By Alexey Sukachev

Vasily Lomachenko, widely regarded as one of the best amateur fighters of all time, is presently in the United States, accompanied by his fellow teammate (and 2012 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist) Olexander Usyk and his father Anatoly Lomachenko, looking to reach a deal with one of the sport’s dominating promoters. Vasily’s twitter and his official site indicate several sound names are in the mix; some proofs are presented with pictures and videos, showing Vasily alongside such tycoons as Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum of Top Rank. Vasily and Olexander have also been seen ringside for the recent NBC boxing show, promoted by Kathy Duva’s Main Events and together with famed trainer/broadcaster Teddy Atlas as well.

One of those, who accompanies Lomachenko on his tour, is a manager Egis Klimas, mostly known for guiding careers of such fighters as Sergey Kovalev, Evgueny Gradovich, Lamar Russ and some others.

“Vasily wants to become the best P4P fighter in the world. He doesn’t want to waste any time, he wants championship fights here and now. If there was a [pro] champion who would offer Vasily an opportunity to fight for his title, Vasily would agree”, said Klimas.

“It doesn’t matter for me whom to fight”, said Vasily. “I want to fight the very best, I don’t care who are they – I just want’ to test myself against the very elite”.

Lomachenko also offered some predictions on the upcoming megafights at the welterweight limit. Pacquiao vs. Rios – “That’ll be a huge showdown. Intellect will play a crucial role here”. Marquez vs. Bradley – “Marquez will take it”.

The Ukrainian superstar has a reported record of 396-1 – numbers can vary in different sources – with a single loss being in 2007 WC finals to a bitter rival Albert Selimov.

Lomachenko avenged his blemish a year later on his wall-breaking way to the first Olympic gold medal and the Val Barker trophy at the featherweight limit. Lomachenko also dominated 2009 Milano (at featherweight) and 2011 Baku (at lightweight) world championships before capturing his second gold medal in the lightweight division at 2012 London Olympics. He was also a star during the last season of a semi-professional competition, named the World Series of Boxing, piling up a record of 6-0.