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) won’t combat till later this yr. He’s not retiring, and he simply needs to spend time along with his household following his Eleventh-round knockout victory over George Kambosos Jr. on Could twelfth.
It’s unclear how it will influence 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 will not be within the temper proper now, he doesn’t have the motivation in the mean time. He’s taking off; he needs to spend extra time with the household. He doesn’t wish to do something until the tip of the yr,” mentioned Egis Klimas to Steve Kim on X, about Vasily Lomachenko not excited by combating proper now.
Lomachenko has made sufficient cash to relax, so you may’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 resolution in opposition to Devin Haney on Could 20, 2023.
Until Workforce Tank was attempting to push for the combat to occur sooner than November, it shouldn’t be an enormous deal that Lomachenko received’t be obtainable 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 reasonable. Lomachenko has been pushing for a combat with Gervonta for the final six years with no luck till now.
If Lomachenko needs to take the rest of the yr off, Tank and his group might want to take into account different choices for a combat in November or December until they wish 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 in opposition to 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 tip of the yr,” Klimas continued about IBF light-weight champion Lomachenko. “With Loma, simply cash will not be what motivates him. He doesn’t take something simply due to cash.”
Lomachenko has acquired 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 have to be 100% motivated as a result of he could be the underdog and anticipated to lose by knockout.
It wouldn’t have been that manner if Tank had fought Lomachenko six years in the past when he first confirmed curiosity in combating him, however he and his group waited till now to take the combat with him. Was {that a} calculated transfer on Tank and his group’s half? It’s attainable. They aged him earlier than pulling the set off on the combat.
“You possibly can supply him hundreds of thousands, tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}. If he doesn’t have motivation, he’s not prepared to arrange for the combat. (Lomachenko) will not be retired,” mentioned Klimas.
