For only the second time in his career, Vasyl Lomachenko looked vulnerable last Saturday night in beating Jorge Linares (44-4, 27 KOs) by a 10th round knockout to claim the WBA World lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
“After the fight, I told [Top Rank vice president of boxing operations] Carl Moretti in the ring, ‘It’s going to be much easier for you to get opponents for me because they all see I’m also a human being,'” Lomachenko said. “What I did was make my promoter’s job easier.”
“I’m always interested in unifying the titles,” Lomachenko said. “That’s why I came to this weight class, and I will be looking to unify the titles in the future.”
