The best Ukrainian boxer enlisted in the army and will fight against Russia

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@lomachenkovasiliy, @lomus_official

Vasyl Lomachenko, world champion and Olympic medalist, traded gloves for weapons.

Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko, a former three-weight world champion and Beijing 2008 Olympic medalist, joined the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion to fight in the war against Russia.

This was announced on his social networks by the 34-year-old boxer, who was in Greece when the Russian army decided to invade his country last Thursday. According to local media, Lomachenko did everything possible to reach Ukrainian territory despite air restrictions.

From gloves to weapons

The athlete played his last duel in November of last year against Richard Commey. At this time, he did not have any confirmed fights. So, from the outset, there would be no problem in taking up arms in defense of Ukraine.

His photograph, dressed in the uniform of the Ukrainian army, is going around the world thanks to its dissemination on social networks.

(Don’t stop reading: Former world boxing champions take up arms to defend Ukraine).

The president of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation, Mykola Kovalchuck, was one of the first to share the image: “We are proud of our boxers, our champions in boxing and the champions in war”commented.

“We are proud to be Ukrainians,” Kovalchuck concluded.

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