61 Facts About Vasyl Lomachenko

Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko is a Ukrainian professional boxer.

Vasyl Lomachenko is a former world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBO featherweight title from 2014 to 2015; the WBO junior lightweight title from 2016 to 2017; and the unified WBA, WBC, WBO and Ring magazine lightweight titles between 2018 and 2020.

Vasyl Lomachenko is known for his exceptional hand speed, timing, accuracy, creativity, athleticism, defence and footwork.

Vasyl Lomachenko made his first main event in the second professional fight.

Vasyl Lomachenko has won several awards by media outlets throughout his career.

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Vasyl Lomachenko is ranked as the world's second best active lightweight by ESPN, third by The Ring, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and BoxRec.

Vasyl Lomachenko was coached by his father Anatoly Vasyl Lomachenko from a young age.

Vasyl Lomachenko then went on to gymnastics before finally getting into the ring.

Vasyl Lomachenko was named the outstanding boxer of the tournament and awarded the Val Barker Trophy.

Vasyl Lomachenko then competed as a lightweight at the 2011 World Championships in Baku after AIBA removed the featherweight division.

Vasyl Lomachenko finished his extensive amateur career with an impressive record of 396 wins and only one loss, to Albert Selimov, which was avenged twice.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko challenged veteran boxer Orlando Salido for World Boxing Organization's featherweight title.

Vasyl Lomachenko would earn $631,000, for what was his second professional bout.

Vasyl Lomachenko used his power and swift skills to maintain control of the fight until the final bell.

Vasyl Lomachenko made his first title defense against mandatory challenger Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo of Thailand.

Vasyl Lomachenko handled his opponent easily, hurting him a few times and scoring a knockdown at the end of the fourth round.

Vasyl Lomachenko landed 368 of 1006 punches thrown and Piriyapinyo landed 94 of his 501 thrown.

On fight night, Vasyl Lomachenko retained his WBO title against Rodriguez via a ninth-round KO victory.

Vasyl Lomachenko was docked a point by referee in fifth round for a low blow.

Vasyl Lomachenko landed 227 of 586 punches thrown compared to Rodriguez who landed only 55 of 285.

Vasyl Lomachenko overwhelmed, dominated and stopped Koasicha in the tenth round on a body shot.

Compubox stats showed that Vasyl Lomachenko dominated throughout, landing 334 of his 717 punches thrown.

Vasyl 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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Vasyl Lomachenko dominated the fight from the start with superior footwork, hand speed and slick punching from different angles.

In previous negotiations, Walters turned down a career-high $550,000 purse, even after Vasyl Lomachenko offered him a further $300,000 from his own purse if Walters won.

Vasyl Lomachenko won the fight after Walters retired on his stool at the end of the seventh round.

CompuBox stats showed Vasyl Lomachenko landed 114 of 437 punches thrown while Walters landed 49 of 264.

Vasyl Lomachenko later returned to the Maryland commission's scale and successfully made weight exactly 130 pounds allowing himself to challenge for the WBO title.

In front of a sell-out crowd of 2,828, mostly Ukrainian, Vasyl Lomachenko successfully retained his WBO title for a second time after Sosa failed to return for round 10 when his trainer pulled him out.

Sosa was the most successful opponent Vasyl Lomachenko had fought since Salido in terms of landing punches.

On 30 June 2017 Top Rank announced that a deal was in place for Vasyl 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.

In front of 4,102 people, Vasyl 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.

The first knockdown came towards the end of the third round when Vasyl Lomachenko landed a straight left to Marriaga, who was off balance.

Vasyl Lomachenko earned a $750,000 purse for the fight, compared to the $50,000 received by Marriaga.

On 6 August, Arum stated that Vasyl Lomachenko would fight for a third time in 2017, likely on 9 or 23 December.

Gibbons believed Vasyl Lomachenko needed Salido more than Salido would need Lomanchenko, as Vasyl Lomachenko was looking to raise TV ratings and sell out a 10,000 capacity arena.

Vasyl 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.

In front of a sell-out crowd of 5,102 at the Theater, Vasyl Lomachenko retained his WBO title, dominating the fight with superior boxing skills, forcing Rigondeaux to retire on his stool after round 6.

In front of 10,429 in attendance, Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko wore Linares down with his fast shots through the first 9 rounds, before finishing the fight in round 10.

The first half of the fight was a rather tentative and tactical affair with neither fighter making a statement, however it was Vasyl Lomachenko who was landing the more cleaner and points scoring shots.

Round 11, which was the round of the fight, saw Vasyl Lomachenko come out quick and land a total of 42 power shots, his busiest round of the fight.

Arum stated Vasyl Lomachenko only wanted challenges going forward and would likely next fight in May 2019.

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Vasyl Lomachenko was guaranteed a purse of $1 million, rising to $2 million and Pedraza was guaranteed $350,000, potentially earning closer to $1 million.

On 20 February, it was announced that Vasyl Lomachenko would defend his WBA, WBO and The Ring titles against Crolla at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on 12 April 2019.

In round 3, Vasyl Lomachenko became overwhelmingly dominant while forcing Crolla to spend a majority of his time against the ropes.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko retained the WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight titles, and gained the vacant WBC lightweight title by defeating Campbell by unanimous decision.

Vasyl Lomachenko soon found his groove and almost had Campbell down in the 5th round but for the bell.

Vasyl Lomachenko knocked down Campbell in the 11th round after a series of body shots followed by a stiff jab.

In September 2020, Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko made his comeback in a fight against Masayoshi Nakatani on 26 June 2021.

On fight night, Vasyl Lomachenko dropped Commey down in the seventh courtesy of a left hook, with Vasyl Lomachenko pleading the corner of Commey to stop the fight.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko managed to get into Ukraine by flying to Bucharest and travelling through Romania on 26 February 2022.

Vasyl 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.

Vasyl Lomachenko is known for his exceptional footwork, head movement, speed, and ability to switch stances.

Vasyl Lomachenko's inspirations include Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Roy Jones Jr.