The American said that he paid a lot of attention to work in the corps
Undisputed World Lightweight Champion Devin Haney commented on his victory in the battle with the Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko.
Lomachenko is a future Hall of Famer. He was my strongest opponent to date. He is very cunning and we put on a great fight for the fans. He showed strength in the championship rounds. I just have to take my hat off to him.”
“Body work won the fight for me, I knew I had to invest in it. We looked at a lot of records on Lome, he wasn’t a big fan of body shots, so we stuck to the game plan by breaking him.”
“He had some good chances during the championship rounds, but he didn’t finish the whole round strong because we invested in body shots.”
Lomachenko lost to Haney for the title of undisputed world lightweight champion. According to the results of 12 rounds, the judges gave the victory to the American champion: 116:114, 115:113, 115:113.
According to the official referee’s notes, the Ukrainian had an indisputable advantage, when at least two of the three judges gave him victory, in five rounds: at the start of the fight and at the end. Two of the three referees gave Vasily the second, third, eighth, tenth and 11th rounds. The rest were taken by Haney.
Source: Sportarena
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