Vasyl Lomachenko

Vasyl Lomachenko is married to Elena Lomachenko. They have a son named Anatoly and a daughter.

Vasyl Anatoliyovich Lomachenko was born on February 17, 1988 in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

He completed his education from South Ukrainian Pedagogical University and was coached in boxing by his father Anatoly Lomachenko.

Vasyl Lomachenko began his amateur career at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago with a win against Abner Cotto in the first round of the featherweight division. He reached the finals by defeating Theodoros Papazov, Arturo Santos Reyes and Li Yang. His opponent in the final was Russian boxer Albert Selimov and he lost to him by 11-16.

He avenged his defeat to Selimov by beating him in the first round at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He went on to win the gold medal and received the 'Val Barker Trophy' as the tournament's outstanding boxer.

He continued his successful run by winning every match at the 2008 European Championships. The following year, he again won the featherweight division title at the World Championships by easily defeating all his opponents by huge margins.

At the 2011 World Championships, he participated in the lightweight division and went on to earn another gold medal by defeating all his six opponents.

He continued his winning streak at the 2012 London Olympics and bagged his second consecutive Gold Medal by defeating South Korean boxer Han Soon-Chul in the final by 19–9.

Following his second Olympic gold medal win, Vasyl Lomachenko signed a contract with Top Rank and made his professional debut by defeating Mexican fighter José Ramirez via TKO in Nevada, US on October 12, 2013.

In an attempt to make world record, he challenged veteran boxer Orlando Salido for the World Boxing Organization's featherweight title, but lost to him at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on March 1, 2014.

Due to the fact that Salido had lost the featherweight title because of being overweight, the WBO officials arranged a fight between Lomachenko and Gary Russell Jr. to claim the title. Lomachenko defeated his opponent via majority decision in the 12th round at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on June 22, 2014 to become the new featherweight champion.

His first fight to defend the title was against mandatory challenger, Thai boxer Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo, at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort in Macao on November 22, 2014. He won the fight easily by unanimous decision at the end of round 12, but injured his left hand in the seventh round.

The winner of the mandatory fight was slated to face Puerto Rican boxer Gamalier Rodriguez—who was on a 17-fight winning streak—at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2, 2015. Lomachenko, who had just signed a five-year-extension with Top Rank, again defended his title by defeating Rodriguez via a ninth-round KO victory, dominating the fight with speed and precision.