Vasiliy Lomachenko – Bio, Wife, Net Worth, Other Facts About The Ukrainian Boxer

• With a net worth of about $8 million to $10 million, Vasiliy Lomachenko has earned many awards and titles among which are World’s Boxing Organization’s Featherweight title from 2014 to 2015 and also Ring Magazine’s Lightweight titles from 2018 to 2020. He also has a mind-blowing record of 396-1 in his amateur career.
• The 37-year-old boxer is married to his high school sweetheart, Elena Lomachenko and they have two kids.
• Before he started his training in boxing, Vasiliy attended Ukrainian dance classes at the tender age of six in order to develop mobility and leg movement.

Vasiliy Lomachenko is a Ukrainian professional boxer and is referred to as one of the most successful amateur boxers of all time. Known for his skills and talent, Vasiliy has a great hand speed, knows how to time well, is almost always accurate and creative. In addition to these, his athleticism, ability to defend well, and footwork make him stand out from other boxers in the field.

Due to his dexterity and hard work, he has been recognized widely and has won the hearts of associations, the media, and fans alike. Vasiliy has won many awards and titles since the beginning of his career and he continues to make remarkable blows with his performances.

Vasiliy Lomachenko’s Brief Bio

Born Vasiliy Anatliyovych Lomachenko on the 17^th of February 1988 in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union to his parents, Anatoly Lomachenko and Tetiana. Nicknamed ‘The Matrix’ Vasiliy was raised by parents who supported his dreams and even helped to hone his skills.

He shared his childhood with his sister, Anastasiia who is also a professional sports athlete and a master of sports of international class in sports acrobatics.

He is quite educated as he had his basic education and even went on to University. Lomachenko attended and graduated from South Ukrainian Pedagogical University in Ukraine.

Who Is Vasiliy Lomachenko’s Wife?

Vasiliy Lomachenko is married to a woman whom many reports to have been his high school sweetheart. The wife of this famous heavyweight boxer is named Elena Lomachenko. She is a native of Ukraine as well and was brought up in Ukraine.

The couple first met when Vasiliy went to jump on the trampoline at Elena’s mother’s acrobatics hall. Elena also later went to train under Tetiana Lomachenko’s guidance. As an athlete, the boxer’s wife won a silver medal in the juniors European championships.

Elena and Vasiliy later started dating and were soon married. The couple has two children. Their first child, a son whom they named after Vasiliy’s father is called Anatoly Lomachenko. A couple of years after Anatoly was born, the Lomachenko family welcomed another child named Viktoriia Lomachenko.

Although Vasiliy and his wife are known to be really private people who seldom let out information about their personal life, it is known that Elena attends functions and events with her husband.

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Vasiliy Lomachenko’s Net Worth

This former successful amateur boxer who set a record for himself and indeed all those interested in boxing has been quite a spectacle to behold. On account of this, he has amassed huge wealth in net worth for himself and has bagged a few endorsements too.

Vasiliy Lomachenko has a net worth of $8 million according to the ‘celebritynetworth’ site. However, other sites consider his net worth to be more and pegs it at $10 million. Speaking of endorsements, the 3-weight world champion is the brand ambassador of boxing apparel and equipment manufacturing company ‘Venum’. In addition to making him their brand ambassador, Venum has a special line dedicated to the boxing champion called ‘Loma’.

Here Are A Couple Of Facts About Vasiliy Lomachenko You Should Know

5. How Boxing Started For Vasiliy Lomachenko

For Vasiliy who has been nicknamed ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Hi-Tech’, the love and pursuance of boxing started at an early age. He had his dad, Anatoly Lomachenko who was a boxing coach at the time, train him into who he is now.

However, prior to becoming a professional boxer, Hi-Tech was made to attend Ukrainian dance classes. He was also made to sign up for gymnastics before he was allowed into the boxing ring for coaching. The Matrix always says that if he wasn’t a professional boxer all thanks to his dad’s coaching abilities, he’d have become a professional ice hockey player.

4. He Is Known To Have Avenged His Loss

Vasiliy Lomachenko is one really blessed and talented boxer. As an amateur boxing champion, he had a mind-blowing record of 396 wins of 397 games. However, he was unsatisfied with this feat and went on to avenge this loss.

The 3-weight champion had to avenge his loss and he did so twice in order to remind the world of his prowess. The defeat by Selimov was avenged in the first round of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

3. He Held The Title Of The ‘Champion In Three Weight Classes’

Vasiliy has won the title of the World’s Boxing Organization’s ‘Featherweight’ title from 2014 to 2015. He also has added to this, the title of ‘Junior Lightweight’ which he held from 2016 to 2017. Similarly, The Matrix won the titles of Unified World Boxing Association’s (Super), WBO, World Boxing Council’s, and Ring magazine’s ‘Lightweight’ titles from 2018 to 2020.

2. He Underwent Surgery Twice

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After his fight with Teofimo Lopez in 2020 which he lost, he had a right shoulder fracture. His loss in this game seems to have been as a result of the fracture which he needed surgery to fix. however, this was not the first time he was undergoing surgery for the same purpose.

On the 30^th of May 2018, Vasiliy had a surgical operation on the same right shoulder. He suffered from a torn labrum during the 2^nd round of his fight with Jorge Linares. However, after both surgeries, Lomachenko returned to the boxing ring better and swifter than ever before.

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1. He Has A Tattoo Of His Greatest Inspiration On His Torso

Lomachenko Vasiliy has quite a few people who inspire him on the boxing field. Some of these people are Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr., and a few more. However, these are not his greatest inspirations when it comes to his love for boxing.

Vasily tattooed the face of his father, Anatoly Lomachenko, who was the reason he is the great boxer he is today. This tattoo is located on his torso and is very visible when Vasiliy is with minimal clothing.

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