The former world boxing champion, who is fighting in the Armed Forces, called Lomachenko in two words

Ukrainian Serhiy Dzinziruk, who held the WBO middleweight title from 2005 to 2011, spoke out about Vasyl Lomachenko. The 47-year-old from Brovary joined the Territorial Defense Forces after the Russian army began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has been defending our country from the invaders ever since.

Dzinziruk admitted that he would not have taken Vasyl to his unit. For him, Loma is an "undesirable person". If the outcome of the war was decided in 5 wall-to-wall boxing matches, Vasyl would definitely not be on his team.

"I would have selected the best. Usyk, whose behavior during the war was a good example for many. Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. My friends, former world champions Andriy Kotelnik and Yuriy Nuzhnenko. I definitely did not take Lomachenko. He is persona non grata for me. I condemn his behavior during the war, and I'm glad I have nothing to do with him," Champion quoted Dzinziruk as saying.

On the two-year anniversary of the invasion, Serhiy, who is a unit commander, recalled how he ended up in this war.

"My friends from our boxing community and I enlisted in the terrorist defense from the very first days. I have the rank of reserve lieutenant, which was probably the main argument for my appointment. We had about a month of training, learning to shoot with different weapons. Children returning from the front for treatment taught us all the basics of military art. Clearing trenches, houses. Various tasks. It was interesting to acquire these skills," Dzinziruk said.

The former champion added that his unit is currently working in the Kyiv region's Territorial Defense Forces.

"We are on duty at the posts together with the police. We are practicing checkpoints," the former boxer summarized.

Earlier, Lomachenko refused to call Russia the aggressor and said it was difficult for him to explain the situation. In addition, the Ukrainian recalled how the war began for him, and later refused to condemn Putin and his decision to send troops to Ukraine.

Vasya also expressed confidence that many Russians do not support the war, noting that he sees no point in appealing to the Kremlin leader, whom he called the commander-in-chief.

On February 24, a Ukrainian lightweight posted an image of a dove with two joined hands painted in the colors of the flags of Ukraine and Russia.

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