Vasyl Lomachenko and Manager Egis Klimas Interview + Discussing Tyson Fury ESPN Top Rank Signing

ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY

As Ken mentioned on the show, we’re giving away two gloves, both signed by Vasyl Lomachenko and Teddy Atlas.

One will be given to a random YouTube subscriber (subscribe here).One will be given to our favorite review on Apple Podcasts.When leaving review in Apple Podcasts please be sure to put your full name in the comment so that we can make sure we’re getting the signed glove to the right person. 

We’ll select winners on Thursday March 21. We’ll announce them on the next podcast and on Teddy’s social media handles. Good luck!

MORE DETAIL ON THE SHOW

Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout record this episode once again from Oxnard, CA where Teddy is in training camp with his fighter Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, the WBO Light Heavyweight Champion.

After some discussion of camp, like how Teddy selects and works with Alex’s sparing partners (10:54), the two dive into the recent deal between Tyson Fury and ESPN/Top Rank/Bob Arum and what it means for future fights in the heavyweight division (22:20). Teddy shares what the sport of boxing would need to do to really give fans the fights they want (37:15).

Later, Vasyl Lomachenko and his manager Egis Klimas join the show (1:02:08). Loma covers everything from getting into boxing as a child, his relationship with his father, the switch from amateurs to pros, overcoming the controversial loss to Orlando Salido in his second pro bout, his mental exercises with sports psychologist, thoughts on trash talking, what makes him different from fighters like Gervonta Davis, and more. 

For background, Lomachenko is the current unified lightweight world champion. Prior, he held the WBO featherweight and junior lightweight world titles between 2014 and 2018 before moving up to lightweight. He is also a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist.

**NOTE: Ken mistakenly says that Loma won his third world title in just his third professional fight. He meant to say, Loma won his FIRST world title in just his third professional fight. No one has done this in fewer fights, and Loma is only the second person ever to do it in three fights. (Tied with Saensak Muangsurin, a Thai boxer who fought in the 1970s.)

Egis Klimas is the manager to Lomachenko, but also manager to WBC Light Heavyweight Champ Oleksandr “Alex” Gvozdyk, Unified Cruiserweight World Champion Oleksandr Usyk, WBO Light Heavyweight Champ Sergey Kovalev, and other top fighters.

Thanks to John Summerford for the video production and sound editing.

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