LAS VEGAS -- Vasiliy Lomachenko didn't officially return to any lightweight throne on Saturday, but he sure looked like a lightweight king.
Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) delivered a masterful performance in a ninth-round TKO of Masayoshi Nakatani (19-2, 13 KOs) on Saturday, inside The Theater at Virgin Hotel.
In his first appearance since losing the WBO, IBF and WBA belts to Teofimo Lopez in October, Lomachenko reasserted himself as one of the best 135-pounders in the world.
"I'm happy because I won," Lomachenko said. "All the strategies that we developed with my team [worked]. I reached all my goals.