after his decision win over Filipino challenger Mercito Gesta at the Forum in Inglewood, California in late January

Photos: Oscar Valdez Overcomes Fractured Jaw To Beat Quigg

Boxing Photos

•Mar 11, 2018

Valdez, Quigg Fight Photos Gallery - Oscar Valdez’s broken jaw gradually left a pool of blood between rounds in his corner of the ring. Scott Quigg’s badly damaged nose wasn’t even the most grotesque feature of his battered face. Photos by Mikey Williams.

Mikey Garcia Favors Vasyl Lomachenko if He Faces Jorge Linares

Ryan Burton

•Mar 1, 2018

WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia faces Sergey Lipinets on March 10th for the latter's IBF super lightweight title. The fight will headline a Showtime doubleheader with Rances Barthelemy facing Kiryl Relikh for the vacant WBA super lightweight title opening up the show.

Lomachenko's Manager Discusses The Jorge Linares Situation

Steve Kim

•Feb 28, 2018

As of now, it looks like a showdown between WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko will not be taking place on May 12th due to a conflict involving dueling broadcasts on HBO and ESPN. On the conflicted date, HBO is airing the re-broadcast of the Gennady Golovkin-Saul Alvarez pay-per-view bout from the week before.