Lomachenko, Santa Cruz highlight Mayweather vs Pacquiao undercard

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Lomachenko, Santa Cruz highlight Mayweather vs Pacquiao undercard
World titleholders Vasyl Lomachenko and Leo Santa Cruz will compete in separate fights on the televised undercard of the Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao event

LAS VEGAS, USA – WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko and WBC junior featherweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz highlight the televised undercard of the Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao event on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 

Lomachenko (3-1, 1 knockout) of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine will make the second defense of his 126-pound title against Gamalier Rodriguez (25-2-3, 17 KOs) of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The 27-year-old Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is no stranger to Pacquiao fans, having fought on the undercard of the Filipino boxer’s last fight against Chris Algieri.

Santa Cruz (29-0, 17 KOs) of Rosemead, Calif. will face Jose Cayetano (17-3, 8 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico. The high volume punching Santa Cruz reigned previously at 118 pounds before moving up to 122 pounds on the undercard of Mayweather’s second fight with Marcos Maidana in September to capture his second title.

In non-televised action, middleweight prospect Chris Pearson (11-0, 9 KOs) will face Said El Harrak (12-2, 7 KOs); super middleweight prospect Jesse Hart (16-0, 13 KOs) will face Mike Jimenez (17-0, 11 KOs) in a battle of unbeatens; Andrew Tabiti will face Anthony Caputo Smith (15-4, 10 KOs) in an 8-round cruiserweight match; Brad Solomon (24-0, 9 KOs) will face Adrian Rene Granados (13-3, 9 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight curtain-jerker. 

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