Lomachenko beats Pedraza to unify lightweight beltshome/Sports/Top Sports/Lomachenko beats Pedraza to unify lightweight beltsNEW YORK: Vasiliy Lomachenko added the World Boxing Organization lightweight world title to his World Boxing Association belt with a unanimous 12-round decision over Jose Pedraza on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Ukraine’s Lomachenko, a three-weight world champion who had never before unified two titles in the same class, knocked down Pedraza twice in an explosive 11th round. “I (moved) a little closer to my dream, to my goal.”That’s to unify all of the major lightweight belts. Garcia is the unbeaten World Boxing Council 135-pound champion. “I respect Pedraza, the Pedraza team — very good job.”On the undercard, Mexico’s Emanuel Navarrete battered previously unbeaten Isaac Dogboe to seize Dogboe’s World Boxing Organization super bantamweight world title.

Source: Manila Times December 09, 2018 16:30 UTC