Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
WBA/WBO lightweight world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko is motivated to unify the entire 135-pound division. Lomachenko will defend his world titles in the main event against Anthony “Million Dollar’ Crolla on April 12 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on ESPN+.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is fully backing IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence to retain his world title on Saturday night. Spence will defend his welterweight title against four division champion Mikey Garcia at AT&T Stadium in Texas. Garcia holds the WBC world title at the lightweight limit of 135-pounds. He's moving up by two weight divisions to challenge Spence for his belt.
Lomachenko Workout Photos Gallery - WBA/WBO lightweight world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko and WBO super middleweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez came to Fortune Gym in Hollywood on Monday for a media workout as they prepare for their respective bouts, April 12 at Staples Center. (Photos by Mikey Williams).
By Michael Rosenthal - To be selected as Fighter of the Year is a rare, legacy-defining honor and is often among the proudest moments in the career of any boxer. To be selected Fighter of the DECADE? That’s reserved for only the greatest in the sport. As we approach the end of the 2010s, it’s natural to begin speculating...
After thrilling Big Apple audiences in his last three bouts, Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko is ready to bring his lightweight world titles to the City of Angels. Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound Picasso and the WBA and WBO lightweight world champion, will defend his titles against former lightweight world champion Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla on Friday, April 12 at Staples Center. In the co-feature, longtime WBO super middleweight world champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez will make his light heavyweight debut against an opponent to be announced in a 10-rounder.
WBA and WBO lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko tried a new way to communicate with his fans. For the first time ever, the Ukrainian boxer had an Instragram live stream, in which he answered some questions about Gervonta Davis, his future fight and even discussed plans for retirement.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Vasiliy Lomachenko will put his WBA and WBO lightweight titles on the line against Anthony Crolla in Los Angeles on April 12. Lomachenko - a two-time Olympic champion with a record of 12 wins and a solitary loss in an accelerated professional career - was due to face Richard Commey in a unification bout at Staples Center, but the IBF champion was ruled out due to a hand injury.
Teofimo Lopez has never been one to bite his tongue. That aspect of his game isn’t going away anytime soon, in fact even less of a chance of slowing down as he advances from prospect to contender. Everyone with a belt in the 130- and 135-pound divisions were the latest targets of his unfiltered thoughts, as Lopze is intent on becoming a world champion in 2019. Reigning unified lightweight titlist and pound-for-pound entrant Vasiliy Lomachenko has been the most often mentioned, but is just another name to the 21-year old Brooklyn-bred boxer.
Vasiliy Lomachenko has been given at least one more week to sort out details for his next title fight. A purse bid hearing for the current unified lightweight titlist and his World Boxing Association (WBA) mandatory challenger Anthony Crolla has been postponed for a second straight week. The bout—initially ordered in January—was scheduled to go to bid on February 6 and again on Wednesday.
CARSON, California – Gervonta Davis doesn’t intend to mention Vasiliy Lomachenko quite this much. He’s asked about boxing the WBA lightweight champion so often, though, Davis can’t quite help it. The unbeaten Baltimore native admits, too, that it gets irritating to hear and read so much praise heaped upon Lomachenko, who’s commonly considered one of the top two boxers, pound-for-pound, in the sport.