Vasily Lomachenko looks set to make a stunning return to boxing.

Lomachenko had a spectacular amateur career, finishing with a record of 396-1 while being a two-time Olympic gold medalist, before breaking into the professional ranks and competing for world titles in just his second fight.

While he may have fallen low in this fight, he made up for it in his third fight, winning the WBO featherweight title before also becoming the WBO super featherweight champion and unified lightweight world champion.

The Ukrainian was praised for fighting above his natural weight and winning over the likes of Jorge Linares and Jose Pedraza, but was defeated twice at 135 pounds, first defeat to Teofimo Lopez in October 2020 before his controversial loss to Devin Haney in May 2023.

Lomachenko did bounce back with a win over George Kambosos in May 2024 to become the IBF lightweight champion, and it seemed like it would be his last time in the ring when he officially announced his retirement in June 2025 after months of speculation.

However, everything may change soon Mike Coppinger reported this that he intends to retire and return this year “only for the massive fights.”

“Vasily Lomachenko is coming out of retirement and his goal is to return this fall, sources tell Ring Magazine. Lomachenko’s contract with Top Rank expires today and he is now a promotional free agent. I’m told he only wants massive fights, without any improvements.”

It is known that Lomachenko talked to Gervonta Davis before his retirement, but this fight never took place, and one of the reasons for the impossibility was the Ukrainian’s persistent back injury.

With the back injury now seemingly in the past, it could pave the way for a rematch with Davis, though there are plenty of other intriguing options – including Shakur Stevenson, who has always called for a fight – for the former pound-for-pound superstar.

Terence Crawford has responded to allegations that he screwed over the world champion, saying he would win by knockout if they ever faced each other.

The former undisputed three-division king has never been one to shy away from a formidable challenge, which is why he moved up two weight classes to face Canelo Alvarez.

Despite being a significant underdog, Crawford managed to dethrone the Mexican last September, winning all four major super middleweight belts via unanimous decision.

Even earlier, “Bud” established himself as one of the sport’s flagship fighters by defeating Errol Spence Jr. in the ninth round in 2023.

But before he announced his retirement as an undefeated five-division world champion in December, Crawford was accused by Jaron Ennis of ducking a potential fight.

This occurred when “Boots” became the mandatory challenger to Crawford, who eventually vacated his welterweight titles and dethroned 154-pound Israil Madrimov.

Ennis, in turn, was promoted from “interim” to full world champion before finally unifying the IBF and WBA titles against Eimantas Stanionis in April 2025.

However, at the time, the American was vocal about his belief that Crawford was actively avoiding him, when in fact the then undefeated challenger represented a high-risk, low-reward option.

In response, the retired Crawford did so Gillie told the king that had they collided, their welterweight fight would have ended one-sided.

“You’re going to want me to end Boots’ career before it started. I’d knock him out. Stop playing with me.”

“He wasn’t ready yet. They said he needed a few more fights.”

Now I’m campaigning at 154 pounds, “Boots” aims to dethrone unified world champion Xander Zayas during a game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 27.

London-based Zak Chelli made his boxing debut at the age of 19, defeating Jacob Lucas by technical decision. Chelli won his next six fights.

On September 14, 2019, Zak Chelli suffered his first professional defeat, losing by unanimous decision to Kody Davies. Eleven months later, Chelli returned to the ring and won a split decision against Jack Cullen.

Chelli continued his streak of four straight wins. Chelli fought five times in a row and succeeded, defeating Germaine Brown to win the English super middleweight title.

Chelli had one successful title defense before losing the belt to Mark Jeffers. Five months later, in a rematch with Jack Cullen in January 2024, Chelli overtook Cullen to win the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles.

Recently, the long-awaited April 2026 fight between highly rated David Morrell and interim WBO lithe heavyweight champion Callum Smith was scheduled to take place in Liverpool. Unfortunately, Smith withdrew due to a training injury.

However, David Morrell has been given another chance to make his boxing debut in the UK. On May 9, 2026, David Morrell traveled to Manchester, England to face Zak Chelli.

Boxing is a sport based on levels and during the first half of the fight, David Morrell showed that he is one level above Zak Chelli. In the second half of the fight, Chelli had his moments, but Morrell was in complete control.

The turning point in the fight came 20 seconds into the ninth round when Chelli landed a demanding right hand that stunned Morrell. For the next nineteen seconds, Chelli hit Morrell with a steady series of punches.

At 2:26 of the 10th round, Chelli hurt Morrell again with a demanding shot with his left hand. In the last 40 seconds of round 10, Chelli landed a six-punch combination that forced the referee to step in and stop the fight.

David Morrell (12-2, 9 KO) lost the first fight in his career in February 2025 to Pound for Pound star David Benavidez. On Saturday evening, May 9, Morrell lost his second fight to Zak Chelli, a substitute teacher specializing in math and science.

Zak Chelli (17-3-1, 9 KO) earned the luxury of making his dream come true by defeating the former two-division champion. At an all-time high in confidence, Chelli summoned the man at the top of the food chain.

– Morrell did pretty well against Benavidez, didn’t he? – Chelli said. “And I did better, so why not? I can definitely become world champion.”

Zak Chelli just recorded the biggest win of his professional career and is ready to move on to the next step. Chelli probably won’t get the Benavidez fight, but at least the educator could employ the opportunity to teach David Morrell a valuable lesson.