Anatoly Lomachenko confirmed the status of the best coach in the world

Early in the year, the American Association of Boxing Journalists (BWAA) recognized Anatoly Lomachenko's father and coach, Vasyl Lomachenko, best coach in 2017. We expect Papachenko , recently lovingly called Anatoliy Nikolayevich, becomes No. 1 in the world and this year. The reason is enough. Vasily Lomachenko under his leadership conquered the third weight class, and Alexander Usik became an absolute champion of the world a week ago. Both show the most modern high-tech boxing and are among the top 5 boxers in the world, regardless of weight category, having passed two of the 27 fights. Anatoly Lomachenko is an architect of this style, he is "Lobanovsky boxer", who is ahead of his time.

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Alexander Usik after a semifinal of the SuperSeries World Boxing against the labyrinth of Maurice Bridis arrived at a crossroads. With Sergey Vatamanyuk decided to say goodbye, and look for a new coach a few months before the main battle of life – also not the most correct option.

It was so that his close friend and cousin Vasily Lomachenko in his final battle – May 12 against Jorge Linares – was an injury to the shoulder, then he lay on the operating table and abandoned boxing for six months. That's why Anatoly Lomachenko, with whom Usik worked during an amateur career and had the greatest authority for the boxer, agreed to prepare Alexander for the battle with Murat Gassiev.

– The main purpose of Anatoly Nikolayevich in life is Vasili's career, – said about anonymity a man who loves the circle of Lomachenko and Usik. – When Vasyl trains, Anatoly Nikolayevich no longer trains anyone, he is distracted by nothing. Because alone, it is possible to achieve the highest result. The fact that Vasily is now restored after the operation and that Anatoly Nikolayevich has agreed to form Sasha is a gift of Fate. In the future, such an opportunity can not be repeated. Of course, he will continue to help with advice, but he will not be able to handle the training process, so Basil will lead the preparations at the same time.

Always modest, quiet, discreet Anatoly Lomachenko worked hard on the amateur dream team of 2011-2012, which became the best at the World Cup and gave way to the owners at the Olympic Games. He remains in the shadow of the head coach of Dmitry Sosnovsky's national team. Vasily Lomachenko, Alexander Usik, Denis Berinchyk, Gvozdyk Oleksandr, Yevgeny Khitrov, Taras Shelestyuk … This "golden generation" of Ukrainian boxing has largely reached such heights thanks to Lomachenkov-senior, his unique training technique and his understanding of boxing

The basis of the technique is the multilateral development of the boxer, the creation of such a universal soldier. Vasily Lomachenko, in her childhood, was engaged in folk dances for three years to improve leg work. Then there was a section of the fight – where he formed the endurance and consistency of the body's muscular system. Then went the game sport, marathon distances and swim across the Dniester estuary. Exercises for the development of attention and speed of thought. Solve crosswords, walk on your hands and so much more. What is at least the "head to the pelvis" exercise, when he had to hold his breath for at least three minutes? And not once after a break of one minute. The other boxers with whom Nikolayev worked worked just as well.

It is no wonder that their style is broadly similar. The ESPN reporter in his article on the battle with Murat Gassiev noted that Alexander sometimes looked like "a larger copy of Vasily Lomachenko", and no one in the cruiserweight or heavyweight has boxing abilities or the speed of the hands like a whiskey.

– Anatoly Nikolayevich is so analytical, wise man that it is impossible to compare him with anyone. – said to our interlocutor. – Before the fight with Gassiev painstakingly study each of his movements in the ring, pick up the appropriate sparring partners, count all the smallest details on a high professional and scientific level. In principle, any team at this level is working. Everyone is doing their job 100% and is a leading professional in their business. By physical training there was a coach on stretch marks – another, worked as a psychologist, a nutritionist … from here and work unparalleled in the crest of the whip. Everyone admits, including Sasha, that it was his best fight in the pros career.