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Arum says Loma will likely fight Suarez before Ring champ Foster
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Arum says Loma will likely fight Suarez before Ring champ Foster
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Vasiliy Lomachenko’s next two fights are being worked on, says promoter Bob Arum.
Lomachenko, who’s planning his return after retiring in 2025, sat ringside on Saturday night and watched O’Shaquie Foster outbox Emanuel Navarrete to retain his WBC junior lightweight title, while also adding The Ring, IBF and WBO belts to his collection.
Arum, Top Rank founder and CEO, is hoping to land that fight for the Ukrainian, as well as one more.
“Loma will probably fight Charly Suarez,” he told Fight Hub TV. “And then hopefully by next mid-year, they can fight each other.”
Suarez (19-0, 13 KOs) initially lost to Navarrete via technical decision. The then-champion was cut over his left eye in the eighth-round from what was a perceived clash of heads. However, that decision was overturned to a no-contest as replay indicated that Navarrete’s cut was a result of a punch from Suarez.
The Filipino native was placed as the mandatory challenger for Navarrete, who was allowed to fight Foster under the condition that the winner had to face Suarez next.
Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs), a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division champion, held the IBF lightweight title upon his retirement. For his comeback, he plans to return to 130 pounds, where he once held the WBO title.
His sole motivation is to become an undisputed champion, something that eluded him during his controversial decision loss to Devin Haney in 2024.
Arum will do his best to make that fight happen.
As for his thoughts on how Foster (26-3, 12 KOs) performed against Navarrete (40-3-1, 33 KOs), he took the time to praise his unified champion.
“It was a good fight,” Arum said. “O’Shaquie fought a very disciplined fight. Navarrete is not the easiest guy to fight because he comes from so many different angles. So it was a good victory.”

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