Vasiliy Lomachenko is heading to the United Kingdom for his next fight.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist and reigning WBA and WBO lightweight champion is scheduled to take on fellow Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell on August 31st in London. In addition to Lomachenko’s two titles on the line, the WBC belt recently vacated by Mikey Garcia is also up for grabs — in other words, the winner has three of the four major belts at 135 lbs.
This was slated to go to a purse bid had Top Rank and Matchroom failed to come to terms, but the WBC confirmed that the two sides have agreed to a deal to make the fight happen, thus no purse bid as planned.