Vasiliy Lomachenko is 18-3 as a professional, but has an amateur record of 396-1, with that one loss coming against one tricky opponent.
Vasiliy Lomachenko has the best amateur record in boxing, but even he is not undefeated. With 397 amateur fights, Lomachenko lost just once.
In his amateur campaign, he defeated Denys Berinchyk, who went on to become a world champion, Robson Conceicao, who faced Shakur Stevenson, Souleymane Cissokho and Oscar Valdez.
There is just one man who bested Lomachenko as an amateur, a man named Albert Selimov.
Albert Selimov handed Vasiliy Lomachenko his only loss in 397 fights back in 2007
In the 2007 AIBA World Championship Finals, Lomachenko crossed paths with the man who would haunt his record forever.
Albert Selimov of Azerbaijan faced the Ukrainian in Chicago in the fateful encounter that saw Lomachenko, whose manager criticized Shakur Stevenson, taste defeat for the first time.
It wasn’t long before he could rectify the loss, though, as one year later the pair met once more in the 2008 Beijing Olympic preliminaries, in which Lomachenko evened the score against his toughest foe.
It would be five more years before the rivalry would see its closing chapter in what was one of Lomachenko’s final amateur fights.
Months before his pro debut, Lomachenko, who stopped George Kambosos Jr., won by split decision in his third encounter with Selimov at the World Series.
Selimov’s amateur record is reported by BoxRec as 111-20, though this may be incomplete. Selimov never went pro.
Vasiliy Lomachenko challenged for a world title in his second pro fight
Though he was defeated just once as an amateur, the same cannot be said of Lomachenko’s pro career.
His first loss came in just his second fight, as Lomachenko faced Orlando Salido for the world title when he was just 1-0.
The Ukrainian fell just shy of making history as he lost a split decision, but this wouldn’t be his last defeat.
He was beaten years later by Teofimo Lopez in a career-defining victory for the American, and was again beaten in a razor-close contest with Devin Haney, which many believe he should’ve won.