Lomachenko: I am Ukrainian and I am proud of it
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WBA world lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko has declared his love for Ukraine.
The boxer said in an interview with the British television channel BoxNation that it was Ukrainian land that gave him a chance to become a famous athlete.
"I am proud that I was born in Ukraine. I am happy when I take a Ukrainian flag after a fight and show that I am a Ukrainian guy, that I am from Ukraine. Of course, I am proud of it. Ukraine is a land where my parents live, and here they gave me life, and they gave me a chance to be a big sportsman, a big athlete. This land raised me," Lomachenko said.
The fight between WBA world lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine and WBO champion Jose Pedraza of Puerto Rico will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 8.
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