IBF lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko is considering retirement from the sport. Lomachenko was recently in talks about a unification against WBA 135-lb champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis before deciding to take the rest of the year off.
Mike Coppinger said on X“There is a lot of talk that Lomachenko is actually going to retire.”
Did tank Lomachenko intentionally age?
This would derail Tank’s team’s plans to fight the popular Loma, who had a long pro and amateur career. Lomachenko Gervonta Davis first called out in 2017but the Baltimore native showed no interest for obvious reasons.
Lomachenko was on top of the world, and he would have been a nightmare for Tank to fight. Davis is a fighter who relies only on his power and can be easily outboxed, even by fighters with marginal skills.
Instead of fighting him, Tank focused on lesser threats. He waited until 2024 before finally showing interest in facing Lomachenko. Some boxing fans believe Gervonta waited on purpose Lomachenko too old. In other words, the younger Tank Davis waited until Lomachenko got old before finally choosing to fight him, knowing that he would be beatable.
As an amateur, Lomachenko had 396 fights and lost only one. He has been in the sport much longer than many fighters. Celebrity Net Worth estimates that Lomachenko’s net worth is $8 million. So, he doesn’t hurt for money. He lives in Odesa, Ukraine.
Lomachenko should be undefeated
11-year pro Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs), turns 37 on Feb. 17 and is coming off an impressive 11th-round knockout victory over former unified 135-lb champion George Kambosos Jr. on May 12 in Perth, Australia.
Lomachenko was a raw deal in controversial losses to Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez, both of which he felt he won. He was not happy about his loss to Orlando Salido in his second pro fight in 2014.
Most fans who saw the Haney fight had Lomachenko winning fairly comfortably and felt the judges gave him the shaft that night. With three controversial fights taken away, Lomachenko should still be undefeated and a much bigger star than he is right now.
If Lomachenko is unhappy about his 12-round unanimous decision loss to Haney on May 20, 2023 in Las Vegas, it’s understandable why he would lose interest in boxing.
