Vasyl Lomachenko

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18 ❌ 3 ➖ 0 12 KOs 0 KOs	⚖️ Division: lightweight ⭐️ Rating: Top-10 world level (former multi-division champion) Bouts: 21 ⏳ Rounds: 199 KO Percentage: 66.67% Career: 2013–2025 (retired) Alias: Loma, Hi-Tech, The Matrix Age: 37 Stance: southpaw Height: 5′ 7″ / 171 cm Reach: 65½″ / 166 cm Nationality: Ukraine Residence: Oxnard, California, USA Birthplace: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine Debut: 2013-10-12 ID#: 659771

Vasyl Lomachenko is one of boxing’s rare “instant greats,” a two-time Olympic champion who carried an elite amateur IQ into a short, high-impact pro career. Turning professional in October 2013, the Ukrainian southpaw stunned the sport by challenging for a world title in only his second bout and has spent the next decade redefining what footwork, angles, and timing can do at the highest level. Officially listed at 171 cm with a 166 cm reach, Lomachenko never relied on size; instead he built fights around distance manipulation and rhythm traps. His signature style—fast level changes, sharp pivots to the blind side, and combination bursts that arrive from unexpected lanes—earned him the nicknames “Hi-Tech” and “The Matrix.” Across 21 professional bouts he finished with an 18–3 record and 12 knockouts, winning major belts in three weight classes and defeating a long list of title-level opponents. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

The heart of Lomachenko’s greatness is not raw power but control. He “reads” opponents in real time, forcing them to reset their feet while he is already in position to fire. That constant repositioning breaks defensive habits and often makes elite fighters look a step slow. Even when he stepped up to lightweight against naturally bigger men, his efficiency stayed intact: he could bank rounds through accuracy and ring generalship, then raise the pace with surgical flurries once patterns were solved. His late-career run showed that adaptability. After narrow defeats to Teofimo Lopez in 2020 and Devin Haney in 2023, Lomachenko returned in May 2024 to stop George Kambosos Jr and capture the vacant IBF lightweight title, reminding everyone that his timing and composure were still world-class. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

On 5 June 2025, Lomachenko announced his retirement at age 37, vacating his IBF belt and closing the book on a professional journey that was unusually compact for a legend. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} His legacy sits in the way he elevated fundamentals into art: every step, feint, and punch served a single goal—making the opponent fight in the wrong place at the wrong time. For fans and fighters alike, Lomachenko remains a masterclass in how intelligence, pace, and precision can outweigh physical advantages.

Tips / interesting facts:

1. Lomachenko’s most dangerous moments often come after he has “downloaded” an opponent for 2–4 rounds—watch for mid-fight acceleration.
2. His pivot to the outside of an opponent’s lead foot is a trademark setup for left-hand counters.
3. Despite a high KO rate, his stoppages usually build from positioning and volume, not single-shot power.
4. He won world titles in three divisions with fewer than 15 pro fights—almost unheard of today.

Professional Fight History (Box-pro)