Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko, spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko is a Ukrainian professional boxer.
84 Facts About Vasiliy Lomachenko
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Vasiliy Lomachenko has held multiple world championships in three weight classes from featherweight to lightweight, including unified and lineal titles at lightweight.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko is known for his exceptional hand speed, timing, accuracy, creativity, athleticism, defence and footwork.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko has won several awards by media outlets throughout his career.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko is ranked as the world's second best active lightweight by The Ring and ESPN, third by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fourth by BoxRec.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko was coached by his father Anatoly Vasiliy Lomachenko from a young age.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko then went on to gymnastics before finally getting into the ring.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko was named the outstanding boxer of the tournament and awarded the Val Barker Trophy.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko won gold at the 2009 World Championships in Milan.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko then competed as a lightweight at the 2011 World Championships in Baku after AIBA removed the featherweight division.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko finished his extensive amateur career with an impressive record of 396 wins and only 1 loss, to Albert Selimov, which was avenged twice.
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Some outlets would later claim that the six fights Vasiliy Lomachenko had in this tournament should have counted towards his professional record, due to WSB being professional boxing by law, with no headgear and rounds being scored using the ten-point must system according to the regulations set by professional boxing commissions that license the boxers, promoters, and officials.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko made his professional debut in United States on 12 October 2013 as part of the undercard to Timothy Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez, defeating Mexican fighter Jose Ramirez with a fourth-round knockout.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko attempted to make history by winning a world championship in his second fight and breaking Saensak Muangsurin's record, who won a junior welterweight world title in his third pro fight in 1975.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko challenged veteran boxer Orlando Salido for World Boxing Organization's featherweight title.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko would earn $631,000, for what was his second professional bout.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko used his power and swift skills to maintain control of the fight until the final bell.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko landed 183 of 597 punches thrown and Russell Jr.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko made his first title defense against mandatory challenger Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo of Thailand.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko handled his opponent easily, hurting him a few times and scoring a knockdown at the end of the fourth round.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko landed 368 of 1006 punches thrown and Piriyapinyo landed 94 of his 501 thrown.
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Top Rank announced before the fight that Vasiliy Lomachenko had signed a five-year contract extension.
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On fight night, Vasiliy Lomachenko retained his WBO title against Rodriguez via a ninth-round KO victory.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko was docked a point by referee in fifth round for a low blow.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko landed 227 of 586 punches thrown compared to Rodriguez who landed only 55 of 285.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko overwhelmed, dominated and stopped Koasicha in the tenth round on a body shot.
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Compubox stats showed that Vasiliy Lomachenko dominated throughout, landing 334 of his 717 punches thrown.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko became the fastest boxer to win a world title in two weight divisions knocking out Martinez in the 5th round of the world title fight.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko dominated the fight from the start with superior footwork, hand speed and slick punching from different angles.
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In previous negotiations, Walters turned down a career-high $550,000 purse, even after Vasiliy Lomachenko offered him a further $300,000 from his own purse if Walters won.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko won the fight after Walters retired on his stool at the end of the seventh round.
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CompuBox stats showed Vasiliy Lomachenko landed 114 of 437 punches thrown while Walters landed 49 of 264.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko later returned to the Maryland commission's scale and successfully made weight exactly 130 pounds allowing himself to challenge for the WBO title.
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In front of a sell-out crowd of 2,828, mostly Ukrainian, Vasiliy Lomachenko successfully retained his WBO title for a second time after Sosa failed to return for round 10 when his trainer pulled him out.
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The bout was similar to Vasiliy Lomachenko's previous fight with Walters, who pulled out.
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Sosa was the most successful opponent Vasiliy Lomachenko had fought since Salido in terms of landing punches.
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On 30 June 2017 Top Rank announced that a deal was in place for Vasiliy Lomachenko to make a third defense of his WBO title against Colombian former featherweight world title challenger Miguel Marriaga, who was coming off a loss and moving up to super featherweight.
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In front of 4,102 people, Vasiliy Lomachenko dominated the fight from the opening bell and proved too much for Marriaga, dropping him twice in the fight, before Marriaga's corner stopped the fight after round 7.
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The first knockdown came towards the end of the third round when Vasiliy Lomachenko landed a straight left to Marriaga, who was off balance.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko earned a $750,000 purse for the fight, compared to the $50,000 received by Marriaga.
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On 6 August, Arum stated that Vasiliy Lomachenko would fight for a third time in 2017, likely on 9 or 23 December.
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Gibbons believed Vasiliy Lomachenko needed Salido more than Salido would need Lomanchenko, as Vasiliy Lomachenko was looking to raise TV ratings and sell out a 10,000 capacity arena.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko stated if the bout with Rigondeaux was made, it would likely take place at the Madison Square Garden Theatre and a potential rematch with Salido would take place in Los Angeles.
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On fight night, Vasiliy Lomachenko weighed 137.4 pounds and Rigondeaux weighed 130 pounds.
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In front of a sell-out crowd of 5,102 at the Theater, Vasiliy Lomachenko retained his WBO title, dominating the fight with superior boxing skills, forcing Rigondeaux to retire on his stool after round 6.
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The Los Angeles Times Lance Pugmire was told by Bob Arum on 26 January 2018 that Vasiliy Lomachenko would have his next fight at lightweight.
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In front of 10,429 in attendance, Vasiliy Lomachenko survived a knockdown in round 6 to win via TKO in round 10 after a perfectly placed liver shot to claim the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko wore Linares down with his fast shots through the first 9 rounds, before finishing the fight in round 10.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko landed 213 of 627 punches thrown, with 112 jabs.
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The first half of the fight was a rather tentative and tactical affair with neither fighter making a statement, however it was Vasiliy Lomachenko who was landing the more cleaner and points scoring shots.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko followed up with a few more shots to the body.
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Round 11, which was the round of the fight, saw Vasiliy Lomachenko come out quick and land a total of 42 power shots, his busiest round of the fight.
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Arum stated Vasiliy Lomachenko only wanted challenges going forward and would likely next fight in May 2019.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko was guaranteed a purse of $1 million, rising to $2 million and Pedraza was guaranteed $350,000, potentially earning closer to $1 million.
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On 20 February, it was announced that Vasiliy Lomachenko would defend his WBA, WBO and The Ring titles against Crolla at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 12 April 2019.
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In front of 10,101 in attendance, Vasiliy Lomachenko stopped Crolla in the first minute of round 4.
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The initial two rounds were paced and methodical as Vasiliy Lomachenko visibly started to out-throw Crolla during round 2.
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In round 3, Vasiliy Lomachenko became overwhelmingly dominant while forcing Crolla to spend a majority of his time against the ropes.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko explained he was accounting for the ropes' aid to Crolla's ability to stand, since if the ropes had been absent Crolla would've been down and it is against the rules for a fighter to have any outside support in standing throughout the entire duration of the fight, thus justifying this rarely used but sanctioned technical knockdown.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko faced fellow 2012 Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell on 31 August 2019, at The O2 Arena in London in front of a sold-out crowd of over 18,000.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko retained the WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight titles, and gained the vacant WBC lightweight title by defeating Campbell by unanimous decision.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko soon found his groove and almost had Campbell down in the 5th round but for the bell.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko knocked down Campbell in the 11th round after a series of body shots followed by a stiff jab.
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In September 2020, Vasiliy Lomachenko agreed to fight newly crowned undefeated IBF lightweight champion, Teofimo Lopez, on 17 October 2020 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Paradise, Nevada.
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The first seven rounds saw Lopez staying behind his jab and going to the body, with Vasiliy Lomachenko offering little in response.
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Days after the fight, Vasiliy Lomachenko underwent surgery on his right shoulder.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko made his comeback in a fight against Masayoshi Nakatani on 26 June 2021.
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On fight night, Vasiliy Lomachenko dropped Commey in the seventh round courtesy of a left hook, later pleading with the corner of the still unsteady Commey to stop the fight.
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However, on 24 February 2022 Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine and Vasiliy Lomachenko returned to his home country to aid in the war effort.
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On 7 July 2022, Top Rank president, Todd DuBoef, indicated Vasiliy Lomachenko was planning a return to the boxing ring in October.
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Late in the fight, Vasiliy Lomachenko became increasingly dominant, finding particular success in the 10th and 11th rounds.
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However, the decision was greatly disputed, as many onlookers felt Vasiliy Lomachenko had done enough to win, including fellow boxers Shakur Stevenson and Jorge Linares, who had previously predicted a Haney victory.
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Judge Dave Moretti's scorecard, giving round 10 to Haney despite Vasiliy Lomachenko dominating that round, was heavily criticised.
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Compubox punch stats suggested Vasiliy Lomachenko had landed 124 of 564 punches thrown, while Haney landed 110 of 405, with both boxers outlanding the other in five rounds each, the other two rounds being even.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko believed he had won and his team subsequently stated they would file an appeal regarding the result.
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Haney on his part praised Vasiliy Lomachenko, calling him his toughest opponent yet.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko is married to Olena, and they have two children.
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The face tattooed on Vasiliy Lomachenko's torso is that of his father and trainer, Anatoly Vasiliy Lomachenko.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko was in Greece when the invasion began, and his flight home to Ukraine the next day was delayed due to air traffic being grounded.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko managed to get into Ukraine by flying to Bucharest and travelling through Romania on 26 February 2022.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko followed Ukrainian brothers Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko, former heavyweight boxing champions, who announced their pledge to protect the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, in February 2022.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko is known for his exceptional footwork, head movement, speed, ability to switch stances, and skill at throwing punches at uncanny angles.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko's inspirations include Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Roy Jones Jr.