The former world champion shared his opinion on why his compatriot was denied victory in a duel with an American.
Vasily Lomachenko couldn’t beat Devin Haney by decision, because professional boxing is first and foremost a business. According to Alexander Gvozdyk.
According to the former world champion, if the victory was given to the Ukrainian, the American would be left without titles, and this, in turn, would make it impossible to organize more attractive financial fights in the future.
“It was a close fight, but of course I think Lomachenko won. But we all know that boxing is a business. At first I was like the opposite. I thought Haney was better, win the fight, but he was robbed, because this is the his last match at Top Rank, and, as you know, Top Rank does not allow anyone with the belt, but there are rumors that he rewrote the contract two days before the match.
Another question is that his fight with Shakur Stevenson, which Bob Arum wants to fix, will bring five times more money than the rematch with Lomachenko or the Lomachenko-Stevenson fight. They were two Americans, two boxers who were known among novices. For me, for the fans it will be more interesting than seeing Stevenson fight Lomachenko. And most importantly – this match will bring more money.
I say this without any illusions. Of course, we all love sports, we believe that the spirit of sports is alive, but in professional boxing, money decides a lot. That’s why it happened,” said Gvozdyk in an interview with the Two Sideways YouTube channel.
It can be remembered that Haney defeated Lomachenko by unanimous decision.
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