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LAS VEGAS (June 5, 2025) — Following a remarkable professional career, the great Vasiliy Lomachenko announced his retirement from boxing. Top Rank has been privileged to promote “Loma” for the entirety of his historic journey, which included world titles in three weight classes and recognition as the sport’s preeminent pound-for-pound fighter.
Lomachenko tied a boxing record by winning a world title in his third professional bout and became a three-weight world champion in 12 fights, setting a new standard in the sport.
Before turning pro, he had an incomparable amateur record of 396-1, winning a pair of Olympic and World Championship gold medals for his native Ukraine. In 2022, he put his career on hold, returning to his homeland to join a territorial defense battalion after the Russian invasion.
Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum said, “It’s been an honor for all of us at Top Rank to promote the pro boxing career of Vasiliy Lomachenko. He was a generational champion, and we will all miss his participation in the sport.”
The Matrix, Former World Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko, Retires at Age 37
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Three-division world champion Vasyl ‘The Matrix’ Lomachenko, age, 37, who regained the World Boxing Organisation World Lightweight title by defeating George Kambosos Jr., after losing it in a controversial decision to Devin Haney, has officially retired.
Lomachenko AKA ‘Loma’, a Ukrainian southpaw, had a professional record of 18-3 with 12 knockouts between 2013 and 2024. “I am grateful for every victory and every defeat, both in the ring and in life,” Lomachenko said. “I’m thankful that as my career comes to an end, I’ve gained clarity about the direction a person must take in order to achieve true victory.
A two-time Olympic Gold medalist at featherweight in 2008 and lightweight in 2012, pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world at one time, and a three-division world champion at featherweight, junior lightweight, and lightweight, Lomachenko had a dazzling 396-1 amateur record. |
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