{"id":692821,"date":"2026-05-25T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/692821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:10:11","slug":"lomachenko-next-fight-faces-wbo-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/692821\/","title":{"rendered":"Lomachenko Next Fight Faces WBO Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Mike Coppinger at The Ring<\/a>, Vasiliy Lomachenko\u2019s next fight is set for later this year. However, the WBO is not making it easy. The sanctioning body has told Team Lomachenko that Emanuel Navarrete must first settle unfinished business with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/851286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charly Suarez<\/a>. Their controversial No Contest earlier this year means Navarrete has obligations to fulfil before Lomachenko\u2019s next fight can be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Lomachenko\u2019s\u00a0Next\u00a0Fight:\u00a0Free\u00a0Agency\u00a0and\u00a0Plans\u00a0Confirmed<\/p>\n<p>Lomachenko\u00a0entered\u00a0free\u00a0agency\u00a0earlier\u00a0this\u00a0month\u00a0after\u00a0his\u00a0promotional\u00a0contract\u00a0with\u00a0Top\u00a0Rank\u00a0expired\u00a0on\u00a0May\u00a012,\u00a02026.\u00a0Furthermore,\u00a0his\u00a0longtime\u00a0manager\u00a0Egis\u00a0Klimas\u00a0confirmed\u00a0the\u00a0comeback\u00a0plans\u00a0to\u00a0ESPN\u00a0on\u00a0May\u00a013,\u00a02026.\u00a0Klimas\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0Lomachenko\u00a0intends\u00a0to\u00a0return\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0squared\u00a0circle.\u00a0Notably,\u00a0reports\u00a0claim\u00a0the\u00a0former\u00a0three-weight\u00a0world\u00a0champion\u00a0is\u00a0only\u00a0interested\u00a0in\u00a0marquee\u00a0fights\u00a0\u2014\u00a0not\u00a0tune-up\u00a0bouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/889205694.jpg-1024x688.webp\" alt=\"Lomachenko in corner at boxing match&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-125442\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s\u00a0Lomachenko\u2019s\u00a0Next\u00a0Fight\u00a0Going\u00a0to\u00a0Be?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gervonta Davis has also been mentioned as a possible opponent. Nevertheless, after two years out of the ring, the big question around Lomachenko\u2019s next fight remains. What version of Lomachenko would actually come back?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-body dark:text-gray-300 m-0 mb-2\">Dave Laurel is a boxing media editor and social media operator who runs several boxing platforms online. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Boxing Social, overseeing editorial content, breaking news, features, and digital strategy across the brand\u2019s growing audience.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider no-underline text-primary dark:text-white\/80 hover:opacity-70\" href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/author\/dave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View all articles \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports from Mike Coppinger at The Ring, Vasiliy Lomachenko\u2019s next fight is set for later this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-692821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}