Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
By Keith Idec - Vasiliy Lomachenko fought scared. That is Shakur Stevenson’s blunt evaluation of Lomachenko’s performance in the first half of his 12-round, unanimous-decision loss to Teofimo Lopez on October 17 in Las Vegas. Stevenson questioned Lomachenko’s heart in an interview with BoxingScene.com and warned the three-division champion that...
Teofimo Lopez didn’t watch Gervonta Davis knock out Leo Santa Cruz last month. The undisputed lightweight champion considered that outcome completely predictable and didn’t think it was worth paying $75 to see it. Lopez is much more interested in facing Davis himself, as long as Davis and his promoter, Floyd Mayweather, realize that Davis won’t be the ‘A’ side in the promotion of what would be a much-anticipated showdown between young, strong, elite lightweights.
Puerto Rican lightweight contender Felix "El Diamante" Verdejo is ready to make another statement when he returns to the ring on December 12th, at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas.
Luke Campbell believes Vasiliy Lomachenko was not the same fighter after their twelve round battle in August of 2019. Campbell lost a competitive twelve round decision, in a bout for the vacant WBC title in London. The WBA, WBO titles were also at stake.
Last month, Teofimo Lopez became the top man in the lightweight division, when he pulled off a twelve round unanimous decision victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko to unify the WBO, WBA, WBC Franchise, IBF world titles at 135-pounds.
Sign up Devin Haney for a fight against undisputed Teofimo Lopez in 2021. As far as Haney is concerned, he is not one to shy away from a fight against any of the top lightweights in the division, including Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis.
Devin Haney credits Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko for fighting each other. The unbeaten WBC world lightweight champion thinks their fight was good for the sport. Haney disagreed, however, with the promotion of Lopez-Lomachenko as a fight to crown boxing’s fully unified lightweight champion.
Last month, Teofimo Lopez pulled off a big upset when he beat former WBA/WBO/WBC Franchise lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko via unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Keith Idec - Floyd Mayweather wouldn’t even entertain a question about Gervonta Davis’ potential opponents Saturday night. It wasn’t the appropriate time, according to Davis’ prominent promoter, to discuss future fights for his company’s emerging star. Mayweather wanted to talk about the undefeated Davis’ vicious, one-punch knockout of Leo Santa Cruz, a spectacular, sudden conclusion that trended on Google and various...
Bob Arum assumed between two and three million viewers would watch the Teofimo Lopez-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight live on ESPN. It still wasn’t until Nielsen’s numbers became available three days after Lopez upset Lomachenko on October 17 that Arum could breathe a sigh of relief. With viewership for boxing and other sports down during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 88-year-old promoter sensed how important viewership of that fight was for the foreseeable future of boxing on free and cable television.