It’s one of the most intriguing match-ups of 2020. It’s lightweight king and pound-for-pound top dog Vasyl Lomachenko Vs. 135 pound titlist Teofimo Lopez.
Unified lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko is riding out the COVID-19 pandemic in his native Ukraine, but the three-weight kingpin is chomping at the bit to get his hands on the division’s leading names, including IBF world champion Teofimo Lopez, WBC world champion Devin Haney and Gervonta “Tank” Davis.
Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury, Teofimo Lopez, Michael Conlan and the 2015 super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be showcased on ESPN2 Wednesday, March 25 as part of a five-hour fistic marathon.
IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez jumped ahead of his promoters at Top Rank by hinting that his unification fight against WBA/WBC [F]/WBO champion Vasily Lomachenko will be on May 30 in New York.
Teofimo Lopez enjoyed a breakout year in 2019. The unbeaten 22 year old capped off a fine year, in which he fought and won four times, when he went right through the tough, never stopped Richard Commey inside two rounds to rip a version of the world lightweight title in December.
There is another father/son combo in boxing and the two Teofimo Lopez’; junior and senior, made one big impact at world level over the weekend.
For some time now, Brooklyn man Teofimo Lopez has wanted and has been calling for a big fight with P-4-P king (in the opinion of most) Vasyl Lomachenko.
Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas was game, but pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford was too much.
(Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/ Top Rank)
Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) defended his WBO welterweight world title, knocking down Kavaliauskas three times en route to a ninth-round TKO in front of 10,101 fans at Madison Square Garden.
Undefeated Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) crushed IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey (29-3, 26 KOs) by a 2nd round knockout to become the new IBF champion on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Terence Crawford 147 lbs vs Egidijus Kavaliauskas 146.6 lbs
(Crawford’s WBO Welterweight world title — 12 Rounds)
Judges/Referee:
Richard Commey 134.2 lbs vs Teofimo Lopez 134.4 lbs
(Commey’s IBF Lightweight world title — 12 Rounds)
Judges/Referee:
Michael Conlan 125.8 lbs vs.