Vasyl Lomachenko
Ukrainian boxer, two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division world champion, returning to super featherweight with Top Rank and his own Loma Power Promotions.
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Overview
- Born
- 17 February 1988, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine
- Known as
- Loma; Hi-Tech
- Sport
- Boxing, southpaw stance
- Turned professional
- 2013
- Breakout
- Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012; a professional world title in his third fight
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, Vasyl grew up with his father Anatoly as his boxing coach. In a 2018 interview, he recalled winning his first bout in his hometown gym at six. His training also included several years of Ukrainian folk dancing.
The Olympic years.
He won featherweight gold at Beijing 2008 and lightweight gold at London 2012. Beijing also brought him the Val Barker Trophy for the tournament’s outstanding boxer. Top Rank records his amateur career at 396 wins and one loss.
From prospect to champion.
Lomachenko turned professional in 2013 and beat Gary Russell Jr. for the WBO featherweight title in just his third fight. He later won at junior lightweight and lightweight, becoming a three-division world champion in 12 professional bouts. His 2018 win over Jorge Linares came after he recovered from a sixth-round knockdown to stop Linares in the tenth.
The next chapter.
An eleventh-round stoppage of George Kambosos Jr. in Perth brought him the IBF lightweight title in May 2024. He announced his retirement in June 2025, then reversed that decision in November 2026. With Loma Power Promotions partnering with Top Rank, he plans to return at super featherweight in early 2027.
Creditschronological, newest first
Professional boxing
- 2024Lomachenko vs. KambososWinner by TKO, round 11; captured the IBF lightweight title
- 2018Lomachenko vs. LinaresWinner by TKO, round 10; captured the WBA lightweight title
- 2014Lomachenko vs. RussellWinner by majority decision; captured the WBO featherweight title
Olympic boxing
- 2012London Olympic GamesUkraine; lightweight gold medalist
- 2008Beijing Olympic GamesUkraine; featherweight gold medalist
Awards
- WBO Living LegendHonored at the 2025 WBO convention in Bogotá.
- 2017 BWAA Fighter of the YearThe first Ukrainian winner of the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award.
- 2018 WBA Fight of the YearAwarded to his lightweight title fight with Jorge Linares.
- 2008 Val Barker TrophyNamed the outstanding boxer at the Beijing Olympics.
Quotes
I just worked by the plan built by our team. I was just working hard.Vasyl Lomachenko, ESPN interview quoted by the WBO
After beating Gary Russell Jr. to win his first professional world title in June 2014.
Trivia
- His childhood dance training was in national folk dances, which he clarified in a 2018 interview.
- He has said he might have played ice hockey professionally if his father had not been a boxing coach.
- At the 2017 BWAA awards, Lomachenko, his father Anatoly and manager Egis Klimas won the fighter, trainer and manager awards respectively.
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