Beijing time on February 28 news, Ukraine's 34-year-old boxing champion Lomachenko joined the Ukrainian troops! On his personal social media account, Lomachenko (left) posted a photo of himself with his hometown mayor, Grazidan ( right) holding a rifle.
Russia and Ukraine broke out into war, and Lomachenko, a Ukrainian, decided to directly help his country by enlisting.
Lomachenko is definitely a fierce character, having won two consecutive Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (57 kg) and the 2012 London Olympics (60 kg).
In 2014, Lomachenko became the professional boxing WBO champion, and in the WBO featherweight champion gold belt battle, Lomachenko defeated the American Russell, and at the age of 26, he became the king of amateur boxing and professional boxing.
Lomachenko was reported to have returned to Ukraine alone, and after the arrival of Russian troops, Lomachenko and his family were evacuated to Greece. After settling in with his relatives, Lomachenko returned to his hometown of BillHorod-Donistrovsky, near Odessa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine, where he spontaneously joined the local Ukrainian forces.
Born in 1988, Lomachenko is 34 years old and has a very successful career, in addition to the two Olympic gold medals and WBO championships mentioned above, Lomachenko was once a lightweight world champion of the WBA and WBC, combining the titles of the world's three major organizations in professional boxing! In 2020, Lomachenko lost to IBF lightweight champion Theofimo Lopez, failing to achieve the feat of unifying the four major organizations and 4 world championship golden belts.
In fact, there are many well-known Ukrainian boxers, such as the heavyweight Krychenko brothers, who are also helping their native Ukraine in their own way, among which the big Krychenko is also the mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.