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title: "Luke Campbell: “I’ve Been Working Towards This My Whole Life!”"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chandler Waller"
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published: "2019-08-30T15:42:43Z"
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# Luke Campbell: “I’ve Been Working Towards This My Whole Life!”

**Luke Campbell** reaches out for greatness tomorrow as he takes on the best fighter on the planet in his quest to land his first World title, live on **Sky Sports Box Office** in the UK.

Campbell faces **Vasiliy Lomachenko** for the WBC, WBA, WBO and Ring Magazine Lightweight belts – welcoming the pound-for-pound king to London for the toughest night’s work of his stellar career.

The Hull ace has been patiently waiting for his second World title shot and couldn’t face a tougher task to get his hands on a belt in the Ukrainian superstar, but Campbell insists he wouldn’t want it any other way.

*“The best fighting the best, this is going to make one hell of a fight,”* said **Campbell**. *“At the end of the day, he’s got two legs and two arms and is a man just like the rest of us. I’m confident in myself, I believe in myself and I’m ready to fight.*

*“I’ve been working on this for my whole life, probably 19 years in the act of hard work, being dedicated and disciplined. This is exactly where I want to be, I want to prove to myself and to the rest of the world that I belong at the top with the elite. This is the elite in my opinion, the very top – it can’t get any higher than this.*\
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*“I am in this to be the best and to become a World Champion. This is what I train and work so hard for, to become a World Champion and to be recognised as a World Champion. Part of the journey is fighting World-class fighters and Lomachenko certainly is that. This is the level I want to be at.”*

At the top of the bill, Olympic Champions **Vasiliy Lomachenko** (13-1, 10 KOs) and **Luke Campbell** (20-2, 16 KOs) will clash for the WBC, WBA, WBO and Ring Magazine Lightweight World titles, Manchester Heavyweight **Hughie Fury** (23-2, 13 KOs) takes on former WBA World Champion **Alexander Povetkin** (34-2, 24 KOs), WBC Flyweight ruler **Charlie Edwards** (15-1, 6 KOs) makes the second defence of his crown against Mandatory Challenger **Julio Cesar Martinez** (14-1, 11 KOs), **Joe Cordina** (9-0, 7 KOs) defends his British and Commonwealth Lightweight titles against **Gavin Gwynne** (11-0, 1 KO) in a mouth-watering battle of Wales, rising Light-Heavy star **Joshua Buatsi** (11-0, 9 KOs) defends his WBA International title against Canada’s **Ryan Ford** (16-4, 11 KOs), **James Tennyson** (24-3, 20 KOs) and **Atif Shafiq** (21-2, 5 KOs) meet for the vacant WBA International Lightweight title, Hartlepool star **Savannah Marshall** (6-0, 4 KOs) makes her highly-anticipated Matchroom Boxing debut, Sheffield amateur standout **Dalton Smith** (2-0, 1 KO) takes part in his first six round contest and Hull Super-Featherweight prospect **Connor Coghill** (5-0) lands a dream slot on his former manager’s (Campbell) undercard.

*Source: Matchroom Boxing \[Press Release\].*