As shared by the top rank, the unit owns Lomachenko, they worked with Gervonta Davis to look forward to the next match. Both have reached a number of preliminary agreements, thereby helping the two boxers soon encountered each other in the coming time. This is also a match that has been expected by the world boxing fans for many years.
Information from ESPN Boxing shows that the match between Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis will take place in November this year. The winner will agree on the WBA (Davis) and IBF (Lomachenko holding) Lightweight weight. They still have a very long path to unify the entire championship in this weight class.
In the past, Lomachenko had 2 times very close to the opportunity to own the entire Lightweight weight championship belt. He had time to own WBA, WBO, WBC and The Ring belts after winning Luke Campbell in 2019. However, Lomachenko always received defeat when he came very close to the opportunity to become an absolute world champion.
In October 2020, Lomachenko Thuong Dai Dau Teofimo Lopez, who was holding the IBF belt but lost. That was when Lomachenko did not have the best condition. In May 2023, Lomachenko played Devin Haney, the absolute champion, and lost one more time, despite impressive play in the second half of the match.
On the side of Gervonta Davis, the “tank” owns the perfect performance table. He won 30 times in the upper stage, and there were 28 of them victory by knock-out. However, Davis has no plans to acquire the belt to become an absolute champion in the Lightweight weight class in the near future.