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Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux the early Christmas for boxing fans that deserves the hype
By Martin Hines, Independent Online, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Christmas comes early for boxing fans tonight, as two of the best fighters of this generation finally meet inside the squared circle. Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux both encapsulate everything that is magnificent about sport, and their list of accomplishments in both the amateur and profe Read Full Story >>>Rigondeaux: I Wanted a Real Champion To Show What I Can Do!
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko is a heavy favorite, but he's not underestimating Guillermo Rigondeaux - who the once-beaten boxer views as an intelligent, strong and very skilled opponent.
On Saturday night, Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) will defend his WBO super featherweight world title against Rigondeaux (17-0, 1 Read Full Story >>> This Week In Boxing Biz: Vasyl Lomachenko Vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux, Cotto's Loss Affects Sportsbooks
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Some are calling Saturday night?s ESPN fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux the most skilled matchup in years, if not all of boxing history. Lomachenko won two Olympic gold medals. So did Rigondeaux. It?s the first time in the sport that double gold medalists have faced each other Read Full Story >>> LOMACHENKO VS. RIGONDEAUX - GREAT HISTORICAL AND IMPORTANT FIGHT
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
"It's going to be a great fight and it's going to be a great historical fight that fans will forever look back on," Guillermo Rigondeaux said of his upcoming fight with Vasyl Lomachenko. The Ukrainian will have the size a Read Full Story >>> Clash of styles to define historic fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
NEW YORK -- The Olympic boxing gold medal. It signifies the champion of a particular weight class in the most prestigious amateur tournament.
In professional boxing, many former gold-medal winners have faced each other. For example, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman had a legendary rou Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux: A Historical Collision Course
By Peter Lim, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
When two ridiculously talented southpaws, both ranked in every current top 10 pound-for-pound list, face each other in the ring, it is undoubtedly a super showdown. Throw in the fact that it is the first time in the history of the sport that a pair of two-time Olympic gold medalists will pit their w Read Full Story >>> PALICTE KNOCKS OUT RODRIGUEZ, RETAINS NABF BELT
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Round Rock, Texas:- Aston Palicte of Bago City, Negros Occidental as he promised, left everything on the canvas tonight at the Round Rock Arena, a nice multi-event venue in this bedroom community just outside the City o Read Full Story >>> Guillermo Rigondeaux may not know how to please boxing fans, but he knows how to win
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
The genius of Guillermo Rigondeaux depends on how you view the sport of boxing.
The fans that crave non-stop action with hardly any attention to defense despise Rigondeaux.
Cuba?s Rigondeaux, 37, is nearing the end of a career that seems destined to be cast as a boring waste of time, everythin Read Full Story >>> Rigondeaux Co-Promoter's Lawsuit Against Roc Nation Dismissed
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
A lawsuit filed by Caribe Promotions against Roc Nation Sports was dismissed Friday in federal court in New York.
Caribe, which co-promotes Guillermo Rigondeaux, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court because it claimed Roc Nation froze the Miami-based company out of the promotion of Rigond Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM NEW YORK: LOMA - 129 LBS., RIGO - 128.4 LBS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
WBO super featherweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine weighed in at 129 lbs while Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba came in at 128.4 lbs during the official weighin Friday for their mouth-watering encounter Saturday Read Full Story >>> MATTHYSSEE GUEST AT DE LA HOYA-SALGADO FIGHT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
ARGENTINE KNOCKOUT ARTIST LUCAS 'LA MAQUINA' MATTHYSSE TO BE SPECIAL VIP GUEST FOR DEC. 14 EDITION OF GOLDEN BOY BOXING ON ESPN AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO
NABF AND NABO SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION DIEGO DE LA HOYA TO Read Full Story >>> Pretty Boy Floyd ready to shun US? Mayweather Jr and Chechen leader Kadyrov talk Russian citizenship
RT, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Ramzan Kadyrov seemingly has a knack for rubbing elbows with sporting greats, with undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. the latest big personality to engage the Chechen leader.
With both men sporting sizeable fortunes, it appears the pair bonded during Mayweather?s visit to Grozny and Read Full Story >>> DON KING?S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TURKEY GIVEAWAY BEGINS WEDNESDAY: NINE CITIES, SEVEN STATES, FOUR DAYS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Hall of Fame Promoter, 86, Plays ?Santa? For Needy Families As He Joins Forces with Boca Raton?s Costco
Deerfield Beach, FL (Dec. 8, 2017) ? A 50-year-plus tradition of donating turkeys to needy families around Christmas time will continue this week when legendary Hall of Fame boxing promoter, Do Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux: Historic fight with great expectations
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
When Bob Arum?s Top Rank Inc. signed two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko out of Ukraine in 2013, the outspoken promoter did not mince words, calling Lomachenko the best fighter he?s seen since a young Muhammad Ali, who Arum promoted to start his career 51 years ago.
That?s about as to Read Full Story >>> Morales on boxing: Will Lomachenko-Rigondeaux thrill or bore?
By Robert Morales, OCRegister.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko?s defense of his super featherweight title Saturday against Guillermo Rigondeaux at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City is the fight we?ve been waiting for. Or is it?
Lomachenko, of Ukraine, and Rigondeaux, of Cuba, are probably the two most technically sound boxer Read Full Story >>> Ex-Olympic gold winners Lomachenko, Rigondeaux set for historic MSG bout
By Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
They?ve barely got 27 pro bouts between them, but when Vasily Lomachenko takes on Guillermo Rigondeux on Dec. 9, yet another chapter in boxing history will be written at Madison Square Garden.
The Saturday night fight for Lomachenko?s WBO junior lightweight title at the Garden?s Theater marks th Read Full Story >>> Three big reasons I fancy Vasyl Lomachenko to win his mouthwatering Guillermo Rigondeaux showdown this weekend
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
The meeting of Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux in Madison Square Garden would light up any era in boxing.
Never before have we had two double Olympic champions and two double world amateur champions in opposite corners.
I have praised Lomachenko to the skies in this column before ? a Read Full Story >>> Who is Vasyl Lomachenko? He's as good as Muhammad Ali, claim boxing insiders
By George Mills, Daily Star (UK), Sat, 09 Dec 2017
It will be the first time two double Olympic Gold medal-winning fighters have faced off in boxing history.
Ukrainian Lomachenko, 29, will head into the fight a slight favourite over his 37-year-old Cuban rival Rigondeaux ? but for many, the contest is too tough to call.
Between them, the pair Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko: You Know Rigondeaux's Style, I Need To Chase Him
BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux, both champions and two of boxing's best, were even more than that as amateurs.
They were the gold standard.
So a fight between them seemed natural, the first professional bout pitting fighters who each won two Olympic gold medals.
They fight Saturd Read Full Story >>> Arum not sure about Pacquiao?s April comeback
ABS-CBN News, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Boxing promoter Bob Arum isn't optimistic about Manny Pacquiao?s supposed comeback in April 2018.
The Top Rank Inc. executive noted that Pacquiao?s focus nowadays is his work as a Philippine senator, which is why he thinks it would be hard to add boxing into the equation.
?Manny Pacquiao's pl Read Full Story >>>
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