Vasiliy Lomachenko Василь Ломаченко | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko 17 February 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 65+1⁄2 in (166 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (Ukrainian: Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, IPA: [wɐˈsɪlʲ lomɐˈtʃɛnko]; born 17 February 1988), also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko, is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, from featherweight to lightweight, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight title since May 2024. Previously he held unified and Ring magazine titles at lightweight.
Lomachenko is one of the most successful amateur boxers of all time, possessing a record of 396 wins and 1 loss, with that loss avenged twice.[4] Competing in the featherweight and lightweight divisions, he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, gold at the 2008 European Championships, consecutive gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and consecutive gold at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships.
Making his professional debut in 2013, Lomachenko tied the record with Thailand's Saensak Muangsurin for winning a world title in the fewest professional fights, becoming the World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion in his third fight. He is known for his exceptional hand speed, timing, accuracy, creativity, athleticism, defence and footwork.
He has won several awards by media outlets throughout his career. The Ring and ESPN named him Prospect of the Year in 2013; CBS Sports named him Boxer of the Year in 2016; HBO Sports named him Boxer of the Year in 2016 and in 2017;[5][6] and the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring named him Fighter of the Year in 2017.[7]
As of May 2024, Lomachenko is ranked as the world's best active lightweight by The Ring[8] and ESPN,[9] second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[10] and second by BoxRec.[11]
- ^ a b Top Rank Boxing on ESPN tale of the tape prior to the Teófimo López fight.
- ^ "Vasiliy Lomachenko stops Jorge Linares to bolster pound-for-pound credentials" Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. theguardian.com. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Lomachenko's Manager on Career, Future Big Fights" Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine. lomachenko.com. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Lomachenko determined to be great". Espn.go.com. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Best of boxing 2016: Vasyl Lomachenko takes home Fighter of the Year award" Archived 2017-04-05 at the Wayback Machine. CBS Sports. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Lomanchenko Named Fighter of the Year by HBO's 'The Fight Game'. BoxingScene. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "VASYL LOMACHENKO NAMED 2017 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year". The Ring. 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Lightweight Ratings – The Ring". The Ring. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Divisional rankings -- The best top 10 fighters per division". ESPN. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Rankings – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec: Lightweight Ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 10 January 2023.