Lomachenko-Ortiz October 29 in New York

Vasily Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs) supported Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, and also spoke about the details of his return. On the other side of the ring, the undefeated will be waiting for him Jemaine Ortiz (16-0-1, 8 KOs), who defeated Jamel Herring in May. The Ukrainian said that the fight will take place on October 29 in New York.

According to the plans of Lomachenko's promotional organization, this will be an intermediate fight before trying to win all four lightweight championship belts, that is, reaching the winner of the rematch of Devin Haney (28-0, 15 KOs) with George Kambosos (20-1, 10 KOs), who meet in Melbourne on 15 October. If Lomachenko wins two weeks later, he could have a title shot next year.