34-year-old former three-division world champion Vassily Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) will take on American lightweight Jemaine Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs) at the end of October at the Hulu theater ring at Madison Square Garden. in New YorkUSA.
boxing scene writes that the exact date – 29th of October.
It was previously believed that the fight would take place on October 22 in Las Vegas (USA).
The bout will be the main event of the card, which will be broadcast on ESPN+.
In mid-August, Lomachenko arrived in America, said something about Russia’s war against Ukraine, but could not say who the aggressor was and who was destroying the recreation centers next to his hotel on the Black Sea coast with cruise missiles.
Recall that shortly after the total invasion of the occupiers, Lomachenko was seen as part of the territorial defense, and later (according to other people) – in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, probably also in the Troops. His friend from Kharkov destroyed by the Russians, Alexander Gvozdik, talked about the return of Vasily to boxing.
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