Good news for boxing. Jermall Charlo was already stripped of his WBC belt a few days ago. Interim champ Carlos Adames is now the new WBC champion. Maybe it is time for these champion to face each other again so we'll have a new undisputed champ in this division. But I doubt PBC allows Lara and Adames to face Top Rank's unified WBO and IBF champ Janibek Alimkhanuly.
Last weekend, we saw the great Lomachenko became champion again by methodically breaking down ex unified champion George Kambosos. I want to see Loma retiring. He has nothing to prove in this division and I highly doubt he unifies all the belts as he is already running out of time.
Maybe if he losses this fight against Kambosos, he might be thinking of retiring. But him winning in this kind of fashion, dominating the fight and showing that he still has that technique that he is famous for, I don't see Lomachenko of seriously considering retiring after this big win.
And as what we expect, either Davis or Shakur will be good for him. It's going to be a acid test for either this young fighter to face one of the best at 135 lbs and Lomachenko still commands respect at this division and so both fighters would like to test themselves against the great Lomachenko and it's good to have his name in their resume. Lomachenko might not be the cash cow, but he is still the gold standard as far as lightweight division goes.
In that fight, it was Kambosos who would probably retire. Some are suggesting that Loma should retire now while he is still ahead because he is getting older already and might suffer a loss against a younger champion. But for me, I like to see him challenge Tank Davis or accept a challenge just for us to know if Tank Davis could really beat a technical fighter like Loma.
What we are reading now is probably just rumors but this is close to reality as they are on the same division, and fans would always want to see a unification fight of both champions, so PPV revenue is already guaranteed.