Two-time Olympic gold medal winner, and multiple weight class pro champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has announced his retirement from boxing. Lomachenko leaves the sport as the reigning IBF lightweight champion. The announcement came in a video posted on social media by Ring Magazine. Lomachenko's record is listed as 18-3 but Boxingtalk considers 24-3 to be his proper record based on six paid wins in the World Series of Boxing. Lomachenko, a hero in his native Ukraine, last fought in 2024, a defense of his title against former champion George Kambosos. Lomachenko also held world titles at featherweight and junior lightweight.
Lomachenko's promoter, Top Rank, issued the following statment:
"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 [nine if you count the World Series of Boxing] 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."
