THE FALLOUT

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THE fallout from Teofimo Lopez’s stunning win over Vasiliy Lomachenko continues as it emerges the Ukrainian star seriously injured his shoulder prior to and then again during the fight.

Yahoo Sports revealed that Lomachenko underwent surgery on his right shoulder two days after his loss to Lopez, with surgeon Dr Neal ElAttrache confirming the news, while stating “Loma” should be able to resume training and fighting again in January.

However, ElAttrache was first contacted by Lomachenko’s team about six weeks out from the fight, when Vasiliy arrived in the US and was experiencing significant pain in his shoulder.