What to do while in Ukraine

Tyson in Ukraine The former absolute world champion visited Kiev on a working visit. Recently, 53-year-old Mike became the face of the Parimatch company and flew to the capital to star in an advertisement of his partners. Parimatch is actively working with the fight lovers market - in the past, their official ambassador was MMA star Conor MacGregor. "I was 11 years old and I stole something. They put me in a colony for theft. They showed us a film about Ali, and after 10 minutes he came to us. Everyone just went crazy. And at that moment I thought that I want to be like him. I wanted to be as respected as he was, "- said Tyson. Tyson in Ukraine Tyson in Kiev “Lomachenko is the best, but I don’t know the second guy (Usik). In any case, he’s not as cool as Vasiliy. I don’t personally know Lomachenko,” the boxer answered the question about Ukrainian champions. “Iron Mike” talked about everything: about the Ukrainian wife of his former coach, about who

Ukrainian WBA and WBO lightweight champ Vasily Lomachenko sent Anthony Kroll to heavy knockout and retained his titles. The fight took place on Saturday early in the morning Kiev time in Los Angeles and ended in the fourth round, although it could be stopped in the third. The referee in the end of the third round after a series of punches Lomachenko decided not to stop the fight by technical knockout, but only to count the knockdown.  

Lightweight world champion and one of the world's strongest boxers, regardless of weight class, Vasily Lomachenko and actor Mickey Rourke in New York fashion week in clothes from German fashion designer Philip Plain.

 Here you could see young Vasiliy Lomachenko fighting very good opponent and teammate Denis Berinchyk . The competition took place in 2013 in Ukrainian town Kherson. I can watch this sparring again and again. This is a schoolbook of boxing, these guys are f*cking murders!

How do you determine the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world? It's a question that journalists, pundits and scores of fighters, trainers and promoters have asked and debated for a decades. Skill, certainly. A fighter’s in-ring brilliance is visible, regardless of the competition. But what about that competition? Certainly the strength of a fighter’s resume should be taken into account. The point—it’s subjective. With that backdrop, we unveil SI.com’s pound-for-pound list for December 2018. 1. Vasyl Lomachenko Record: 12-1 Last fight: UD vs. Jose Pedraza on Dec. 8 Next fight: TBD Lomachenko picked up another piece of the 135-pound crown with a masterful performance against Pedraza, dropping the ex-champ twice in the 11th round and showcasing the pinpoint accuracy that has made him the most dangerous fighter in the lighter weight classes. Lomachenko is brilliant. How he showcases that brilliance is the question. With Mikey Garcia headed to welterweight

The @GEICO photo of the fight 📸 #LomaPedraza pic.twitter.com/j0XfCiMFIC — Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) 9 december 2018

Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko in his 13 fight in the professional ring won confidently Puerto Rican Jose Pedraza (Jose Pedraza) and combined world champion titles according to WBA and WBO lightweight (up to 61.235 kg). Ukrainian won the points battle (117-109, 119-107, 117-109) that took place in Madison Square Garden Theater in New York (USA). In round 11, Lomachenko twice knocked down Pedraza, but the latter rose from his knee, managing to hold out until the end of the round.   Phew!! What a fight! #LomaPedraza pic.twitter.com/2IKTPP5QoY — Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) 9 december 2018

On December 9, in New York, a boxing unification bout will take place immediately after 2 titles. Ukrainian WBA World Champion Vasily Lomachenko meets with José Pedraza . Puerto Rico has a championship belt WBO in the weight category up to 61 kilograms. Lomachenko recently completed preparations for the battle, and maintains the form, showing his skills to New Yorkers. Especially liked the public during the open training corporate performance "High-Tech" with a tennis ball on an elastic band attached to a baseball cap. #Lomachenko #mediaworkout #FightBall 🎾🥊 pic.twitter.com/cSu2ZBSCq8 — LOMA👽🇺🇦 (@LomachenkoBand) 5 december 2018

Ukrainian WBA lightweight world champion Vasily Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) on the night of December 8-9 in New York, at Madisson Square Garden, will hold his first unification fight in his career. The rival of Lomachenko will be the winner of the WBO title in this division, José Pedraza (25-1, 12 KOs)  Vasily Lomachenko and his new mouth piece for Jose Pedraza fight.

On the night of May 12th, Vasily Lomachenko will hold a championship battle with Jorge Linares . On May 12, New York (USA), 30-year-old Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8KO) and 32-year-old Venezuelan Jorge Linares (44-3, 27KO) will fight for the WBA Lightweight Champion title, owned by Linares. At stake in this battle is history. 3 years ago, the Japanese, Kazuto Ioka, became the champion in three different weight categories faster than all in history - for 18 fights. Already this weekend Lomachenko can seriously update this record. The fight against Linares will be for him only 12 in the professional ring. 

UFC champion in the lightest weight category TJ Dillashaw is preparing for a second fight with Cody Garbrandt along with Vasily Lomachenko , from which he tries to learn as much as possible. On training with Lomachenko: "I also love to be an elusive opponent, who is constantly moving and changing postures.   I watch how he reacts to the opponent, how he keeps calm, and this I try to use more in my training. We do not need to hurry, on the contrary, we show patience and look for the opportunities that are opening up. Not every blow should be heavy. You see how Lomachenko constantly gets you out, makes you close, and then chooses the moment for a strong blow. He can teach a lot. I try to update my skills with new knowledge "

Ukrainian champions and friends Alexander Usik and Vasily Lomachenko showed their dancing talent, dancing in a restaurant at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Lomachenko. February 17, Vasily Lomachenko turned 30 years old. But Alexander Antennae January 17 turned 31. Это 30 лет!!!🔥🔥🔥#LomUs @duet_oreshki A post shared by 🇺🇦LomUs Official🇺🇦 (@lomus.ua) on Feb 17, 2018 at 8:40am PST

Vasily Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) before the Saturday fight went through a traditional weighing procedure. Both fighters on the first attempt were within the framework of the second featherweight (up to 58,967 kg). Lomachenko on the scales showed 58.51 kg, Rigondeau a day before the fight weighs a record in his career of 58.24 kg.

December 9 in New York (USA) in the hall of the Madison Square Garden Theater will be a duel, which will meet the 29-year-old Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko and 37-year-old Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux .

April 8 in Oxon Hill, Maryland, USA will host a boxing show, the main event of which will be a fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jason Sosa . As part of this evening, the WBO world champion in the first heavyweight championship, the 30-year-old Ukrainian, Alexander Usik   (11-0, 10KO) will enter the ring with 28-year-old American Michael Hunter (12-0 , 8KO), and the light heavyweight Alexander Gvozdik will meet with the Cuban Junieska Gonzalez.

WBO World Lightweight Champion in first lightweight 29-year-old Ukrainian Vasiliy Lomachenko  became a guest of the "A Los Golpes" program on the Spanish-language version of the ESPN channel. Recall that on April 8 he will fight against the 29-year-old American Jason Sosa (link is external).

The world champion of the WBO junior lightweight champion 28 -year-old Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko met with former world champion featherweight champion 30 -year-old Jamaican Nicholas Walters . In the seventh round Lomachenko began literally crush his opponent in the corner and  Jamaican Nicholas Walters refused to continue the fight. Great win for Lomachenko 

The world champion of the WBO Junior Lightweight Champion 28-year-old Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko believes that the Russian Sergey Kovalev won 8 rounds in the bout against Andre Ward . This is very strange that Lomachenko is wearing Russian flag concidering the anexation of Crimea and east of Ukrainian Donbass. But Sergey Kovalev was also spotted wearing Ukrainian t-shirt at Lomachenko's camp.

Ukrainian Lomachenko renounced the world title WBO Title.  The world champion belt became vacant. Promotion company Top Rank said that the first two numbers the organization rating Oscar Valdez (20-0, 17 KOs) and Martin Rueda (26-0, 23 KOs) will be boxing for the WBO world title at featherweight . Vasyl Lomachenko rejected this belt. Vasily himself will box for the WBO title in the second featherweight title against Roman Martinez 11 June. The fight Valdes - Rueda will be held on July 23 in Las Vegas on the under-card of the fight Postol - Crawford .   I n the doping sample of Russian boxer -heavyweight Alexander Povetkin found the residual traces meldonium in low concentrations . Because of this, the fight was canceled with Deontay Wilder , scheduled for May 21 .

World champion by the WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) confidently defended his title, defeating Mexican Romulo Koasichu (25-5, 15 KOs). Lomachenko dominated in ring in each of the rounds, showing excellent footwork, speed and variety of attacks. Total in battle Ukrainian threw 383 jabs and power punches 334, of which 334 targets achieved. In Koasicha total 607 strokes, of which only 75 beautiful. A final point in the match put the Ukrainian in the tenth round accurate kick left to the body - knockout.