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Boxing star Vasiliy Lomachenko decides to retire at the age of 37

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Vasiliy Lomachenko announced a pension from boxing at the age of 37.

The Ukrainian sensation leaves the fifteenth career as probably the greatest amateur in history, and then the Three-Division World Champion after moving to the ranks of Pro.

“I am grateful for every victory and every failure, both in the ring and in life,” said Lomachenko in Video published on social media Thursday. “I am grateful that when my career is coming to an end, I gained clarity about the direction in which a person must take to achieve a real victory, not only in the ring.”

Lomachenko’s decision appears just over a year after his last fight, the 11th round of the former undisputed airy champion George Cambosos Jr. on the Arena in Perth, Australia. Preliminary talks about the hit with Gervont “Tank” Davis took place. The fight was never realized because, according to the Lomachenko manager, Egis Klimas, his warrior “had no motivation” and took the rest of 2024 to think about his future. As it turns out, his future will be a departure from sport.

“It was an honor for all of us in the best rank to promote Vasiliy Lomachenko’s pro -boxing career,” said Lomachenko, for many years, for many years in the boxeria boxeria Top Rank boxeria. “He was a generational champion and we will all miss his participation in sport.”

As an amateur, Lomachenko gathered a stunning 396-1 record, winning gold Olympic medals for his hometown of Ukraine in Beijing in 2008 and the Olympic Games in London in 2012. He decided to turn with a professional and signed a contract with the best promotions, debuting on October 12, 2013, beating Jose Ramirez by the fourth round knockout. Instead of slowly moved, Lomachenko fell into the title of World Champion in his second fight, against Master WBO WBO WBATEGHT WBO Orlando Salido. Lomachenko did not take place to become the first warrior who won the world champion in his second pro -fight when he abandoned his decision about demanding human. However, he would make his second attempt in the title of the world, defeating Gary Russell Jr. In his third professional fight to win the empty WBO championships on June 21, 2014.

“Hi-tech” created three successful title defense before he jumped to Junior Lightweight and took Roman Martinez for the title of WBO in 2016 and passing through the division, defending dominant against Nicholas Walters, Jason Sosie and Miguel Marriaga before the meeting Guillermo Rigondeaux Rigondeaux, with Nicholas, in the highly expected 2017. Lomachenko forced Rigondeaux to retire on a stool between rounds, the fourth in a row of the opponent, with whom he did to keep the title.

As a lasting stall at the top of pound rankings for pounds, Lomachenko moved another weight class and challenged Jorge Linares with a airy WBO title in 2018 and won by knockout in the tenth round. Lomachenko united the titles in a slight win against Jose Pedraza, Anthony Croll and Luke Campbell, but suffered a second career defeat when he faced Teofimo Lopez in 2020. Lomachenko would return to his winning path and won three more fights. Cambosos and ending his excellent career with a record of 18-3, 12 KO.

“You have always stood with me for my family. You shared in my victories and felt the pain of my losses. These losses are only more strongly,” said Lomachenko. “I would be underestimated not to thank you, my dear boxing fans from around the world. You have always supported me with passion through my most unforgettable fights.”

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Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshuas Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns

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"Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshua's Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns"

Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.

Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.

The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.

Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.

Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.

“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.

It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.

“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”

Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.

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Jake Paul Reacts to Anthony Joshuas Stunning Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Two Early Knockdowns

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Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.

Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.

Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.

Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.

Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.

“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”

The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshuas Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshua's Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.

Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.

‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.

One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.

“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.

“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.

“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.

“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”

The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.

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