Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Richard Commey

Some Forces Can't Be Contained

Date	December 11, 2021
Location	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Richard Commey
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Tale of the tape
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine	From	Accra, Ghana
15–2 (11 KO)	Pre-fight record	30–3 (27 KO)
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
	Weight
Southpaw	Style	Orthodox
The Ring No. 8 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion	Recognition	Former lightweight champion
Result	Lomachenko wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117-110, 119-108, 119-108)

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Richard Commey, billed as Some Forces Can't Be Contained was a lightweight professional boxing match contested between former 3-division champion, Vasiliy Lomachenko, and former IBF lightweight champion, Richard Commey on December 11, 2021, at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, New York, U.S.

Background

Both Lomachenko and Commey share a common loss with former unified lightweight champion, Teófimo López. Commey was knocked out by López in round two in their bout in 2019, losing the IBF lightweight title. Lomachenko lost his unified lightweight titles in an upset in 2020, losing by unanimous decision.

Lomachenko bounced back from his defeat to López, knocking out lightweight contender Masayoshi Nakatani in June 2021, and called López out for a rematch, claiming he "still wanted to become the undisputed champion" at lightweight.

Commey also bounced back from his defeat to López, knocking out Jackson Maríñez in round six in February 2021.

With both fighters looking for another shot at a world title, the pair agreed to face each other on December 11 in New York. The bout was aired live on ESPN in the US, and on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

Lomachenko won the bout by dominating a competent but unable-to-overcome Commey, at times even seemingly reluctant (Lomachenko) to hurt his opponent further towards the end of the fight, allowing a courageous Commey to finish the contest standing up. Lomachenko was then deemed winner by unanimous decision, all three fight judges giving him the contest by a considerable amount of points.