Former world champion in two weight categories Shakur Stevenson reacted emotionally to the unwillingness of Vasily Lomachenko to fight him. 26-year-old American said that Lomachenko avoids a fight with him, calling a native of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky a coward. " Tell the other motherfuckers to line up. I'm ready to fight anyone. I don't care who it will be. This is madness. He was offered the most money he could earn throughout his career, but he refused. If that's not a drain, I don't know what is.. Loma is a coward," Stevenson has 20 wins (10 by knockout) in 20 fights in the professional ring. In his last fight, he knocked out the Japanese Shuichiro Yoshino in April 2023.. It was Shakur's debut fight in the lightweight division.. Lomachenko last entered the ring on the night of May 21. Vasily lost by unanimous decision to the American Devin Haney and missed the chance to become the undisputed world champion in lightweight.

Earlier, the head of the promotional company Top Rank, Bob Arum, said that Lomachenko refuses to return to the ring in 2023 due to the war in Ukraine.. Lomachenko refuses to fight this year. He wants to take a vacation. This shitty situation is still going on in Ukraine, everything is getting closer to where he lives - next to Odessa, which is being bombarded. He really can't focus on fights. I don't think it has anything to do with Shakur," In total, Lomachenko has 17 wins (11 by knockout) and 3 losses in the professional ring.