Lomachenko ready to go again

– Vasiliy Lomachenko, the pound-forpound star and WBA lightweight world champion will look to unify world titles for the first time tonight when he takes on WBO champ Jose Pedraza.

Three-division world champion Lomachenko is returning to the ring for the first time since climbing off the canvas to stop Venezuela’s Jorge Linares on May 12.

The Ukrainian, who suffered a torn labrum in his right shoulder in that bout and had surgery the same month, says he’s “100 percent” for his return.

“It was good for me to rest,” said Lomachenko, whose outstanding amateur career included more than 800 fights and two Olympic gold medals.

He claimed his first professional world title, at featherweight, in his third bout and added a super featherweight belt in his seventh pro fight. –

New York