The absolute world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. supported Vasily Lomachenko, who refused to fight with the Australian and decided to stay in Ukraine to defend his country in the war against the Russian invaders.

Lomachenko was the main contender for the battle against Kambosos, the fight was planned to be held in Australia. However, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vasily entered the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky terrorist defense.

Kambosos' next opponent will be WBC title holder Devin Haney. The fight will take place on June 4 in Melbourne.

" At a certain stage, talks to fight Lomachenko just went better.. Devin Haney shot himself in the foot because he thought he was pushed back. He appeared on Twitter and wrote that he would agree to the same as Lomachenko - the same fee and everything, thinking that we had already agreed on a fight.

Definitely Lomachenko has a bigger fight right now.. I respect it very much. Hope he and his family are safe. But at that moment Devin Gainey appeared on the scene. If you said something and the world saw it, then be a man of your word," com.

Recall that the former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, who is engaged in the defense of the capital from Russian invaders, summed up his visit to Germany, where he met with government representatives.