Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
LAS VEGAS – Teofimo Lopez can’t fathom anyone legitimately arguing against recognizing the winner of his bout versus Vasiliy Lomachenko as boxing’s undisputed lightweight champion.
LAS VEGAS – Gervonta Davis is training and staying in close proximity to where Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez will fight Saturday night for supremacy in the lightweight division. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Davis from even considering attending the Lomachenko-Lopez event, but the unbeaten Baltimore native will watch their high-stakes showdown closely on ESPN. Davis is fully focused on his upcoming 12-round, 130-pound title fight against Leo Santa Cruz, yet he is interested in facing the Lomachenko-Lopez winner.
LAS VEGAS – Teofimo Lopez anticipates hearing virtually every excuse imaginable when he beats Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night. That’s to be expected, Lopez explained, when he shocks skeptics by beating Lomachenko, who is listed as a 4-1 favorite in their lightweight title unification fight.
Although Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko both have unfinished business ahead of them by way of separate opponents, the 21-year-old Haney is still looking forward to testing himself against one of the sport’s pound-for-pound greats.
LAS VEGAS – Teofimo Lopez couldn’t hide his disappointment. As happy as he is to get his shot at Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night, Lopez cannot help but wonder what it would’ve felt like to battle Lomachenko inside a packed Madison Square Garden. Lopez and Lomachenko were supposed to meet at that iconic venue in Manhattan on May 30.
Kudos to ESPN for serving up this tantalizing, intriguing and elite matchup for all four major alphabet lightweight titles free of charge to the fans. The corrupt and self-serving sanctioning bodies might be a joke standing on their own but when all four of their belts are at stake, it actually amounts to something. In this case, it is the crowning of an undisputed 135-pound champion.
Mexico's Orlando Salido is still the only fighter to stain the professional record of Vasiliy Lomachenko. In 2014, Lomachenko attempted to make history by winning a world title in only his second professional fight.
By Tris Dixon - Fight fans have waited long enough but one of the best matches that can be made in boxing will take place when Vasiliy meets Teofimo Lopez in a Las Vegas bubble. The eyes of the boxing world will be on Brooklyn-born Lopez and Ukrainian superstar Lomachenko as they meet for the WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles. And in Lopez’s corner, alongside...
LAS VEGAS – Teofimo Lopez arrived in town Saturday, on what would’ve been Dioney Ramirez’s 23rd birthday. October 10 marked Ramirez’s first birthday since he died in a motorcycle accident January 24. It was a devastating loss for Lopez, who considered Ramirez his closest friend.
Tomorrow night at the MGM Grand "Bubble" in Las Vegas, IBF Lightweight world champion, Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) squares off with WBA/WBO/WBC Franchise world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) in one of the most anticipated bouts of 2020.