{"id":787692,"date":"2026-09-30T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787692\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T18:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T18:26:13","slug":"vasiliy-lomachenko-sets-his-sights-on-one-man-for-comeback-fight-only-returning-to-fulfil-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/787692\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasiliy Lomachenko sets his sights on one man for comeback fight: &#8220;Only returning to fulfil dream&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Vasiliy Lomachenko announced that he will be ending his retirement and returning to the sport. Now, further clarity on his comeback has been provided, with the Ukrainian fan-favourite having set his sights on one man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Loma\u2019 made it clear that his goal was to become an undisputed four-belt world champion during his career; an achievement that many believe he would have achieved if he stayed at super-featherweight but could also have been accomplished at lightweight \u2013 when <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/haney-vs-lomachenko-the-aftermath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he lost a controversial decision to Devin Haney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next month, unified WBO and IBF super-featherweight world champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/emanuel-navarrete\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emanuel Navarrete<\/a>, collides with reigning WBC titleholder, O\u2019Shaquie Foster, in an intriguing three-belt unification clash, with the remaining WBA title belonging to Belfast\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-cacace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Cacace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BCusterTV\/status\/2104976443780354199?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brian Custer<\/a>, Lomachenko\u2019s manager, Egis Klimas, confirmed that his fighter is targeting a shot at Cacace\u2019s belt next, planning to then face the victor of Navarrete-Foster and become the first undisputed super-featherweight world champion since 1969.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpoke to Egis Klimas and he told me Loma is only coming back to fulfil his dream of becoming undisputed!\u00a0 But at his natural weight of 130. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wants the winner of Navarrete\/Foster winner but eyeing Cacace right now. Says time off has done his body well and will be even better when he comes back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Cacace is the reigning WBA champion at 130lbs, the Ulsterman is currently scheduled to take on Liverpool\u2019s Nick Ball on December 19.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/crm948x340do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">winner of Cacace-Ball will then be made to take on Elnur Samedov<\/a>, meaning Lomachenko may have to wait until mid-2027 for any world title challenge, unless he first fights Samedov or the Russian agrees to a \u2018step-aside\u2019 deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this year, Vasiliy Lomachenko announced that he will be ending his retirement and returning to the sport.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-787692","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\/787692","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=787692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}