VASYL “Hi-Tech” LOMACHENKO
Age: 29 (2-17-88)
Birthplace: Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine
Record: 7-1, 5 KOs
Height: 5’6”
Reach: 65”
Stance: Left-handed
Manager: Egis Klimas (BWAA’s “2016 Manager of the Year”)
Trainer: Anatoly Lomachenko (father)
VASYL “Hi-Tech” LOMACHENKO (7-1, 5 KOs)…
PROFESSIONAL:
• Reigning WBO jr. lightweight champion, one defense…
• Former WBO featherweight champion, three defenses
• World championship fights: 6-1, 4 KOs…
• 2013 WORLD SERIES OF BOXING:
On 5-10-13 in Astana, KAZ, he won a 5 round unanimous decision against left-handed Samat Bashenov, scored of 49-45, 49-45, 50-44…
On 4-19-13 in Kiev, Ukraine, he won a 5 round unanimous decision against Domenico Valentino, scored 50-45 on all three scorecards…
On 3-30-13 in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won a 5 round split decision against Albert Selimov, scored 48-47, 48-47 Lomachenko, 48-47 Selimov…
On 3-1-13 in London, England, he won a 5 round unanimous decision against Samuel Maxwell, scored 50-45 on all three scorecards…
On 2-8-13 in Brovary, Ukraine, he won a 5 round unanimous decision against Charly Suarez, scored 50-44 on all three scorecards…
On 1-11-13 in Kiev, Ukraine, he won a 5 round unanimous decision against Samuel Maxwell, scored 50-45 on all three scorecards…
Lomachenko said, "The way I see it, the World Series of Boxing is nothing like professional boxing. In the World Series fights, all of the participants are still amateur fighters and the rules are just like amateur rules. It's not even close to professional."
TRADITIONAL AMATEUR CAREER:
• Reported Amateur Record: 396-1
• 2012 Olympic Games gold medal winner, 132 pounds…
• 2008 Olympic Games gold medal winner, 125 pounds; won Val Barker Trophy for “Outstanding Boxer”…
• 2009, 2011 amateur world champion, 132 pounds
• 2007 silver medal at World Championship, 125 pounds.
• 2009, 2010 2011 Ukrainian National Champion, 132 pounds
• 2008 Ukrainian National Champion, 125 pounds
• 2010 Presidents Cup (amateur), 132 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 2008 European Championships, 132 pounds – Gold Medalist…
• 2008 Klitschko Brothers Tournament gold medal, 125 pounds
• 2004 European Cadet Championships (amateur), 101 pounds – Gold Medalist…
AMATEUR, PERSONAL BACKGROUND:
Vasyl said through an interpreter, "I was born and raised in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine. I have one sister. She's a gymnast. My father is a boxing trainer – he was also a schoolteacher – and my mother is a gymnastics trainer, so my whole family is involved in sports. My father was an amateur boxer when he was young.
"I can't even remember how old I was when I first started boxing, but I was very, very young. When I was born, I think they took me straight from the hospital to the gym. [note: Vasyl has said in published interviews that he started boxing at the age of four or five]
"I had 396 amateur fights, with one loss.
"I eat with my right hand, I write with my right hand, but I fight left-handed. When I first started, my father trained me and put me in the left-handed stance.
"I'm married. My wife's name is Elena and we have two children. My son's name is Anatoly. He was five years old on November 17. Our daughter was born on August 26, 2012. Her name is Victoria. I named her that for the victory – she was born on the same day I signed with Top Rank."…
MORE AMATEUR HIGHLIGHTS:
2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – London, England, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 8-2-12 he won a 15-3 decision against Wellington Arias of Dominican Republic; in the quarterfinals on 8-6-12 he won a 14-9 decision against Félix Verdejo of Puerto Rico; in the semifinals on 8-10-12 he won a 14-11 decision against Yasniel Toledo of Cuba; in the finals on 8-12-12 he won a 19-9 decision against Han Soon-Chul of Republic of Korea...
Vasyl’s teammates on the 2012 Ukrainian Olympic team were heavyweight gold medalist Oleksandr Usyk, light welterweight silver medalist Denys Berinchyk, welterweight bronze medalist Taras Shelestyuk, and light heavyweight bronze medalist Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Middleweight Ievgen Khytrov and bantamweight Pavlo Ishchenko were the only team members who did not medal…
2012 NIKOLAY MANGER MEMORIAL – Kherson, Ukraine, 141 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) he won a 16-3 decision against Vilen Seitosmanov of Ukraine; in the semifinals on 5-18-12 he won a 14-3 decision against Fedor Vinogradov of Russia; in the finals on 5-19-12 he won an 18-5 decision against Vyacheslav Kislitsin of Ukraine...
2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Baku, Azerbajian, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 10-1-11 he stopped Lomalito Moala of Tonga in the 1st round; in his second fight on 10-3-11 he won a 16-9 decision against José Ramírez of the U.S.; in his third fight on 10-4-11 he won a 19-18 decision against Robson Conceicao of Brazil; in the quarterfinals on 10-5-11 he won an 18-10 decision against Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan; in the semifinals on 10-7-11 he won a 17-11 decision against Domenico Valentino of Italy; in the finals on 10-8-11 he won a 17-12 decision against Yasniel Toledo of Cuba...
2011 MAKAR MAZAY MEMORIAL – Mariupol, Ukraine, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 7-5-11 he won an 18-4 decision against Mohammad Momevand of Iran; in the quarterfinals on 7-6-11 he stopped Soon-Chul Han of Korea in the 2nd round; in the semifinals on 7-8-11 he won a 25-7 decision against Fazliddin Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan; in the finals on 7-9-11 he won an 18-5 decision against Gani Zhaylauov of Kazakhstan...
2011 NIKOLAY MANGER MEMORIAL – Kherson, Ukraine, 141 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight he stopped (1st round) Joshgun Aliyev of Azerbaijan; in the quarterfinals he won by walkover against Abderrazak Haouia of Tunisia; in the semifinals on 5-4-11 he won a 17-7 decision against Denis Berinchik of Ukraine; in the finals on 5-5-11 he stopped Nikolay Bochkov of Ukraine in the 2nd round...
2011 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Kharkov, Ukraine, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 3-22-11 he won a 4-0 decision against Artem Sereda; in his second fight on 3-23-11 he won a 17-0 decision against Gyunduz Guseinov; in the quarterfinals on 3-24-11 he won a 6-1 decision against Andriy Rudenko; in the semifinals on 3-26-11 he won an 11-3 decision against Volodymyr Matviychuk; in the finals on 3-27-11 he won and 8-1 decision against Dmytro Bulenkov...
2010 PRESIDENTS CUP – Astana, Kazakhstan, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 6-28-10 he won a 6-0 decision against Mahmoud Eshaish of Jordan; in the quarterfinals on 6-30-10 he won a 5-0 decision against Asylbek Talasbayev of Kyrgystan; in the semifinals on 7-1-10 he won a 13-4 decision against Samat Bashenov of Kazakhstan; he won a 5-0 decision against Aidar Amirzakov of Kazakhstan...
2010 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Sumy, Ukraine, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 2-9-10 he defeated Dmytro Vedmedenko; in his second fight on 2-10-10 he won an 11-0 decision against Loma Aidarov; in the quarterfinals on 2-11-10 he stopped Vitaliy Maiboroda in the 2nd round; in the semifinals on 2-13-10 he stopped Andriy Kolesnik in the 3rd round; in the finals on 2-14-10 he won by walkover against Serhiy Kravets...
2009 EUROPEAN STUDENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Elista, Russia, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in the semifinals (his first fight) on 10-15-09 he won a 4-0 decision against Ural Karslioglu of Turkey; in the finals on 10-17-09 he won a 4-0 decision against Valeriy Pluyaskin of Russia...
2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Milan, Italy, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 9-6-09 he won a 16-2 decision against Mario Aleksic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in his second fight on 9-8-99 he won a 15-1 decision against Craig Evans of Wales; in the quarterfinals on 9-9-99 he won an 8-2 decision against Branimir Stankovic of Serbia; in the semifinals on 9-11-09 he won a 12-1 decision against Oscar Valdez of Mexico; in the finals on 9-12-09 he won a 12-1 decision against Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia...
2009 MAKAR MAZAY MEMORIAL – Mariupol, Ukraine, 132 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 7-8-09 he won a 14-4 decision against Ismat Eynullayev of Azerbaijan; in the quarterfinals on 7-10-09 he won a 4-0 decision against Serhiy Kravets of Ukraine; in the semifinals on 7-11-09 he won a 10-1 decision against Volodymyr Matviychuk of Ukraine; in the finals on 7-12-09 he won a 7-1 decision against Dmytro Bulenkov of Ukraine...
2009 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 3-17-09 he stopped Yuriy Shevchenko in the 3rd round; in the quarterfinals on 3-18-09 he defeated Ilya Zhuravel; in the semifinals on 3-20-09 he won a 10-0 decision against Viktor Makaritskiy; in the finals on 3-22-09 he won a 10-0 decision against Maxim Tretyak...
2008 WORLD CUP – Moscow, Russia, 125 pounds: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) on 12-11-08 he lost by walkover against Bohodirion Sultanov of Uzbekistan...
2008 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Liverpool, England, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on the 11-9-08 he won a 10-0 decision against Vladimir Nikiforov of Estonia; in the quarterfinals on the 11-12-08 he won a 10-2 decision against David Oliver Joyce of Ireland; in the semifinals on 11-13-08 he won a 2-1 decision against Hicham Ziouti of France; in the finals on 11-15-08 he won a 7-1 decision against Araik Ambartsumov of Russia…
2008 OLYMPIC GAMES – Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST – won Val Barker Award for "Outstanding Boxer": in his first fight on 8-11-08 he won a 14-7 decision against Albert Selimov of Russia; in his second fight on 8-15-08 he won a 13-1 decision against Bahodirjon Sooltonov of Uzbekistan; in the quarterfinals on 8-18-08 he won a 12-3 decision against Li Yang of China; in the semifinals on 8-22-08 he won a 10-1 decision against Yakup Kiliç of Turkey; in the finals on 8-23-08 he stopped Khedafi Djelkhir of France in the 1st round...
2008 KLITSCHKO BROTHERS TOURNAMENT – Kiev, Ukraine, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in his first fight on 5-19-08 he won by disqualification (4th round) against Denis Tereshkov of Bulgaria; in the quarterfinals on 5-20-08 he won a 14-5 decision against Idel Torriente of Cuba; in the semifinals on 5-21-08 he stopped Han Soon Chul of Korea in the 3rd round; in the finals on 5-23-08 he stopped Sergey Ignatiev of Russia in the 3rd round...
2008 UKRAINIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Evpatoriya, Ukraine, 125 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST: in the quarterfinals (his first fight) he stopped Denys Levakov in the 3rd round; in the semifinals he won a 21-2 decision against Oleg Malinovskiy; in the finals he defeated Maxim Tretyak...
2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chicago, Illinois, 125 pounds – SILVER MEDALIST: in his first fight on 10-24-07 he won a 26-9 decision against Abner Cotto of Puerto Rico; in his second fight on 10-27-07 he won a 19-5 decision against Theodoros Papazov of Greece; in his third fight on 10-30-07 he won a 21-6 decision against Mikhail Bernadski of Belorussia; in the quarterfinals on 11-1-07 he stopped Arturo Santos Reyes of Mexico in the 3rd round; in the semifinals on 11-2-07 he had a 13-13 draw, but won the tiebreaker against Li Yang of China; in the finals on 11-3-07 he lost a 16-11 decision against Albert Selimov of Russia...
2005 SEMEN TRESTIN MEMORIAL – Odessa, Ukraine, 112 pounds – GOLD MEDALIST [incomplete results]: in the finals on 8-7-05 he won a decision against Vyacheslav Goyan of Moldavia...
Vasyl’s website address is lomachenko.com.
