The athlete set priorities and left for America.
Titled Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko broke his word and left Ukraine following an eminent colleague Oleksandr Usyk. The fighter decided to focus on a professional career, which turned out to be more important than any promises.
Vasily needed a new challenge.
“More important than boxing”
Vasily Lomachenko is leaving for America next week. We will prepare,” the Olamsport YouTube channel quotes the manager of the boxer.
The opponent of the 34-year-old athlete will be 26-year-old boxer from the United States Jamen Ortiz. Foreign bookmakers have already decided on the favorite: he is Vasily, on whose victory you can bet with odds of 1.20 once morest 4.00 on the triumph of the undefeated American so far.
Ordinary, at first glance, the news regarding the preparations for the next fight caused a storm of emotions among Lomachenko’s fans. The fact is that Vasily recently promised not to leave Ukraine, believing that his skills would be more useful for the territorial defense of his native city. At the end of February, the boxer even posted a photo in camouflage and with a machine gun.
Oleksandr Usyk had a similar photo with weapons, but the heavyweight quickly figured out what was more important to him and returned to his sports career. But Lomachenko persisted and was in no hurry to leave Ukraine, although he had prospects to compete for the title of absolute world champion in lightweight. The fight once morest Australian George Kambosos was postponed until better times. The opponent, it seems, was not upset, and his manager was completely delighted with Vasily’s decision.
We admire his deed. We believe that the fight in which he is now taking part is much more important than boxing,” BoxingScene quoted promoter George Cambosos Lou Di Bella.
“It’s different now”
Loma stayed in Ukraine for several months, and in professional terms, a protracted downtime clearly did not bring any dividends to the boxer. In Russia, Vasily’s fans have diminished, but in Ukraine, he did not become a national hero either. Many compatriots still have not forgiven the athlete for entering the ring without a national flag, as well as conciliatory remarks regarding Russia.
– I returned to Ukraine when everything was just beginning. Life has changed, what you see completely changes your worldview. Now everything is different. Nobody knows what happened that day. Everything is very bad, – quotes Lomachenko FightNews.
Vasily himself should be doing well in the near future. Of course, he will receive a portion of anger in his homeland for his unexpected departure, but still in the USA the boxer will be clearly more comfortable and safer.
“I have prepared for this moment. I need this chance. I need a fight for the title of absolute world champion,” Lomachenko said upon arrival in the United States.
Sports uniform seems to fit Vasily more than camouflage. So one can only be glad for the return of the boxer to his usual business – rivalry in the ring.
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