Vasyl Lomachenko

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Vasyl Lomachenko

Vasyl Lomachenko
Statistics
Real name Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко
Nickname(s) Hi-Tech
Rated at Featherweight
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality Ukrainian
Born (1988-02-17) February 17, 1988
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 1
Wins 1
Wins by KO 1
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Ukraine
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Featherweight
Gold 2012 London Lightweight
World Amateur Championships
Silver 2007 Chicago Featherweight
Gold 2009 Milan Featherweight
Gold 2011 Baku Lightweight
European Amateur Championships
Gold 2008 Liverpool Featherweight

Vasyl Anatoliyovich Lomachenko (Ukrainian: Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко; born February 17, 1988)[1] is a Ukrainian professional boxer who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, gold medals at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships[2] and 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, as well as the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the featherweight division and 2012 London Olympics in the lightweight division. Coached by his father Anatoly, Lomachenko claims that if his father had not been a boxing coach he probably would have chosen to play ice hockey professionally.[1]

Amateur career

At the World Championships 2007 in Chicago he beat Abner Cotto in the first round, Theodoros Papazov, Arturo Santos Reyes, and Li Yang in the semifinal to reach a fight against Russian favorite Albert Selimov, another southpaw, to whom he lost, 12:16.

Lomachenko won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He avenged his 2007 World Championship defeat to Selimov in the first round. Lomachenko beat his five opponents by an astonishing 58-13 on the way to his first gold medal, and was subsequently named the outstanding boxer for the tournament and awarded the Val Barker Trophy.

In 2012 London Olympics he won his second consecutive Gold Medal. He defeated Han Soon-Chul of South Korea in the final by 19-9.

Lomachenko finished his amateur career with a career record of 396-1, with only loss avenged twice.[3][4]

World Amateur Championships Results

2007

2009[5]

  • Defeated Mario Aleksic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 16-2
  • Defeated Craig Evans (Wales) 15-1
  • Defeated Branimir Stankovic (Serbia) 8-2
  • Defeated Oscar Valdez (Mexico) 12-1
  • Defeated Sergey Vodopyanov (Russia) 12-1

2011

  • Defeated Lomalito Moala (Tonga) RSC 1
  • Defeated José Ramírez (USA) 16-9
  • Defeated Robson Conceicao (Brasil) 19-18 (originally lost 19-20 but decision was controversially overturned)
  • Defeated Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan) 18-10
  • Defeated Domenico Valentino (Italy) 17-11
  • Defeated Yasniel Toledo (Cuba) 17-12

Olympic Games Results

2008

2012

European Championships Results

2008

  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Vladimir Nikiforov (Estonia) 10-0
  • Defeated David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) 10-2
  • Defeated Hicham Ziouti (France) 2-1
  • Defeated Araik Ambartsumov (Russia) 7-1.[6]

Professional career

2013

After winning the gold medal, Lomachenko made the decision to turn pro. After meeting with several fight promoters, Lomachenko signed a contract to fight for Top Rank. Lomachenko made his professional debut in United States 12 October 2013 as part of the undercard to the Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez main event defeating Mexican fighter Jose Ramirez with a fourth round knockout.[3]

Professional boxing record

1 Wins (1 knockouts, 0 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[7]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A Mexico Orlando Salido style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A - (12) 2014-03-01 United States Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas For WBO World Featherweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1-0 Mexico Jose Ramirez KO 4 (10), 2:59 2013-10-12 United States Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada Won WBO International Featherweight Title in Professional debut.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lomachenko lapping up the applause, International Boxing Association (September 14, 2009)
  2. ↑ Ukrainian boxer Lomachenko becomes world champion Interfax-Ukraine (September 14, 2009)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scott Christ (October 12, 2013). "Bradley vs Marquez results: Vasyl Lomachenko dominates in pro debut". Bad Left Hook. 
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/LomachenkoVasyl/status/337311429071880192
  5. ↑ DAILY RESULTS, International Boxing Association
  6. ↑ "Medallists by weight category". AIBA. Retrieved 16 November 2008. 
  7. ↑ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=659771&cat=boxer

External links

Awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games
1904: 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg), 1908: 116–126 lb (52.6–57.2 kg), 1920–1928: 118–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg), 1932–1936: 119–126 lb (54.0–57.2 kg), 1948: 54–58 kg 1952–2008: 54–57 kg
1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg), 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg), 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg), 1948: 58–62 kg, 1952–2008: 57–60 kg, 2012: 56–60 kg
1974 – 2009: up to 57 kg
1974 – 2011: up to 60 kg
1951 – 2010: up to 57 kg
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