Boxing-Double Olympic champion Lomachenko announces retirement


  • Boxing
  • Friday, 06 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Vasyl Lomachenko v Luke Campbell - WBO, WBA & WBC World Lightweight Titles - O2 Arena, London, Britain - August 31, 2019 Vasyl Lomachenko during the fight Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo

(Reuters) -Ukraine's double Olympic gold medallist and three-weight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko announced his retirement from boxing on Thursday at the age of 37 and more than a year after his last fight.

Lomachenko beat Australian George Kambosos Jr with an 11th round stoppage in Perth last May to claim the vacant IBF lightweight belt.

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