The great boxing Vasiliy Lomachenko retired from boxing at the age of 37 after a unique career both amateur and professional.
The Ukrainian Supergivid gathered one of the largest amateur records at 396-1 before Turning Pro.
Lomachenko entered sport as a teenager who was trained by his father and coach Anatoly Lomachenko.
Vasiliy appeared on the stage in 2006, winning the Youth World Championships. Then he won silver in a featherweight in the Amateur World Championships in Chicago.
“Loma” suffered the only loss of his career in the unpaid code in the final against Albert Selimov.
The following year, Lomachenko won gold at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. He repeated a feat four years later in London, winning Olympic gold again.
In the meantime, Lomachenko won the world championship twice, looking unbeatable.
After London, the time has come for Lomachenko to become a professional. The availability of the 25-year-old has changed the plans of each promoter around the world.
Ultimately, the legendary promoter Top Rank Bob Arum won the race.
According to World Boxing News, Oscar de la Hoya was a leader and almost signed a contract with the Golden Boy Promotions.
However, Arum promised Lomachenko that he could order him and fight for the title of world champion in the first and second duel.
Then the contract was concluded.
Lomacheko actually wanted to compete for the belt in his first duel. Despite this, when Arum explained that it was impossible due to the need for the ranking, the amateur star agreed and signed the contract.
Turning Pro in October 2013 Lomachenko fought for the International Title of the WBO featherweight against Jose Luis Ramirez. This scenario meant that Lomachenko would be assessed by the WBO in the first fifteenth and qualifying for the title in his next fight.
The impressive space of the fourth round assured that everyone in the division knew that Lomachenko was a real opportunity.
Five months later, after he turned 26, Arum brought Loamchenko with an experienced professional Orlando Salido. The Mexican had 55 professionals at the belt and was a high order for Lomachenko only in his second fight in paid ranks.
Lomachenko was aimed at destroying the record for the fastest winning title of the world champion in history, but Salido had other ideas.
Salido nodded thanks to the divided decision to Alamodome in San Antonio. Despite his failure, Lomachenko proved that he was a world -class and belonged to the ring with Salido caliber boxers.
Three months later, Arum had all confidence in putting Lomachenko with Gary Russell Jr. On an empty WBO belt, which he missed against Salido.
This time Lomachenko completed his unique mission and won his first world title in his third fight.
Creating three defense, Lomachenko moved to win the title of WBO Super Feather Wweight against Roman Martinez. In this process he became the king of two weighted in seven duels.
There were four more defenses, including the outstanding victory over the Cuban legend of Guillermo Rigondeaux. Then Loma defeated Jorge Linares to become the number of WBN Pound for pounds before he sought for the third grade in his 13th duel.
Lomachenko rejected Jose Pedraza before he set out to double English, which would mean the unification of a slight division.
The detention of Anthony Collla in four in Staples Center and dropping and defeating Luke Campbell in London gave Lomachenko WBO and WBC Lightweight Champion.
With a certain place in the history of boxing, Lomachenko signed a contract with the unknown Teofimo Lopez in the highest rank bubble at MGM Grand.
Lopez won the shock to cause only the third loss of Lomachenko in over 400 duels, amateur and professional.
By putting a loss on one side, Lomachenko won three wins in a row to put himself on a crack at Unified Champion Devin Haney.
In the battle of May 2023, which was the most thinking of Lomachenko enough to win, Haney decided what quickly became his least favorite place to the box in MGM in Las Vegas.
Lomachenko fought again before he decided to hang the gloves. “Hi-tech” defeated George Cambosos Jr. For an empty IBF title in Australia to complete his career as a five -time world champion in three expiry.
Lomachenko announced that he had had a year to leave this sport, he announced his retirement to the world, despite reports of further negotiations with Gervont Davis.
He said: “First of all, I want to thank our Lord Jesus Christ for everything he did for me. For leading a proud youthful man on a path that eventually showed me that fame, heritage and recognition are not a real goal of life.
“I am grateful for every victory and every failure, both in the ring and in life. I am grateful that when my career ends, I generated clarity about the direction in which a person must achieve to achieve a real victory, not only in the ring, but in overcoming his ancient self.
“Only then can you receive your real reward. I thank God for my wonderful, kind parents, for their protection and love, and the heat that I felt throughout my life.
“My father (Anatoly) not only taught me boxing art, but also how to be a role model for my own children, as he was always for me.
“I made a lot of mistakes in my life and in the gym, but he was always mine. He improved me if necessary. I have many heated memories, Dad, I love you very much.
“You have always stood with me for my family. You shared your joy in my victories and felt pain in my losses, but these moments are only stronger.
“Anatolyiovich, you He is a really unique person who taught me so much. Without you, my career puzzles would not happen.
“You are a world -class professional. Our journey had ups and downs, but we faced dignity. Your personal characteristics are something else. You are a man who devotes his time and energy to others. I am grateful that a professional relationship has become a real friendship. Thank you for everything.
“To Egis (Klimas) for everything you have done for me and my family, you are a man who knows his craft, the best manager in the world. You are a man who knows his craft who became a friend and part of our family.
“Your professionalism goes hand in hand with your character, honesty, honesty, kindness and the ability to find a solution in every situation.
“You were a manager who managed one hundred percent challenge with every challenge. I wish the strength of spirit and the best health that thanks to you recent boxing stars can enhance.
Mikey Williams
“I want to thank the highest rank and Bob Arum for an amazing opportunity to present my skills in boxing. I am grateful to the United States of America for giving me the opportunity to realize my potential.
“And of course it would be that I do not mention you, my dear boxing fans around the world. You have always supported me with passion and for over a decade you have experienced unforgettable fights.
“I hope you still love and respect this sport as passionately, because a man who enters the ring risks his health because of his family.
Evander Holyfield was unsure who to favour in a fantasy showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and one of his former rivals.
Like Holyfield, Usyk became the consensus top dog at 200lbs before moving up to heavyweight and, once again, cementing himself as the very best.
Even while contending with a notable size disadvantage, the Ukrainian was able to dethrone Anthony Joshua before eventually becoming the undisputed king against Tyson Fury.
Having twice beaten the two Brits, Usyk is now widely regarded as one of the all-time greats, among the likes of HolyfieldMuhammad Ali and Joe Louis.
At the same time, though, Holyfield is not convinced that the unbeaten southpaw would have defeated a prime Mike Tyson.
‘The Real Deal’ fought ‘Iron’ Mike in 1996, causing a sizable upset by stopping the formidable puncher in round 11, before winning their immediate rematch via an infamous third-round disqualification.
And while this was not even the most formidable version of Tyson, Holyfield would nonetheless back his former foe to defeat the majority of heavyweights throughout history.
When it comes to a clash with Usyk, however, the American has told Daily Mail Boxing that he would struggle to predict a winner.
“I don’t exactly know [who would win] that one.”
Like Usyk, Tyson was never the biggest heavyweight but, because of his speed and explosiveness he was able to win his first 19 fights by knockout and become a dominant world champion during the late 1980s.
Usyk, on the other hand, relies more on his technical prowess and, against Tyson, would need to be almost punch-perfect in order to emerge victorious.
Ryan Garcia has named the fighter that he believes can put an end to Shakur Stevenson’s 25-fight undefeated record.
Stevenson stepped up in weight to dominate Teofimo Lopez and claim the WBO super-lightweight title back in Januaryfully intending on returning to his natural lightweight division during the aftermath, until those plans were derailed when he was stripped of his 135lb title.
As a result, Stevenson has kept hold of his 140lb marble but has not fought since, despite links to a showdown with Garcia in spring, which collapsed when the Newark southpaw declared that he would not be willing to move up in weight once again.
Now, Garcia is scheduled to face Conor Benn next month, whilst Stevenson has recently signed with Zuffa Boxing and is searching for an opponent for his second outing of 2026.
Speaking to FightHypeGarcia revealed that he would favour IBF lightweight world champion Raymond Muratalla to come out on top if he and Stevenson collide.
“That would be a good a** fight. He [Muratalla] is smart, he is not going to just go in there and just [be reckless].
“I just think that Raymond has a lot of things that would give Shakur problems. It won’t be an easy fight for Shakur, that is for sure.
“[If it was] a three-round fight, I would give it to Shakur, even a six-round fight. A 12-round fight? I am siding with Muratalla.”
Muratalla is set to vacate his IBF crown and move into the super-lightweight division imminently, with the WBO having recently stated that he could be named as Stevenson’s mandatory challenger when he does.
Robert Garcia, the trainer and manager of Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, has expressed his annoyance with a lack of communication from Team Nayoa Inoue.
‘The Monster’ made a seventh successful defence of his undisputed crown in May, unanimously outpointing Junto Nakatani in their all-Japanese encounter.
As a result, Inoue is not only considered the super-bantamweight king but, on a pound-for-pound metric, many would also place him at the top of the tree.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, made his bantamweight debut in June, becoming a three-division world champion by dethroning WBA champion Antonio Vargas with a sixth-round finish.
While there is much talk surrounding a potential clash between Rodriguez and Inoue, it would seem that no official negotiations have actually taken place.
Or at least, it is far from certain that the pair will square off in March 2027, when Inoue is reportedly looking to stage his next outing. He recently stated that he will not hang around at 122lbs waiting for ‘Bam’, and will move on if the fight does not happen in Q1 of 2027.
On the proposed showdown, coach Garcia has told Ring Magazine that he and ‘Bam’ have no problem with the deadline.
“There’s been talk that Inoue says he’s moving up [to featherweight] sooner than later – that he probably won’t wait [for the Rodriguez fight] past March of next year.
“We’re okay with that, but nobody’s told me that. Nobody from Inoue’s team has approached me saying, ‘Look, Robert. This is what Inoue wants. He wants to know if you guys are interested in the fight’.
“Yeah, we’re interested in the fight. But I’m not trying to change the date. I would love Bam to get one more fight at 118[lbs].”
Garcia went on to name WBO bantamweight champion Christian Medina as the ideal opponent for Rodriguez in November, before he hopefully steps up to 122lbs and challenges Inoue.
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