HBO boxing results: Vasyl Lomachenko viciously knocks out Roman Martinez

Rocky Martinez is also on the card, although he is the opponent for up-and-coming Ukrainian star Vasyl Lomachenko, who says he has plans to ruin the weekend for Puerto Rican fans.

It’s an important part of the legendary promoter’s job when he’s selling something.

Lomachenko, 28, is just now hitting the peak of his career, and he should be able to continue to fight at this high level for the next 10 years, possibly a little longer.

Vasyl Lomachenko spoke of a rematch against Orlando Salido, which would certainly be intriguing. In the fifth, an uppercut removed Martinez from his senses and a right hook put him down to the canvas with a ten count just being a formality.

The end was the kind of explosive, Knockout of the Year-type stoppage that Lomachenko hadn’t been able to provide through six pro bouts heading into this contest.

“We (Top Rank) are so used to doing an event that’s fashioned for the Puerto Ricans on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade and nobody else has done it and we’ve done it for years”, Arum said. “This kid is something special”. “We haven’t seen the likes of him ever – ever”. He doesn’t talk trash, either, yet Arum is convinced his incredible boxing ability alone has made him must-see TV. Line up all the best fighters in 130-pound division and let’s find out who the best really is.

Vasyl Lomachenko surpassed Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue by one fight to set the record for winning a second title in as many weight classes, and what’s especially refreshing about Lomachenko’s move up in weight is that it came as a result of being unable to secure the marquee unification fights he desires at featherweight.

Lomachenko, also a three-time world amateur champion, celebrated victory with a backflip in the centre of the ring.

Soon, Lomachenkos straight left was hurting Martinez every time it landed, and while the Vega Baja native wasnt backing away, he wasnt concerning the challenger too much either. Mexico’s Salido defeated Lomachenko by a split decision in March 2014, but weighed in at 128 1/4 pounds for their 126-pound championship fight and surrendered his WBO featherweight title at the scale.

As the above photo shows, Lomachenko’s ceiling is extraordinarily high.

Salido, who fought Francisco Vargas to a draw in a war on HBO one week ago, responded “yeah!” “I need fights to get better”, he said, adding that he wanted to take on the best of the 130-pound ranks.

“He is one of the best fighters that I will fight in my life, but I am 100 per cent ready and I’m very confident that I’m going to win this fight”.

Salido wasn’t among the thousands of people who walked away from The Theater on Saturday night impressed by Lomachenko’s dominance.

“My competitor’s objective was to stand to the last minute of the fight”, Zou said. He struggled to make the weight.

Said Martinez (29-3-3, 17 KOs) of the tremendous disparity in speed: “I couldn’t see his hands”. “Down the road, he’s going to beat anybody around”.