Teofimo Lopez proved many of his doubters wrong in dominating the betting favorite Vasily Lomachenko beating him by a comfortable 12 round unanimous decision to become the undisputed lightweight champion age 23 last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Promoter Bob Arum is back in fine form comparing Vasily Lomachenko to a young Muhammad Ali as he approaches his unification contest against IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez next Saturday night on October 17th on ESPN.
Everything that is great about boxing was on display last night in a great fight that has been dubbed “The Battle In The Bubble.”
Fans are still in shock over what happened to Dillian Whyte last night. After all the hard work, after all the waiting and waiting for his world title shot, Whyte was brutally taken out by Alexander Povetkin.
Bob Arum still wants to make a Terence Crawford-Manny Pacquiao fight, to be staged somewhere out of the US, but the Top Rank boss is not fooling himself – the battle is a tough one to make.
Terence Crawford has changed his mind about not wanting to fight this year, and he could be back in the ring in November.
Bob Arum says he’ll be revealing the name of Terence Crawford’s next opponent in the next ten days. Arum states that Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) will be fighting in November in defending his WBO welterweight title, and he plans on making a “big announcement” soon.
Bob Arum has never been one to hold his tongue, and if the Top Rank boss had done so on this occasion, fans would never have forgiven him.
For months now, Bob Arum has stated his strong belief that Kubrat Pulev, who he promotes, will defeat Anthony Joshua when the two finally fight; by KO.
The WBC could make Dillian Whyte their next email champion if he continues to pursue fighting WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury this year, according to Bob Arum.