Vasily Lomachenko’s supervisor, Egis Kimas, revealed that Loma isn’t motivated proper now to combat Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. He says he’s “not within the temper.”
Klimas states that IBF light-weight champion Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) is not going to combat till later this yr. He’s not retiring, and he simply desires to spend time together with his household following his Eleventh-round knockout victory over George Kambosos Jr. on Might twelfth.
It’s unclear how this can impression a unification combat with Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) as a result of that match wasn’t anticipated to happen till November on the earliest.
“Loma shouldn’t be within the temper proper now, he doesn’t have the motivation for the time being. He’s taking off; he desires to spend extra time with the household. He doesn’t need to do something until the top of the yr,” stated Egis Klimas to Steve Kim on X, about Vasily Lomachenko not fascinated with preventing proper now.
Lomachenko has made sufficient cash to sit back, so you possibly can’t blame him for not eager to rush again into one other grueling coaching camp. His dad reportedly satisfied him to come back again and combat Kambosos Jr. after he’d been out of the ring for a yr after shedding a controversial 12-round determination towards Devin Haney on Might 20, 2023.
Except Group Tank was attempting to push for the combat to occur sooner than November, it shouldn’t be an enormous deal that Lomachenko gained’t be accessible to combat till later this yr.
Followers on social media view this information as a sign that Lomachenko, 36, is ducking the combat with Gervonta, however that doesn’t sound life like. Lomachenko has been pushing for a combat with Gervonta for the final six years with no luck till now.
If Lomachenko desires to take the rest of the yr off, Tank and his staff might want to contemplate different choices for a combat in November or December except they need to take the rest of 2024 off.
Shakur Stevenson, WBC light-weight champion, would bounce on the likelihood to combat Tank Davis in November or December.
Tank solely fought as soon as in 2023 towards Ryan Garcia, so it shouldn’t be an enormous deal if he sits and waits till the Lomachenko combat in 2025.
“So he’s positively not coming to the ring till the top of the yr,” Klimas continued about IBF light-weight champion Lomachenko. “With Loma, simply cash shouldn’t be what motivates him. He doesn’t take something simply due to cash.”
Lomachenko has obtained to be motivated to combat proper now, and if he feels he wants extra time to revive his motivation earlier than taking the combat with Tank, it’s comprehensible. That’s the kind of combat the place Lomachenko should be 100% motivated as a result of he could be the underdog and anticipated to lose by knockout.
It wouldn’t have been that method if Tank had fought Lomachenko six years in the past when he first confirmed curiosity in preventing him, however he and his staff waited till now to take the combat with him. Was {that a} calculated transfer on Tank and his staff’s half? It’s attainable. They aged him earlier than pulling the set off on the combat.
“You possibly can supply him tens of millions, tens of tens of millions of {dollars}. If he doesn’t have motivation, he’s not prepared to arrange for the combat. (Lomachenko) shouldn’t be retired,” stated Klimas.