WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) will move up in weight and challenge WBO super featherweight champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez (29-2-3, 17 KOs) on June 11 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko challenged for a world title in only his second pro fight, but lost on points to Orlando Salido in 2014. However, Salido had failed to make weight before the fight and was stripped of the WBO belt.
Lomachenko won the vacant title in…