Devin Haney retained his WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF world light-weight title following an in depth unanimous determination nod over Vasiliy Lomachenko this Sunday (Manila time) on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Haney was on the assault early whereas Lomachenko studied to shut the space along with his jabs and swift footwork. The bout turned out to be a chess match as early as spherical two, with each fighters exchanging assaults and having moments of their very own
Haney landed huge uppercuts to the physique in spherical 5. Lomachenko tried to press the motion and landed punches of his personal, however was largely saved at bay by his opponent’s crisp jabs. Lomachenko bit again by a few clear left straights initially of spherical 7 that caught Haney’s consideration.
Lomachenko shocked Haney with a flurry in spherical 10, his finest spherical but of the struggle. He doubled down on the assault the next spherical, catching Haney with a flurry that landed clear on a fading Haney.
Lomachenko fought with urgency within the last spherical whereas Haney appeared content material preventing backward hiding behind his jab. All three judges noticed the struggle for Haney after twelve rounds, enhancing his report 30-0 with 15 knockouts whereas Lomachenko fell 17-3 with 11 knockouts.
The scorecards have been 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
