The battle for lightweight supremacy is on

The lightweights are back on top

The world of boxing can celebrate the incredible set of matches that are being put together in the lightweight division right now.

This weight category is a classic one, some of the greatest fighters in history have come from this exciting division, such as the immortal Roberto Duran, defensive master Pernell Whittaker, the incredible Julio Cesar Chavez, exciting fighter Oscar DeLaHoya, just to name a few that have ruled in the 135 pound class.

Vasily Lomachenko is The WBC Franchise champion and holds the WBO and WBA championship will be facing the IBF champion Teofimo Lopez in the ultimate unification clash in September.

WBC champion Devin Haney will be making a voluntary defense against an opponent to be named in the the coming days which will be followed by the two mandatory defenses of his WBC title

Multi division world champions Jorge Linares and Javier Fortuna will meet in the ring during the month of august and Luke Campbell is to meet Ryan Garcia in a date to be determined .

This tournament in the lightweight division will certainly provide tremendous excitement in the world. Stay tuned for more news

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