It became known about the injury Lomachenko before the lost fight for the world title

Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko entered the fight against American Teofimo Lopez with a shoulder injury. Doctor Neil Elattrahe told Yahoo Sports about this.

According to the doctor, the athlete was injured six weeks before the fight. Because of this, Lomachenko experienced pain and could not train normally. After the fight, the boxer was diagnosed with a contusion of the rotator cuff, in addition, a piece of cartilage broke off. On Monday, October 19, the Ukrainian underwent shoulder surgery.