Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
By Thomas Gerbasi - NEW YORK - The night before the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Vasyl Lomachenko made Madison Square Garden’s Theater a mini-Ukraine, thrilling a crowd of 4,545 with a master class against Rocky Martinez before scoring a chilling knockout in the fifth round that earned him the WBO junior lightweight title.
Roman Martinez's last 7 opponents landed 35.8% of their power punches. Vasyl Lomachenko landed 8.2 jabs per round (nearly double weight class average) and 50.2% of his power punches in his last 5 fights. Opponents landed just 8.2 total punches per round (half the weight class average).
New York, New York- Two-time Olympics gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs) will look to add a second world title in as many weight classes in his already fast tracked career when he takes on WBO super featherweight champion Roman ‘Rocky’ Martinez, later tonight from The Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK – Rocky Martinez respects Vasyl Lomachenko’s skills and accomplishments. The WBO world super featherweight champion from Puerto Rico just doesn’t view the Ukrainian southpaw as some sort of unbeatable opponent as their HBO “Boxing After Dark” main event nears.
New York, New York- Although it isn’t Miguel Cotto or Felix Trinidad, a Puerto Rican fighter is headlining a card on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York. Two-time world champion Roman ‘Rocky’ Martinez defends his WBO super featherweight title against the skillful two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko.
Cicilio Flores, strength and conditioning coach to Vasyl Lomachenko assured BoxingScene.com that his charge is fully prepared for the step up in weight as he bids to dethrone Román ‘Rocky’ Martínez of his WBO super featherweight title on Saturday in New York.
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.
by Cliff Rold - Depending on how you count his professional mark, Vasyl Lomachenko is going for a record. Based on the way most count his pro ledger, the once genius Ukrainian amateur is attempting to win a belt in his second weight class in only his seventh pro fight. No one else has done it faster. Jr. bantamweight...
Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum has promoted the best of the best throughout the years. Recently, Arum has promoted two of the most decorated amateurs of all time in Guillermo Rigondeaux and now Vasyl Lomachenko - with each man winning two Olympic gold medals.
Photos Lomachenko Martinez Weigh-in - Three-time world champion ROMAN "Rocky" MARTINEZ (29-2-3, 17 KOs), from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight world champion VASYL LOMACHENKO (5-1, 3 KOs), of Odessa, Ukraine, will go mano a mano for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight world title. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.