Former world champion in three weight categories Vasily Lomachenko shared his plans for the future before the fight with Japanese boxer Masayoshi Nakatani.
The 33-year-old Ukrainian said that he was going to stay at lightweight in order to regain the championship titles, which he lost in the last fight with Teofimo Lopez, and become the undisputed world champion..
" After that, who knows what will happen. But I definitely want a rematch with Lopez. If I were offered to fight for all four lightweight titles, I would definitely take this fight.. In the meantime, I intend to remain in the lightweight division, to return all my titles and become the absolute champion, "
Fight Lomachenko - Nakatani will take place at the Virgin Hotel arena in Las Vegas (USA). The beginning of the fight is at about 05:00 Kiev time on June 27. TSN Prosport will conduct an online broadcast of the fight Lomachenko - Nakatani.
33-year-old Lomachenko won 14 victories in his career (10 by knockout) and suffered 2 losses. In the last fight in October 2020, Vasily lost his championship belts in a duel with American Teofimo Lopez.
On the account of 32-year-old Nakatani 19 wins (13 - by knockout) and one defeat. The offender of the Japanese in July 2019 was the same Lopez, who won the fight by decision.
Earlier TSN Prosport wrote that Lomachenko and Nakatani made weight before the fight.