Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) will be back in the ring on June 26, Saturday against Japanese contender Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KOs) at Las Vegas.
For 33-year-old Vasiliy Lomachenko, there was a kind of hopelessness hovering around after he lost to Teofimo Lopez last October. There was always this question -- whether he would be back to his winning ways or would that be the end of his career. But the former unified Lightweight champion has chosen to roar again. Vasiliy Lomachenko will meet Masayoshi Nakatani inside the ring at Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas on June 26, Saturday in a 12-round lightweight bout.
Birth Name: Vasiliy Anatoliyovich Lomachenko
Alias: Loma
Country: Ukraine
Age: 33
Height: 5′ 7″ (170 cm)
Reach: 65½″ (166 cm)
Division: lightweight(135 lbs / 61,23 kg)
Stance: Southpaw
Vasiliy Anatoliyovych Lomachenko is a Ukrainian boxer. He was born on February 17, 1988, in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine. He is currently a resident of Oxnard, California, USA. Lomachenko is known for being a former champion in three weight classes. He has held the unified WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine lightweight titles, the WBO featherweight title & the WBO junior lightweight title.
The last fight for Vasiliy Lomachenko was on October 17, 2020, against Teofimo Lopez. Lomachenko lost the game by unanimous decision (UD). Lomachenko’s first world title came his way on June 21, 2014. It was the WBO featherweight title, a fight for a vacant title. Lomachenko has fought 16 championships — he won 14 and lost 2, one of which was his last fight against Teofimo Lopez.
Lomachenko had won against notable names like Luke Campbell, Gary Russell Jr., Jose Pedraza, and Jorge Linares. Before he lost to Lopez, Lomachenko had won 13 straight bouts. His Ukrainian fans call him one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers.
Country: Japan
Age: 32
Height: 5′ 11½″ (182 cm)
Reach: 71″ (180 cm)
Division: lightweight
Stance: Orthodox
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Masayoshi Nakatani is a Japanese fighter. He is known for holding the OPBF lightweight title from the year 2014 to 2019. He also won the WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title last year. Nakatani competes in the lightweight division and has been fighting as a professional boxer for over 10 years. Masayoshi, who currently lives in Tokyo, was born on August 18, 1989, in Osaka, Japan. Nakatani’s first professional fight was against Katsuhisa Shiokawa on June 12, 2011. Masayoshi won the contest by technical knockout (TKO). Nakatani fought the first 18 matches of his career in Japan, and it was when he won the OPBF lightweight title in 2014. He defended the title 11 times.
The 32-year-old Japanese boxer had his most celebrated victory last December against Felix Verdejo. However, in July 2019, he lost against Lopez through a unanimous decision. Nakatani will have a six-inch reach advantage and a five-inch height advantage when he gets into the ring against Lomachenko on June 26 Saturday. That advantage will surely help him in the fight against the former champion. Since Nakatani started his professional career, he has fought 20 championships— of which he won 19 and has lost only once. .
| Fight | Division |
| Vasiliy Lomachenko Masayoshi Nakatani | lightweight (135 lbs) |
| Rob Brant Zhanibek Alimkhanuly | middleweight (160 lbs) |
| Jose Soto Jesse Rodriguez | super flyweight (115 lbs) |