{"id":677189,"date":"2026-07-06T19:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677189\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:10:18","slug":"vasiliy-lomachenko-offered-shot-at-wbc-title-for-comeback-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/677189\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasiliy Lomachenko Offered Shot At WBC Title For Comeback Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would give him the opportunity,\u201d Foster told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ring<\/a>. \u201cI can be the first one he comes to see. I\u2019ll send him back to where he needs to be. If you\u2019re coming back, let\u2019s get it done. I got the title, and I\u2019ll put it up. We can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Olympic gold medalist Lomachenko retired after stopping George Kambosos Jr. to win the IBF lightweight title in May 2024, citing a lack of motivation. However, his manager, Egis Klimas, has since confirmed that the Ukrainian has reversed that decision and is preparing for another run, with major fights expected to be the priority.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old previously held the WBO super featherweight title before moving up to lightweight, where he unified three major world championships. A return at 130 pounds would immediately put him back in the title picture, and Foster has wasted little time in making his interest known.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have indicated that Lomachenko has no interest in taking a tune-up when he returns, instead targeting high-profile opponents immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in Lomachenko\u2019s comeback has grown since his manager confirmed the former champion had reversed retirement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI would give him the opportunity,\u201d Foster told The Ring. \u201cI can be the first one he comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-677189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}