Double Olympic champion Alexei Tishchenko in a conversation with , he explained that in the actions Vasily Lomachenko in a duel with Devin Haney made him misunderstood, and also said that in the end Lomachenko should only blame himself.
On Saturday, Haney defeated Lomachenko via unanimous decision (115:113, 115:113, 116:112) and defended the undisputed lightweight world title.
– Before the fight, I assumed that Vasily Lomachenko would win. I survived him, he had every chance of winning. But the judges gave the victory to the American Haney, since all the judges were American and the fight took place in Las Vegas. It is clear that in a more or less even battle, and it turned out to be quite even … Although I think Vasily won this fight with a slight advantage, somewhere in two rounds. In America, against the American champion, you have to win with more confidence. And Vasily had every chance for this. In addition, Lomachenko had times when he worked as the first number, was active, developed attacks. But then he took a step back and let go of the opponent. I do not understand why? And that continued for most of the fight. Even at the end, when Lomachenko dominated, he still punched, then took 2-3 steps back, freeing his opponent. I don’t understand why he did it. In this phase of the battle, everything worked out for him, he looked significantly better than his opponent. Once he took those two steps back, the fight evened out.
Yes, it could be done, but Vasily resorted to it three or four times per round, or even more. Yes, Vasily gave up the first rounds. Apparently he was watching, so there were no attack actions. Even in the first round I understood that Vasily could win. I saw that he controls the distance, sees the shots, moves better on his feet, can let his opponent work, but he can work on the counterattacks himself. From the first round, I have already seen that the level of Lomachenko is higher than that of his opponent. I thought he could figure it out quite easily. But those episodes… When in the moments of victory, he let go of his opponent… For me, the big question is why he did that throughout the fight. From this we can say that there is no reason to challenge the decision. You just look at yourself from the outside – why didn’t you do your best to win. I think Vasily should only blame himself for this result,” Tishchenko told .
Haney, 24, has 30 professional ring victories. Lomachenko, 35, suffered the third defeat of his career. Also thanks to the 17 victories of the double Olympic champion.
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