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Lomachenko-Linares Compubox - Vasyl Lomachenko stopped Jorge Linares in the 10th round on Saturday to claim the World Boxing Association lightweight world title and a slice of boxing history at Madison Square Garden.
Vasyl Lomachenko: Lomachenko is human after all but you wouldn’t know it by the manner in which he emerged victorious on Saturday in New York City. “Hi-Tech” was forced to go low tech, relying as much on hard work as his remarkable skill to beat his first truly worthy adversary (apologies to the oversized, dirty Orlando Salido). Then-WBA lightweight titleholder Jorge Linares matched ability and wits with Lomachenko for nine-plus rounds, even putting the Ukrainian wizard down for the first time in his career.
NEW YORK – Vasiliy Lomachenko is open to a rematch with Jorge Linares, but his promoter cautioned that it won’t happen next. The lightweight championship bout between Lomachenko and Linares definitely was competitive and entertaining enough to warrant a rematch. Bob Arum, Lomachenko’s promoter, still plans to match Lomachenko against another opponent August 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
NEW YORK – Vasyl Lomachenko obviously isn't proud of getting dropped by Jorge Linares on Saturday night. It hurt his cause among judges, one of whom had Linares ahead, 86-84, when Lomachenko landed that temporarily paralyzing left hook to Linares’ liver in the 10th round. Lomachenko’s trip to the canvas, the first knockdown he suffered during his 4½-year pro career, reminded the Ukrainian southpaw to be more careful defensively against an accurate, bigger fighter at Madison Square Garden.
WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) was a very interested observer of this past Saturday's fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jorge Linares. Lomachenko, a former two-time Olympic gold medal winner, suffered the first knockdown of his career in the sixth round, but he came back to stop Linares in the tenth round to capture the WBA lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
By Tris Dixon - WE have seen brawlers, maulers and warriors. We have seen artists, showboaters and fancy dans. We have seen talkers, gimmicks and fake grudges. But we have never seen anyone quite like Vasyl Lomachenko. The little genius from the Ukraine added a world title in a third weight class in just his 12th fi...
Vasyl Lomachenko received some late instructions that secured another achievement to his already historic career with a 10th-round knockout of Jorge Linares to claim the WBA (Super) lightweight title Saturday.
NEW YORK – Bob Arum couldn’t believe what he heard. When Vasiliy Lomachenko’s promoter learned his fighter was behind by two points on one scorecard entering that fateful 10th round Saturday night, Arum wondered how that was possible. Judge Robin Taylor had Linares ahead, 86-84, in what had been a very competitive, tactical lightweight title bout before Lomachenko stopped Linares with a body shot in the 10th round at Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK – Bob Arum knows when and where Vasiliy Lomachenko will fight next. All that’s left for Lomachenko’s promoter is to sit down with the newly crowned WBA world lightweight champion to choose his opponent. Arum confirmed following Lomachenko’s 10th-round technical knockout of Jorge Linares on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden that the three-division champion will fight again August 25 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN won the night for combat sports last night. Not only did the Linares vs. Lomanchenko main event draw a 1.0 metered market rating, making it cable television’s highest-rated fight of 2018, according to Nielsen overnight data, but the entire Top Rank on ESPN telecast was ESPN’s highest-rated Top Rank telecast of the year