John Thompson (boxer) virtue of being the next highest available fighter. The fight took place October 10, 2015 on the undercard of the Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders title fight, with Thompson losing by knockout. John Thompson (boxer) John Thompson (born March 5, 1989) is an American junior middleweight professional boxer. Thompson won the 2015 Boxcino tournament - a tournament featured exclusively on ESPN Friday Night Fights. At the finals of this tournament he also won the interim North American Boxing Association and WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight titles. The Boxcino win increased Thompson's ranking in the WBO. When the WBO title was stripped from
Román Martínez (boxer) for September 12 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on the undercard of Mayweather vs. Berto. Martinez retained his world title by split decision draw in the rematch with Salido. In what many believed was a win for Salido as he threw over 1000 punches landing 285 compared to Martinez who landed 189 from 691 thrown. The three official judges scored the bout (113-115, 115-113 & 114-114). It was announced that Martinez would defend his WBO title against accomplished Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko on June 11, 2016 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Lomachenko was the current