Vasyl Lomachenko will defend his WBA and IBF lightweight belts against Anthony Crolla after both teams agreed to the fight for April 12 in Los Angeles. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed the news, which has now been ratified by the World Boxing Association. “Both gladiators are complying with the order issued by the WBA Championships Committee […]
The running feud between Vasyl Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis continues to rumble on. Consistently linked to a massive fight in the future, ‘Loma’ and Davis have been public in their dislike of each other. On the back of unifying the lightweight division with a points win over Pedraza, Lomachenko was asked to compare when making […]
WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko wanted to unify lightweight world titles. After 12 rounds, he got his wish, although WBO champion Jose Pedraza sure didn’t make it easy and halted Lomachenko’s eight-bout knockout streak in the process. Lomachenko (12-1 9 KOs,) defeated Pedraza (25-2, 12 KOs) via unanimous decision in front of a sold-out crowd […]
WBA lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and WBO lightweight world champion Jose Pedraza exchanged pleasantries on a brisk New York afternoon two days before their title unification tilt, Saturday evening at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET). In the co-feature, Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will make the second defense of […]
Anthony Crolla aims to set up a massive fight with Vasyl Lomachenko this weekend in Manchester. The former world champion returns in front of his home fans against Daud Yordan on Saturday night. Crolla v Yordan acts as a final eliminator for the WBA Lightweight World title, currently in the possession of the pound for […]
The ‘Sniper’ guarantees there will be a surprise on Dec. 8 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. WBO lightweight champion Jose ‘Sniper’ Pedraza (25-1, 12 KOs) trained in front of the media of ‘The Island of Enchantment’ before departing for Las Vegas, where he will conclude training camp for […]
NICOLA ADAMS wants to achieve the highest accolades so she can be compared to Ukrainian great Vasyl Lomachenko. He has already won world titles at three weights inside 12 fights and like Adams is a double Olympic gold medallist. Adams (4-0) will be on the brink of landing a full world title shot if she […]
Former three-division world champion Jorge “El Niño de Oro” Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) hosted a media workout at Westside Boxing Club today ahead of his 12-round bout against Abner “Pin” Cotto (23-3, 12 KOs) in the main event of the Sept. 29 edition of Golden Boy Fight Night on Facebook Watch at Fantasy Springs Resort […]
Vasiliy Lomachenko is ready to take another bite out of the Big Apple. Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound superstar and WBA lightweight world champion, will look to unify world titles for the first time as a professional when he clashes with WBO champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza. The fight takes place on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. […]
Jose “Sniper” Pedraza is now a two-weight world champion. Pedraza scored an 11th round knockdown and won a unanimous decision to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Ray Beltran on Saturday evening at the GIla River Arena.
Jimmy Sweeney is looking to become a bareknuckle boxing legend.
CARL FRAMPTON will turn nasty the moment he looks across the ring and sees Luke Jackson in the opposite corner.
Ray Beltran scratched and clawed and spent nearly 19 years as a pro boxer before earning his first world title. He outpointed Paulus Moses on Feb. 16 in Reno, Nevada, to win the vacant WBO lightweight title, a lifelong dream finally fulfilled.
In a conference call with the Martes a Café weekly presser, WBC lightweight champion Mikey Garcia audaciously states he ready to invade the welterweight division and fight Unbeaten champion Errol Spence Jr.
Legendary Mexican Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Beristain, the man credited for Juan Manuel Marquez’ meteoric rise, believes that Manny Pacquiao deserves a graceful exit from boxing, stressing that a proposed clash with undefeated American Terence Crawford or Ukrainian hotshot Vasyl Lomachenko is not a good idea.
Undefeated super-featherweight Jono Carroll has admitted his performance against Declan Geraghty could not have gone much better.
Aleksandr Usyk punched his way into the Pound for Pound Top five with a superb performance in Moscow on Saturday night.
Anthony Crolla has two impressive wins on the run against Ricky Burns and Edson Ramirez and another world title shot seems imminent.
Terence Crawford’s three-weight world title victory against Jeff Horn on Saturday night has seen the American overhaul former number one Gennady Golovkin on the Pound for Pound list.
Movie star and former Governor of California Arnold ‘I’ll Be Back’ Schwarzenegger took time of his schedule to visit pound for pound king Vasyl Lomachenko recently.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has predicted Vasyl Lomachenko will peak at 140 pounds, all but opening the door for a battle between the Ukrainian and Manny Pacquiao.
Vasyl Lomachenko informed his mass of fans there will be a delay in his return to action due to surgery on a shoulder ailment.
Vasyl Lomachenko has informed his mass of fans there will be a delay in his return to action due to surgery on a shoulder ailment.
Vasyl Lomachenko will be staying at lightweight for the time being after promoters Top Rank informed the World Boxing Organisation of the Ukrainian’s decision to vacate the WBO super-featherweight title.
Last Saturday, Vasyl Lomachenko stopped Jorge Linares with body shot heard round the world.
In a week where the top two fighters in the world competed for honors, the situation at the helm of the pound for pound list changed hands on Saturday night.
Egis Klimas, manager of pound for pound star Vasyl Lomachenko, has confirmed the Ukrainian will eventually move up to the super-lightweight division.
Shakur Stevenson has admitted he doesn’t fear anyone in the featherweight division after an impressive start to the professional circuit.
One time GB amateur standout Sam Maxwell has no cause to fear any of the runners or riders in Britain’s white hot super-lightweight division.
In a battle of two of the world’s pound-for-pound best, JORGE “El Niño de Oro” LINARES will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring Magazine Lightweight titles against VASILIY “Hi-Tech” LOMACHENKO on Saturday, May 12, at “The World’s Most Famous Arena”, Madison Square Garden.
