Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko not quite comfortable at light weight, but in his fight with the American absolute world champion Devin Haney, the chances of winning are equal, the Russian ex-WBA regular champion tells Alexandre Besputin .
Haney will defend all of his lightweight titles against Lomachenko on May 20 in Las Vegas. Because of America’s 29 wins in the professional ring. A former champion in three weight classes, including lightweight, two-time Olympic champion Lomachenko has 17 wins and two losses.
– It’s a tough fight. Vasya already had a fight for the absolute (champion), he had to fight with George Kambosos.
Haney is a very strong opponent with notable anthropometry. He really is a big guy for a lightweight. If you look at the sports component, he dominated other weight classes, and lightweights… Let’s be objective, lightweights are not for Vasily.
Vasya, in real life, weighs perhaps a few kilograms more. In other words, it doesn’t really drive lightweight. A person can be overtaken by age. Vasya is already an adult man, and this is not really the last chance … It’s just not so easy to fight for the absolute – the belts are usually scattered, but here all the titles are owned by one person.
I’ll rate the odds 50/50. I think Vasya is more motivated. Although Haney’s motivation is good.
– For Haney, the name of Vasily Lomachenko will be almost the first such prestigious name on his list. So for the American, this fight is important not only in terms of belt protection, but also, as it is fashionable to say, in terms of legacy.
– Haney had a victorious fight with Jorge Linares (ex-champion in three weight categories), there were other fights. But these are not such prestigious names as Vasya. For Haney, it’s a big test. But let’s be honest, Haney has already declared himself the absolute world champion. But to gain a foothold, to make a name for himself, the fight with Lomachenko is a good start. Again, 50/50 odds.
“Allow me to disagree with you. We are talking about today, and now Haney is objectively on the rise, unlike Lomachenko. If we had talked about such a fight three years ago, there would have been no questions.
“About three years ago, I wouldn’t have given Haney a chance. By the way, there’s the most popular joint photo of Lomachenko and Haney. And I took this photo,” Besputin said in an interview with .
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