Vasiliy Lomachenko: record, next fight and profile →
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum thinks that Vasyl Lomachenko will eventually move up in weight one more time, but says he's "way too small for Welterweight". On May 12th, Lomachenko became a three-weight World Champion after dethroning Jorge Linares, picking up the WBA and Ring Magazine belts to add to his WBO straps at 126 and 130 pounds.
Luke Campbell should hopefully find out in the next few weeks if he has been given the chance to avenge the first professional loss of his career. The (18-2, 15 KOs) British lightweight is aiming to fight two more times this year with the first possibly being against Yvan Mendy.
LOS ANGELES - Vasiliy Lomachenko underwent arthroscopic surgery Wednesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder suffered during the second round of his May 12 bout against Jorge Linares.
Coming off his May 12th victory over Jorge Linares, newly crowned WBA lightweight titlist, Vasiliy Lomachenko, was slated to return on August 25th on ESPN. But those plans have been scuttled as it turns out that Lomachenko suffered a torn right labrum in the early rounds of that fight.
Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) is already making plans for his second fight of 2018. Back on May 12 at New York's Madison Square Garden, Linares lost his WBA lightweight title in a highly anticipated fight with two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasiliy Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs).
Two weeks ago, Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) lost his WBA lightweight title in a highly anticipated fight with two-time Olympic gold medal winner Vasiliy Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs). Before a lively crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lomachenko suffered his first knockdown in the sixth round and he had one of the toughest bouts of his career.
Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley would love to see a lightweight unification between WBC champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) and WBC champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs). Two weeks ago, Lomachenko captured his third divisional title with a tenth round stoppage of Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden in New York.
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence feels confident that WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis (20-0, 19 KOs) would defeat Vasiliy Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs), who holds the WBA lightweight title. The two boxers were competing at the same weight - until two weeks ago, when Lomachenko
By Andreas Hale - We are about a week removed from Vasiliy Lomachenko’s thrilling 10th round knockout of Jorge Linares. Now that the dust has settled and the knee jerk reactions are behind us, is there any doubt that the two-time Olympic gold medalist and three division world champion inside of 12 fights is the #1 po...