Ukraine fight Russia's senseless invasion. The former three-weight world champion was in discussions with lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr to fight in Australia later this year but he has decided to defend his country.
The 34-year-old has joined the territorial defence battalion near the Russian border, leaving the touted fight, which was supposed to take place on June 5, behind.
Kambosos’ promoter Lou DiBella said to Boxing Scene. “‘I spoke to Egis Klimas [Lomachenko’s manager] and he confirmed that Loma would not be available to fight George next.
He thanked me and thanked Kambosos for giving him ample opportunity to make up his mind, and he thanked us for doing the deal in the first place. ‘We had an inkling the other day when the [Ukrainian] government had said it was OK [for Lomachenko to fight], but we didn’t hear an affirmative response [from Lomachenko], we had a sense that this was likely.
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