Vasiliy Lomachenko is set to make his return, where he could finally take part in a long-awaited scrap with Gervonta Davis, and now welterweight title hopeful Conor Benn has shared how he thinks a meeting between ‘Loma’ and ‘Tank’ would play out.
Few have risen to the peak of professional boxing as fast as Lomachenko did, equalling the men’s record by capturing world honours in his third bout.
After becoming a three-division world champion, the Ukrainian did eventually meet his match, trumped by both Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney whilst he competed as a lightweight.
Still, 12 months after recapturing world lightweight honours with a knockout win against George Kambosos in May 2024, Lomachenko announced that he was retiring from the sport with a record of 18-3.
That changed last month when the now-38-year-old confirmed that he will be making a comeback, opening the door to an in-demand clash with three-weight world champion Davis, who is winless since June 2024.
Speaking with Daily Mail Sport, Benn admitted that, if the fight were to take place right now, he would favour the veteran to come out on top, with Davis’ external issues looking to have hampered his performance in his most recent fight against Lamont Roach in March 2025.
“Currently, right now, Lomachenko.”
Despite fans clamouring for Davis to face Lomachenko, it seems as though ‘Loma’ will instead return to fight in the super-featherweight division – which was always deemed to be his optimal weight-class – eyeing up a shot at Mexico’s unified WBO and WBA 130lb titleholder Emanuel Navarrete.
