{"id":667799,"date":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667799\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","slug":"vasiliy-lomachenko-reportedly-coming-out-of-retirement-for-big-fight-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667799\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasiliy Lomachenko reportedly coming out of retirement for big-fight return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vasiliy Lomachenko is reportedly preparing to come out of retirement and return to the ring later this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to veteran boxing reporter Mike Coppinger, sources told Ring Magazine that Lomachenko is targeting a comeback in the fall of 2026 after previously stepping away from boxing.<\/p>\n<p>The report has immediately sparked excitement across the boxing world, with fans now speculating about possible opponents for the former three-division world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Vasiliy Lomachenko reportedly becomes promotional free agent<\/p>\n<p>Coppinger also revealed that Lomachenko\u2019s contract with Top Rank officially expires today, making him a promotional free agent for the first time in years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the Ukrainian star is not interested in tune-up fights and instead wants to return directly to major matchups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVasiliy Lomachenko is coming out of retirement and is targeting a return in fall of this year, sources tell@ringmagazine. Lomachenko\u2019s contract with Top Rank expires today and he\u2019s now a promotional free agent. He only wants the big fights, I\u2019m told, no tuneups,\u201d Coppinger wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vasiliy Lomachenko is coming out of retirement and is targeting a return in fall of this year, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringmagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ringmagazine<\/a>. Lomachenko\u2019s contract with Top Rank expires today and he\u2019s now a promotional free agent. He only wants the big fights, I\u2019m told, no tuneups. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cDlZJ8WCG0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cDlZJ8WCG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeCoppinger\/status\/2054323821671506356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 12, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Lomachenko officially announced his retirement from boxing in June 2025 at the age of 37, following one of the most decorated careers in modern boxing history.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian superstar retired with a professional record of 18-3 with 12 knockouts, while nearly every fight of his career came at world championship level.<\/p>\n<p>Before turning professional, Lomachenko also built a legendary amateur r\u00e9sum\u00e9, reportedly compiling a 396-1 record while winning two Olympic gold medals for Ukraine, first in Beijing 2008 and then in London 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His final professional fight came in May 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\/vasyl-lomachenko-on-why-he-prefers-facing-george-kambosos-in-australia\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\/vasyl-lomachenko-on-why-he-prefers-facing-george-kambosos-in-australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at Rac Arena, Perth<\/a>, when he stopped George Kambosos Jr. in the 11th round to capture the IBF lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Even at this stage of his career, the Ukrainian remains one of the most respected technical fighters in boxing and would immediately become a major attraction if he officially returns.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lomachenko has not issued an official statement on a comeback as of this writing, and no opponent or event has been confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what direction the former world champion could take if he decides to step back into the ring.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vasiliy Lomachenko is reportedly preparing to come out of retirement and return to the ring later this year.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,50700,85,214662],"class_list":["post-667799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-george-kambosos-jr","tag-sports","tag-vasiliy-lomachenko"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}