Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs), is still hoping to make a fight between his fighter and WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares.
So this much is clear: Vasyl Lomachenko will be performing at the Madison Square Garden on May 12th. The question is whether Top Rank has moved on from trying to get WBA lightweight titlist, Jorge Linares, as the dance partner.
Venezuela's Jorge Linares, who holds the WBA lightweight championship, is clear about his future - he wants to fight two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko. Lomachenko is scheduled to return on May 12 at New York's Madison Square Garden, with ESPN televising. But there is a conflict over the date, as Linares' promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, already have plans for that date on rival network HBO.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum believes ESPN is the perfect outlet to showcase a potential showdown between lightweight bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and WBA world champion Jorge Linares. Arum has an ESPN televised date of May 12, from New York's Madison Square Garden, penciled in for Lomachenko's debut at 135-pounds. He tried to secure Linares as the opponent for the card - but there is a scheduling conflict for Linares' promoter, Golden Boy Promotions.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is still very annoyed with the fallout of the lightweight bout between Vasyl Lomachenko and WBA world champion Jorge Linares. Arum has an ESPN televised date of May 12, from New York's Madison Square Garden, penciled in for Lomachenko's debut at 135-pounds.
Golden Boy Promotions President Eric Gomez does not believe that a potential bout between WBA lightweight titlist Jorge Linares and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko is completely dead. Right now there is a stalemate between Golden Boy and Top Rank over the May 12th date, which is what Top Rank has slotted for this bout on ESPN.
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As BoxingScene.com previously reported, there is a serious scheduling conflict with respect to a potential lightweight collision between WBA champion Jorge Linares and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Lomachenko, has been trying to get the deal done with Golden Boy Promotions, who handle Linares.
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Eric Gomez, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that Top Rank reached out to them regarding a possible fight between WBA lightweight titlist Jorge Linares and current WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, who will be moving up to 135-pounds.