09/09/2020
The King of lightweight Division will be crowned on Saturday, Oct. 17, live on ESPN from MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
WBO/WBA/WBC Franchise world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound “Boxing Baryshnikov” from Ukraine, will fight unbeaten IBF world champion Teofimo Lopez, the knockout artist from Brooklyn who has lobbed verbal haymakers at Lomachenko for more than two years.
Lopez said: "I will beat up Lomachenko and take his belts. Simple as that. I'm coming to Las Vegas to make history. I don't like the guy, and I'm going to have fun as Lomachenko's face is beaten and marked up by my hands. The Takeover is here, and the reign of Lomachenko, the little diva, is coming to an end."
Lomachenko said: "Lopez can talk all he wants. He's very good at talking. He has done nothing but say my name for the past two years. I am a fighter, and my goal is to win another world title. Good for Teofimo. When we fight in Las Vegas, he will eat my punches and his words. I will be the better man, and four world titles will come home with me to Ukraine."
Egis Klimas, Lomachenko's manager, said: "Nobody has seen Lomachenko at 100 per cent inside the ring. If Teofimo can push Loma to at least 80 per cent, it means Teofimo is the best opponent Loma has faced."
Who will be crowned the king of lightweight Division on october 17,Loma or Lopez? Drop your predictions.
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