{"id":66668,"date":"2017-04-07T11:39:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=66668"},"modified":"2017-04-07T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:39:29","slug":"vasyl-lomachenko-vs-jason-sosa-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=66668","title":{"rendered":"Vasyl Lomachenko Vs Jason Sosa: By The Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"1487190604-lomachenko-vs-sosa\"<\/a>By Joshua \u201cCity\u201d Brewer<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I sit here on the most modern of WMATA\u2019s rail car offerings for the daily commute listening to the track \u2018Time\u2019 from Pink Floyd\u2019s acclaimed Dark Side of the Moon album, I can’t help but think that time is most certainly the appropriate word. Washington, D.C., has always been a hotbed for boxing and this time we get to see one of current pound for pound best in action. Vasyl Lomachenko, 7-1, 5 KO\u2019s, is the headliner this time around and we\u2019ll have the opportunity to witness him squaring off with Jason Sosa, 20-1-4, 15 KO\u2019s , live from the MGM at National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland. This is the first of what will be many boxing shows to take place as the new venue and though there are a horde of able fighters from the area who could have been the first to headline, the public doesn’t lose in getting to see the marvel that is Lomachenko. <\/p>\n

Lomachenko is coming off of a shutout victory over Nicholas Walters where his opponent simply foresaw what was ahead and quit after the 7th round of their November 26, 2016, fight. Ironically, the man that Lomachenko is facing this Saturday, Sosa, was in a draw with Walters when they faced each other back in 2015. There’s the common opponent, but nothing else is close. Lomachenko is steps ahead of the very thing he seeks, competition. Sosa is the lucky man up this time around who will get the opportunity to try and solve \u2018the matrix\u2019 as some declare Lomachenko. Each fighter is far from home so the site of the event is neutral. This leaves it to the best man to come out victorious.<\/p>\n

There are a slew of potentially good fights lined up on the undercard to include a match between cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Michael Hunter. We\u2019ll also get to see Yunieska Gonzalez back in action when he takes on Oleksandr Gvozdyk in chance for both to push their status at light heavyweight. Local D.C. area favorite Mike \u201cYes Indeed\u201d Reed will look to continue his progression up the ranks by taking on Reyes Sanchez in a 10 round welterweight bout. The night seems to be set for great action and there is no perfect place than the nation\u2019s capital. We hope to see plenty more action at the MGM at National Harbor in the future and no better way to set the tone than giving the fans a glimpse of fighters in rare form.<\/p>\n