At the Boxing Laboratory gym in Oxnard, California, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Ukrainian fighter, trains hard, not only his body but his mind, so his body doesn’t deafeat him in the ring. Lomachenko has held the WBO super featherweight title since 2016 and previously the WBO featherweight title from 2014-2016. He also has one of the greatest amateur records in the featherweight and lightweight divisions, winning a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships, and then a consecutive gold at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships. He’s also won two consecutive gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

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