“A Legacy Destroying Comment”: Vasyl Lomachenko Stuns Boxing Fans by Declaring Himself “Undefeated”

Former unified Lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko believes he is still undefeated despite two losses in professional boxing. According to the Ukrainian boxer, he won both his fights against Orlando Salido and Teofimo Lopez via points in the ring. In his recent interaction with Fight Hub TV, ‘Loma’ called into question the numerous low-blows Salido hit him with while handing the former his first professional defeat.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist referred to the “same situation” with Teofimo Lopez who he fought in 2020. According to Lomachenko, he did not lose any points. The statements by ‘Loma’ has sent fans into disharmony ahead of his fight against the current undisputed Lightweight champion Devin Haney.

Vasyl Lomachenko claims to be undefeated ahead of facing Devin Haney

Lomachenko’s first professional loss against Orlando Salido was indeed a controversial defeat. Despite landing more punches and exhibiting better percentages, he lost the fight while Salido went free despite landing a fair number of low blows during the whole fight. On the other hand, irrespective of being less accurate, Lopez outworked Lomachenko by landing 42 more punches than ‘High-Tech’ in the ring. However, ‘Loma’ said, “In my mind, I didn’t lose any fight in professional boxing. That’s why I sleep very well. Undefeated? Yes. In my mind, yes.”

After Michael Benson shared Lomachenko’s statements via a tweet, several people reacted to it. According to @RichardGmoney, Lomachenko has delivered “a legacy-destroying comment”.

According to @TheViolentArts, while ‘Loma’ is correct in questioning Salido, “Teofimo [Lopez] beat him decisively“. In addition, they said, “not being able to acknowledge he was beaten in a fight where he won no more than 4 rounds isn’t great“.

Likewise, @AS_Beef believes “Salido is fair enough but he did lose against Lopez“.

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Meanwhile, @Pat_Healy_PD thinks it is just the type of attitude that Lomachenko is going to need as he inches toward facing Devin Haney who was called out by Ryan Garcia recently.

Lastly, in light of Lomachenko’s “in my mind” statements, @SonnetFortySix spoke about Conor Benn taking the same approach with his drug tests.

What do you have to say about the statements made by Vasyl Lomachenko? What do you think about his two losses in pro boxing? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

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