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There has been more drama after the Vasyl Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez unification bout on October 17. Fellow Ukrainian boxer Ivan Redkach took to Twitter to express his opinion on his compatriot.

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The welterweight fighter, whose boxing record stands at 23-5-1 with 18 knockouts, didn’t hold back his comments about fellow Ukrainian, Lomachenko.

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Days after Teofimo Lopez defeated Lomachenko, Redkach posted a video on his Twitter. In the video, Redkach is stacking his money accompanied with the caption, “Never played, never made bets. I just have a wild love for Loma, I hate him as a person and many who live in Ukraine hate him as much as he is a good fighter.

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Vasyl Lomachenko receives heavy criticism

“El Terrible” posted a picture on his Instagram to give his opinion on the fight. In his caption, he wrote, “Vasyl, Papachenko, and even promoters played, believing that Vasyl is an unbeaten Boxing God, as we all have seen, it is not so. Never underestimate and disrespect your opponent. It was also done on part of Lomachenko’s team.” [Translated by Instagram]

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1.Які, на вашу думку, ще причини поразки Ломаченка? 2.Як вам тактика? 3. Чи зможе Ломаченко відвоювати пояси? 1.)Причини поразки на мою думку наступні: – Василь , Папаченко та навіть промоутери загрались, вважаючи що Василь непереможний бог боксу, як ми всі вже побачили – це не так; – не потрібно приміряти корону поки ти не завоював трон, а вона вже була одягнути, знову таки, передчасно; – ніколи не можна недооцінювати і зневажати опонента – це теж було зроблено з боку команди Ломаченка; – це, мабуть, дійсно не вага Василя, йому варто спуститись на категорію вниз; – І взагалі, Лопес – це занадто для Василя. Молодий, сильний, агресивний і, як виявилось, розумний і дуже технічний. Мушу віддати належне його тренеру-батьку – прочитав Ломаченка і побудував абсолютно виграшну тактику для сина . 3) 3. Відвоювати не зможе, та інше потрібно . Він повинен спуститись на категорію нижче і завоювати всі пояси там. Вася – неймовірний боксер, один з кращих в історії , просто це було занадто для нього . І реванш ніякий не потрібен для Ломи, в жодному разі. Думаю команда і він сам це розуміють – буде швидкий нокаут для нього, цього разу малий з ним обережним не буде, буде жорстоко бити. ( на этом бое не плохо заработали люди денег Я не принимал в этом участие но моя ставка зашла 200тыс долларов в плюсе 🙌Thanks LopeZ

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While talking about the rematch, he said, “He won’t be able to retake and more is needed, He should go down in category and win all the belts there.” He also said that if there was a rematch, Lopez would knock out Lomachenko. “There will be a quick knockout for him, this time the kid won’t be careful with him, and (he) will be brutally beat.

The Ukrainian said that the bet he placed went up by 200 thousand dollars, which explains the post on Twitter. Ivan Redkach has not held back from expressing his feelings about his compatriot, Vasyl Lomachenko. Thus, just adding to all the post-fight drama that has been going on.

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