blackrican23 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Featherweight Gary Russell Jr., Egis Klimas, manager of Ukrainian rival Vasyl Lomachenko, and Golden Boy Promotions Vice President/matchmaker Eric Gomez have all informed RingTV.com that the fighters have signed to fight on June 21 for the WBO's vacant featherweight belt at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.On April 18, Golden Boy out-bid rival Top Rank by a mere $2,500 — $1,052,500 to 1,050,000 — for the right to stage Russell-Lomachenko."Both guys have signed. We won the purse bid and our attorney, Arnold Joseph prepared the agreements and sent them out," said Gomez. "It's going to be at the StubHub Center and it's going to be on Showtime. There are certain rules and regulations when you win a purse bid…We complied with the rules and the fight's on."A 25-year-old from Capitol Heights, Md., Russell is 24-0 with 14 knockouts."I've signed my contract probably about a week-and-a-half ago," said Russell, "so I'm ready to fight. It's going down. I'm most definitely ready to rumble."A 2008 U.S. Olympian, Russell (he qualified for the team but never competed due to missing the weigh-in) was declared by WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel in October to be the WBO’s mandatory challenger to face then-beltholder Orlando Salido.The ruling did not preclude Salido from making a voluntary defense against Lomachenko, which he did on March 1. Lomachenko fell by split decision but Salido lost his belt at the scales after failing to make the 126-pound weight limit.As a result, the title became vacant.Lomachenko, 26, had said he had wanted to make history by becoming a titleholder in what was being billed as his second professional fight. According to Fight Fax Inc., Lomachenko is actually 7-1 because he was paid to take part in six World Series of Boxing contests."We can say a lot of things but the fight is the fight," said Klimas. "Usually, we don't like to talk too much before the fight. We don't want to say any predictions. We just want to go and do our job and see what's going to happen." http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/338361-gary-russell-jr-on-vasyl-lomachenko-fight-its-on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBF OG Neil_ Posted May 13, 2014 WBF OG Share Posted May 13, 2014 Word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIM Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 This is a hot fight right here got to be honest though..Lomachenko getting another title shot in his 3rd fight is a joke Agreed, especially after his major failure. Hell they should just UPS him a fucking belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBF OG Neil_ Posted May 18, 2014 WBF OG Share Posted May 18, 2014 Lomachenko being the more deserving guy of a title fight in his 3rd bout is the real joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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