Biography
Ukrainian Professional Boxer Vasily Lomachenko is famous far beyond the native country. Behind the athlete championship of peace and Europe. In addition, Lomachenko won gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and, it seems, is not going to stop at these achievements.Childhood and youth
Vasily Lomachenko, famous for the nickname scrap, was born in the Odessa region, in the city of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, in the winter of 1988. The fate of the champion was predetermined immediately after birth. On the official website of the celebrity, it was told that you did not have time to bring from the maternity hospital, as the father put on the heir boxing gloves.
The early biography of the star fell into the heavy 1990s. According to Lomachenko, with money then there was a tight, which deprived the boy of expensive gifts and clothes, often and had to save on food. Father Anatoly Nikolaevich worked as a boxing coach, so I tried to instill the love of my son to sport.
On the amateur ring, Lomachenko began to perform, being a student of the children's section, and for the first time felt the taste of victory in 6 years. Then, the shooter's shooter only grew, starting from the city competition and ending with the tournaments of the region and the country where Vasily demonstrated a high level.
At the age of 16, Vasily won gold in Ukraine. At the same time, Lomachenko won the European Championships among cadets in category up to 46 kg. Employment on competitions and training sees did not interfere with the young man to receive higher education, after graduating from the South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky.
Boxing
Despite the fact that Career Vasily was considered an amateur, the fighter was taken to participate in the summer games in Beijing 2008, in which Lomachenko received not only a gold medal, but also the Cup of the Val Barker, who awarded the best boxer competitions regardless of weight.The first place was marked for Vasily Lomachenko and games in London 4 years later. After spending the last battle at the 2012 Olympics, the young man decided to continue his career in the semi-professional league.
Officially, speeches on Amateur Ring Lomachenko completed in 2012, before signing a contract with WSB. So Vasily was in a semi-professional box and trained from Mikhail Melnik in the club "Ukrainian Atamans".
Lomachenko's debut held in 3 months, and for the next six months, the guy met in the ring with decent opponents, among whom Samuel Maxwell and Albert Selimov. Each fight ended for Vasily Victory, after which the athlete announced the transition to professionals.
In 2013, Lomachenko signed a contract with the Top Rank promotion and soon held a debut fight with Mexican Jose Ramirez. Early defeating the opponent, Vasily received the title of international champion and began to prepare for the title battle with Orlando Salido, but lost in the duel.
The belt remained for Salido, but when the Mexican boxer moved to another weight category, Lomachenko undertook the 2nd attempt. This time, Gary Russell spoke by the enemy - the younger, no less promising fighter. After the fierce fight, the Ukrainian received the long-awaited title, becoming the first athlete for 39 years, who managed to do this in the 3rd professional battle.
In general, in the career of Lomachenko a lot of records. So, in 2016, won in the duel with the novel Martinez, the boxer turned out to be the first one who received the title of world champion in 2 weight categories for 7 battles. A record for Vasily was then a fee - $ 850 thousand.
In 2017, the athlete in the 4th time he defended the title of world champion in WBO in the second half-year-old weight, fighting with Guillermo Rigono. Next year, Vasily moved into a light category.
In the career of Lomachenko, there were enough colorful fights, each of which was discussed for a long time. But more than the remaining spectators remembered the fight with Anthony Roll, which was held in April 2019 and defined the champion in WBO, WBA and The Ring.
The first 2 rounds of Vasily almost showed the result, but in the 3rd printed the opponent a lot of blows, after which the referee counted the so-called standing knockdown. In the 4th part of the battle, not allowing the enemy to come to his senses, Lomachenko in the 1st minute sent Rabll to the knockout.
In early September 2019, the Ukrainian was waiting for the battle for the title of champion in WBC, WBA and WBO versions, this time the opponent was the opponent of the UK Luke Campbell. In the knockdown, the opponent went to the 11th round, but did not surrender, with difficulty waiting for the gong. Despite the efforts of the hatch, the unanimous judicial decision of Lomachenko recognized the world champion in weight to 61.2 kg.
But in October 2020, luck turned away from the celebrity. Competing for the title of absolute champion, Vasily suffered a defeat from American theophyology Lopez. The judicial decision left questions, since a number of experts considered that the fight ended in a draw.
Personal life
The personal life of the boxer has developed as successfully as a professional career. Lomachenko has an Elena wife who supports the spouse in every battle. According to rumors, the lovers met in childhood in the gym, where both were engaged in a trampoline.
Over time, youthful feelings turned into marriage. 2 children were born in the family: Daughter Victoria and Son Anatoly. Lomachenko infrequent shows the public of the heirs. In instagram account, Vasily has almost no personal pictures, most published photos are devoted to the profession.
Lomachenko spends a lot of time in the sports halls, growing even on vacation to maintain the body in shape. With increasing 170 cm, the weight of the boxer is about 60 kg. Vasily's hands scope reaches 166 cm.
Vasily Lomachenko now
In June 2021, the 1st after Losses Lopez is a celebrity battle. Boxer struck the Japanese Masayashi Nakatani. Nevertheless, Vasily caused the indignation of the Ukrainian public, since he did not put the flag of his native country on the awards ceremony. It happened by mistake or deliberately, Lomachenko did not comment.Attention attracted not only a political background, but also the fact that after the fight Vasily said he was waiting for a revenue with theophyms. The father of the American told in an interview that he believed Lomachenko a worthy opponent for his son.
A talented boxer is now engaged in non-one battles. Back in April 2021, together with Kum and Colleague, Alexander Vasiliya began to cooperate with the company, which is engaged in cybersport tournaments.
Achievements
- 2004 - Champion of Ukraine among cadets (up to 16 years, up to 46 kg)
- 2006 - World Junior Champion (up to 18 years, up to 53 kg)
- 2007 - 2nd place in the World Cup (up to 57 kg)
- 2008 - Olympic Games Champion (up to 57 kg)
- 2009 - World Champion (up to 57 kg)
- 2010 - Champion of Ukraine (up to 60 kg)
- 2011 - World Champion (up to 60 kg)
- 2012 - Olympic Games Champion (up to 60 kg)
- 2013 - International WBO WBO Champion (up to 57.2 kg)
- 2014-2016 - World WBO champion in a half-year-old weight (up to 57.2 kg)
- 2016-2018 - World WBO champion in the second half-year weight (up to 59 kg)
- 2018 - World WBA champion in lightweight weight (up to 61.2 kg); world champion in the Ring in lightweight weight (up to 61.2 kg); World WBO champion in lightweight weight (up to 61.2 kg)
- 2019 - World WBC Champion in lightweight (up to 61.2 kg)