Vasyl Lomachenko (13-1, 10 KOs) and Luke Campbell (20-2, 16 KOs) to meet in a fight for three titles at lightweight. Ukrainian holds the WBA and WBO belts, the WBC title will be vacant at the stake.
Bob Arum, a promoter of "The Matrix", stated that the duel will take place on August 31 in one of the cities in the UK - in London or Hull, the hometown of Campbell. CEO of Top Rank said that the organization will be engaged by Eddie Hearn, the promoter of Campbell. Bout will be shown by a streaming platform DAZN, instead of broadcaster ESPN, which usually shows Lomachenko fights.
Arum added that the winner of Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs) - Raymund Beltran (08/01/36, 22 KOs) fight at the end of June in his next IBF belt title defense in the fall will face Teofimo Lopez (13-0, 11 KOs). At the beginning of next year Lomachenko may try to take his fourth title. First, however, he will have to deal with Campbell.