Linares vs Lomachenko a possibility for April or May; talks underway

01/30/201801/30/2018 James Slater

If things turn out as promoters Bob Arum and Oscar De La Hoya want them to, 2018 could turn out to be one of the best boxing years in a lone time, big fights-wise. We’ve just heard how GGG-Canelo II is on for May 5, and there are talks underway regarding another fight between pound-for-pound stars going at it.

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Lomachenko – Pacquiao talk won’t go away; Arum says it could happen at 140 this year

01/20/2018 James Slater

It seems we cannot quite put talk of a catch-weight Super Fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Manny Pacquiao to bed. As fans know, this week Pacquiao got us all talking when he stated how he was “in negotiations” for a fight with pound for pound king Lomachenko; the weight of the fight being the big sticking point. But then, mere hours later, Lomachenko manager Egis Klimas shot down any notion of such a fight taking place or even being seriously discussed.

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Egis Klimas shoots down talk of a Lomachenko Pacquiao fight, says such talk is”ridiculous” and “insane”

01/18/2018 James Slater

Well, that didn’t last long. Yesterday a “news” story that claimed Manny Pacquiao and his team were ” in negotiations” for a fight with reigning pound for pound king Vasyl Lomachenko caused something of a stir. The story began to gather some steam, with a number of prominent boxing websites picking up the story.

We needn’t have bothered.

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Manny Pacquiao says negotiations are underway for possible super-fight with Vasyl Lomachenko

01/17/2018 James Slater

There has been some talk of the possibility, no matter how small, of a fight between all-time great Manny Pacquiao and current and reigning pound-for-pound king Vasyl Lomachenko before – and there is more talk on the subject currently taking place. According to Pacquiao his team are discussing a fight between he and the current WBO 130 pound champion, and that the main obstacle to be overcome is weight, as in what weight the fight – really a modern day Dream Fight if ever there was one – would take place at.

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Vasyl Lomachenko: 2017 Fighter-of-the-Year

01/11/2018 James Stillerman

WBO super featherweight world titleholder Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) cemented his status as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world with a sensational 2017, in which he went 3-0 with three knockouts, culminating with a dominating sixth-round technical knockout victory over previously undefeated WBA/WBO/IBO junior featherweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, for his fifth title defense and third of the year.

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ESB Best of 2017! Lomachenko, Crawford, Joshua, More!

01/10/2018 Paul Jones

By Paul “Paparazzi” Jones & Justin Jones – With Hollywood’s award season upon us, and the 2018 Golden Globe® Award winners announced this past Sunday, we kick off the New Year by unveiling our yearly boxing awards starting with the 2017 Fighter of the Year.

And the nominees are. . .

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2018 Boxing Wishlist

01/01/2018 DeMarkus Jones

Written by: DeMarkus Jones – As the last few hours and minutes of 2017 tick away I cannot help but get excited about what 2018 holds for all of us die hard boxing fans. 2017 gave us a lot of good moments. The rise of Terrence Crawford. The dominating run of Vasyl Lomachenko. The fall of Roman Gonazalez. Golovkin vs Alvarez. Mayweather vs Mcgregor. I know there are so many other huge moments that I could name however this article is about the future. With that being said here are five things I am wishing to see in 2018.

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Top Rank fighters talk of 2018 goals

12/29/201712/28/2017 Top Rank

Boxing enjoyed an outstanding 2017 and before the crystal ball drops in Times Square to begin an even better year, Top Rank asked some of its fighters for their New Year’s resolutions. Here are their responses:

TERENCE CRAWFORD (32-0, 23 KOs) / Two-division world champion / 2017 BWAA Fighter of the Year nominee / 2014 BWAA Fighter of the Year

“My 2018 resolutions are to win a world title at my new welterweight division, making me a three-division champion, and to open the fully renovated B&B Boxing Academy here in Omaha for all the kids in my community to enjoy.”

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Jorge Linares says he’d stay at 135 for a Lomachenko showdown; feels it’s not a difficult fight for him

12/28/2017 James Slater

While there is a growing sense that many top fighters are, if not exactly running away from Vasyl Lomachenko, not too enthusiastic at the idea of climbing into the ring with the Ukrainian southpaw, this is not the case with Jorge Linares. The reigning WBA and Ring Magazine lightweight king, in training for his January 27 defence against Mercito Gesta, has put it out on social media that after this fight is done and dusted, he and Lomachenko can fight:

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Vasyl Lomachenko likes the idea of fighting in a WBSS tourney: It would make it possible to win all of the belts in one big swoop

12/27/2017 James Slater

As he waits for his next fight, a big one he hopes, pound-for-pound NO.1 Vasyl Lomachenko is open to quite a few possibilities. While the southpaw sensation has posted a fan poll on his official twitter page, asking who he should fight next in fan opinion, “Hi-Tech” is also thinking about other options.

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