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Floyd Mayweather Downplays Vasiliy Lomachenko Following Loss To Teofimo Lopez

Boxing News / By Abhinav Kini / October 22, 2020 October 22, 2020

Floyd Mayweather believes Vasiliy Lomachenko cannot be compared to himself or any of the other greats in boxing. Lomachenko suffered a unanimous decision loss to Teofimo Lopez in their highly-anticipated lightweight title unification fight this past weekend. As a result, he lost for the second time in his professional career and also fell in the …

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Vasiliy Lomachenko Was Injured Entering Teofimo Lopez Fight, Manager Claims

Boxing News / By Cole Shelton / October 21, 2020 October 21, 2020

Vasiliy Lomachenko didn’t enter his fight against Teofimo Lopez completely healthy. According to Lomachenko’s manager, Egis Klimas, the former champion underwent shoulder surgery Monday. Klimas says the surgery was the result of both a preexisting ailment and an injury he suffered during the second round of his decision loss to Lopez. “When he arrived to …

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Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez Is A Ratings Success

Boxing News / By Abhinav Kini / October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez was hyped as the biggest boxing fight of the year and it certainly delivered. The pair collided in their highly-anticipated lightweight title unification clash this past weekend that saw Lopez upset the odds and outbox Lomachenko on his way to a unanimous decision victory to become the unified and undisputed …

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Bob Arum Blasts ‘Ridiculous’ Lopez-Lomachenko Scorecards

Boxing News / By Jordan Ellis / October 19, 2020 October 19, 2020

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks Teofimo Lopez was a deserved winner against Vasiliy Lomachenko this past weekend but insists the three ringside judges were wrong to score the fight so wide in the 23-year-olds favour. Lopez scored a unanimous decision victory as a significant underdog in his 12-round 135lb title unification bout at MGM Grand …

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Teofimo Lopez Reacts To Beating Vasiliy Lomachenko

Boxing News / By Jordan Ellis / October 18, 2020 October 18, 2020

The new undisputed lightweight king, Teofimo Lopez has reacted to his sensational upset win over Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Lopez upset the pound-for-pound superstar after 12 rounds of back-and-forth action. The judges all scored the fight in his favour by wide margins – (119-109, 118-110, …

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Teofimo Lopez Expects ‘Every Excuse’ When He Beats Lomachenko

Boxing News / By Jordan Ellis / October 17, 2020 October 17, 2020

IBF champion Teofimo Lopez is already anticipating hearing every excuse in the book after he beats Vasiliy Lomachenko in their lightweight unification clash tonight (October 17). Lopez will enter the ring a sizeable underdog against the heavily favoured pound for pound superstar later this evening. Despite that he remains uber confident of beating the Ukrainian …

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Video | Vasiliy Lomachenko And Teofimo Lopez Face Off At Weigh-In

Boxing News / By Michael Clifton / October 17, 2020 October 17, 2020

Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez have both successfully weighed in ahead of their lightweight world title clash. Lomachenko’s WBA, IBF, and WBO titles will all on the line when the two men clash tomorrow night (Saturday, October 17) inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two shared an intense staredown after hitting the scales, …

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Guillermo Rigondeaux Backing Vasiliy Lomachenko Against Teofimo Lopez

Boxing News / By Abhinav Kini / October 14, 2020 October 14, 2020

Guillermo Rigondeaux is backing old opponent Vasily Lomachenko to come out on top against Teofimo Lopez. Lomachenko defends his lightweight titles against Lopez this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. With Lopez’s IBF title on the line as well, the winner of the fight will notably be unifying the lightweight division. Many observers …

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