Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - I appreciate Manny Pacquiao. The things he’s accomplished since reaching the championship level two decades ago measure up to anyone over the same time frame, and he’ll be a deserving International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee at the very instant he becomes eligible. But in spi...
Las Vegas - Last weekend in Malaysia, Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) resumed his career with a seventh round stoppage of Lucas Matthysse to capture the WBA "regular" welterweight title. It was Pacquiao's first knockout win since November of 2009. He dropped Matthysse three times in the contest.
Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain has a lot of respect for eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, which is why the veteran coach would like to see the Filipino star to rethink his future before going forward with a contest against Vasiliy Lomachenko or Terence Crawford.
Terence Crawford won the 2018 “Fighter of the Year” award at the ESPYs on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The unbeaten WBO welterweight champion won the award over WBO lightweight champ Vasiliy Lomachenko and UFC fighters Rose Namajunas and Georges St-Pierre. Crawford received his award at ESPN’s 26th annual awards show, which was televised live by ABC from the Microsoft Theater.
WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) caused a bit of a stir last week on social media when he stated that he'd be ''back'' on August 25th, which was supposed to be the date of his next fight after defeating Jorge Linares on May 12th at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Egis Klimas, the manager of WBA lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs), made it clear that his boxer is not willing to move up to the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds for a catch-weight bout with Manny Pacquiao. This past weekend, Pacquiao captured the WBA "regular" welterweight title with a seven round stoppage of Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia.
Manny Pacquiao’s first knockout victory in nearly nine years immediately initiated talk of high-profile, difficult fights for the Filipino legend. The 39-year-old Pacquiao confirmed during the post-fight press conference following his seventh-round technical knockout of Lucas Matthysse on Sunday that Amir Khan is a potential opponent for his next fight. The newly crowned WBA world welterweight champion also acknowledged that he will consider facing two of the top boxers in the sport, Terence Crawford and Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has his entire boxing future at stake on Saturday, when he challenges WBA "regular" welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse in Malaysia. Pacquiao, who turns 40-years-old later this year, has been inactive since July 2017 - when he suffered a twelve round decision loss to Jeff Horn in a major upset in Brisbane, Australia.
It takes about 10 seconds to watch or listen to Teofimo Lopez to realize confidence isn’t at all an issue for this elite lightweight prospect. Lopez is just 20, yet expects to become a 135-pound world champion sometime within the next year, before his 22nd birthday. Then he intends to “clean out” the lightweight division, including one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the sport.
Former Manny Pacquiao foe Tim Bradley believes the Filipino has "too much experience" for Lucas Matthysse. This Saturday, the eight-weight world champion aims to bounce back from last summer's defeat to Jeff Horn by taking Matthysse's WBA World Welterweight Title.