Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
Suddenly there is a lot of chatter of a fight between WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) and WBA super bantamweight titlist, Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-0, 12 KOs), with Lomachenko needing an opponent for the late summer.
So who will WBO super featherweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko face next? "I know we're going to be fighting in August, I really don't know when it is but we're still preparing for the fight but I really don't know," said Egis Klimas, who manages the skilled Ukrainian, to BoxingScene.com.
A much talked about rematch between Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) and Orlando ‘Siri’ Salido (44-13-4, 31 KOs) could be close to fruition. Earlier tonight Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times tweeted that the Staples Center in California is on hold for August 5 with a view to hosting that bout.
WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (18-0, 12 KOs) is looking for the biggest fights possible in 2017. On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Rigondeaux picked up a controversial first round knockout over unbeaten Moises Flores. That result may ultimately get overturned to a no-decision - because Rigondeaux's knockout punch was executed after the bell.
WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (28-1, 17 KOs) is a man on a mission - hungry for a big fight. If Russell is unable to secure a significant fight at 126-pounds, then he plans to move up to super featherweight. Russell is managed by Al Haymon - who also manages the majority of the big names at the weight - including WBA champion Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares, Carl Frampton, IBF champion Lee Selby, Jesus Cuellar and Oscar Escandon.
Every day fans are looking for a finalized agreement for the second fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Orlando Salido, but so far their camps have not succeeded. And the reason there is no agreement is because the offer presented was not what Salido had execpted.
So will there be a rematch between current WBO super featherweight titlist, Vasyl Lomachenko, and the man that defeated him in controversial fashion in his second pro bout in March of 2014, Orlando Salido? Salido returned to the ring this past weekend in Mexico and scored a seventh round stoppage of Aristides Perez.
Zanfer Promotions will be negotiating a possible rematch between former world champion Orlando 'Siri' Salido and current World Boxing Organization super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko, and the fight is being positioned to happen in early August. Zanfer CEO Fernando Beltran, on behalf of Salido, will go to to the table with Bob Arum of Top Rank, for Lomachenko, to discuss the second fight after Salido picked up a knockout win on Saturday in his native Ciudad Obregon.
"Orlando Salido is that Honda Accord that has 350,000 miles on it. It may not be fast or have pep, but it still works and does the job." That was what Zanfer Promotions' liaison and matchmaker Sean Gibbons told me in late June, a few weeks after Salido's 12 round war with Francisco Vargas, the last time 'Siri' has fought.
Orlando Salido, who last fought 11 months ago (his memorable battle with Francisco Vargas), faces Aristides Perez in what could be best described as a tune-up bout in Sonora, Mexico. Should he come out victorious, as expected, a summer rematch with Vasyl Lomachenko could be on the horizon.