There's finally news of Vasily Lomachenko, but to the disappointment of fans, the 36-year-old Lomachenko is considering retiring and may not be fighting again. Just when Lomachenko destroyed George Camborsos Jr. to regain the world title in May, Lomachenko announced that he would recuperate and adjust for the rest of 2024, so much so that he missed out on a potential encounter with Gwota "The Tank" Davies, who had to choose the little-known Lamont Roach to play.
The news of Lomachenko's possible retirement was revealed by boxing columnist Michael Kopinger, who learned from talking to Davis' team that Lomachenko had no intention of continuing to fight.
Kopinger wrote on social media: Davis has been in talks with Lomachenko, but unfortunately Lomachenko is considering retirement, so after the fight was shattered, Davis decided to fight Roach, who will be the favorite fighter.
Why is Lomachenko considering retirement? Is it disheartened? Or do you think it's a success? Or is there something unspeakable? The details are unknown!
Fans are looking forward to Lomachenko taking on Davis, and if this bout doesn't happen, it will be one of the biggest regrets in his field.
Young fans may not know that as early as 2017, Lomachenko called Davies' name, when he was 29 years old and at the peak of his career, on the contrary, Davis was only 23 years old and still in the stage of perfection, so Davis took a shy attitude towards Lomachenko's calling.
Now, Lomachenko is old, he will be 37 years old in February next year, obviously past his prime, but Davis thought of the other party, he obviously feels that it is more certain to fight Lomachenko at this time, but Lomachenko is not stupid, he will seriously consider whether he needs to achieve Davis.
When you think about it, it is not surprising that Lomachenko is considering retiring, because as early as 2023, after losing to Devin Haney, he had already planned to remove his gloves and leave, but under the persuasion of his father and coach Anatoly Lomachenko, he decided to stay and finally knock out Cambosos to win the IBF lightweight championship belt.
Lomachenko is clear about what it means to fight Davies, and he has previously admitted in interviews that it is not a "good" contest for the simple reason that Lomachenko is older and younger, and the situation could be completely different if the two sides had met in 2017.
Fans also hope that Lomachenko will have a rematch with Hani, after all, in last year's fight, Hani would not have been able to defeat Lomachenko without the help of the referee, but Hani, who has the honor of an orangutan, knows that he will not give the other party a chance, let alone embarrass himself in the rematch, and Hani, who is now promoted to 140 pounds, will have a hard time controlling his weight in this division and is expected to continue to climb to 147 pounds welterweight, so there is no hope of facing Lomachenko.
Considering Lomachenko's age and condition, it is reasonable to retire now, but there are many big battles that cannot be won. According to Lomachenko's achievements and influence, if he retires, he will definitely be able to enter the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the future, and at the same time leave his own place in the history of boxing......