Lomachenko Returns November 20 in Vegas With Undisputed Plan in Motion

Vasiliy Lomachenko's comeback finally has a date. The three-division champion, 18-3 (12 KOs), will headline a Las Vegas card on Friday, November 20, according to a source close to the event. It's his first fight since June 2025, when the 38-year-old Ukrainian walked away just a year after knocking out George Kambosos for the IBF lightweight belt.

The opponent isn't locked yet, but two names are in the mix. Undefeated Filipino Charly Suarez, 19-0 (11 KO) and ranked #8 at super featherweight, is the frontrunner — he's coming off a first-round stoppage of Manuel Ávila. The alternative is Russia's Elnur Samedov, the WBA 'World' champion and mandatory, a pick that would hand Loma a cleaner path toward the full WBA strap.

Why 130 Pounds

Lomachenko's retirement meant shelving his long-stated dream of going undisputed, a goal that took its biggest hit when he dropped a controversial decision to Devin Haney for the lightweight crown in 2023. Haney, now 33-0 (15 KO) and the WBO welterweight champion, has moved on and up. Loma's reinvention plan is simpler: drop to super featherweight, where the division is about to sort itself out.

That cleanup starts this month. Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KO) and O'Shaquie Foster meet in a three-belt unification, and whoever survives gives Loma a target. Navarrete's finishing power is the thing to watch there — 33 of his 40 wins have come inside the distance.

The Cacace Factor

Earlier this week, Lomachenko's manager Egis Klimas pointed straight at Anthony Cacace, the reigning WBA (Super) 130lb champion, as the man with a target on his back. Problem is, Cacace, 25-1 (9 KO), is already booked — a December date with Nick Ball in Belfast. The Samedov option exists precisely because beating the mandatory could set up Loma for the Cacace-Ball winner and the belt that matters.

The undercard leans Ukrainian and heavy. WBC #10 heavyweight Andrii Novitskii fights for the second time this year against New Jersey's Norman Neely, 17-1 (12 KO). Light-heavyweight Daniel Lapin, 13-1 (5 KO), is pencilled in too, looking to rebound from the first loss of his career back in May.

For a fighter many assumed was done, this is a calculated re-entry rather than a nostalgia lap. Pick the right opponent, stay near the belts, and the undisputed dream — dead a year ago — is suddenly breathing again.