Lomachenko had a very controversial loss to Haney

The boxers had a fairly even and competitive fight.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, a boxing evening was held, where the main event was the fight for the title of absolute world lightweight champion between Devin Haney (29-0-0.15 KOs) and Vasily Lomachenko (17-2 , 11). KOs).

In the first round, both boxers looked at each other, taking turns occupying the center of the ring, but in the last seconds, a native of the Odessa region tried to attack, holding the opponent in the corner. After the first break, the boxers continued in the same vein. Lomachenko pressed further, and Haney wanted to find his “same shot”. Overall, the beginning of the battle is very smooth.

In the third three-minute period, Haney received a verbal warning for hitting the back of the head, and then a good blow to Vasily, to which he immediately responded with a series of punches.

The fourth round was the first in which we saw a fall, but it was not a fall after a punch, but after a strange struggle in the clinch. The referee in the ring didn’t even understand what the reaction would be, he just lifted the two athletes off the floor. In the fifth round, Lomachenko went down again, but again it was not the result of an opponent’s punch.

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Lomachenko hit Haney with a nice left midway through the sixth round, but he didn’t seem to notice, responding with his shot at the end of the round. The seventh Vasily began an attack that stopped the audience, but it did not seem to affect Haney in any way. Devin continued to throw single power punches and worked the Belgorod-Dniestrovian’s body.

In the eighth round, Haney drove his shoulder into Lomachenko’s body, causing the latter to fall in the ring. Overall, this round was not as good as the previous ones.

But it looks like it’s the lull before the next one, where both fighters try to show themselves and land punches. Lomachenko worked fast and hard, Haney occasionally, but strong. But I remember one of Lomachenko’s left punches, to the opponent’s head.

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The championship round got off to a very interesting start. Lomachenko raised the hall, already seeing the fall of Haney, but the American managed to get to his feet and almost level the situation with the gong. The penultimate three-minute period also began with an accurate shot by Vasily, who finally failed to reproduce his victory, although this time Haney clearly “lost” and just wanted to wait for end of the round.

In the last round, Lomachenko attacked, when Devin tried to throw punches on the counter. But on the whole, the 12th round was disappointing, because in fact nothing interesting happened here, all the attempts of the boxers to strike the last blow were in vain.

Although it looked like Lomachenko should have won this fight, all three referees of the fight gave Haney the win: 116-112, 115-113, 115-113.

Haney-Lomachenko fight score according to ISPORT

• 1 round: 9-10
• 2 rounds: 18-20
• 3rd round: 27-30
• 4th round: 37-39
• 5 rounds: 47-48
• 6 rounds: 57-57
• 7 rounds: 66-67
• 8 rounds: 75-77
• Round 9: 84-87
• 10 rounds: 93-97
• 11th round: 102-107
• 12 rounds: 111-117

Note that on the undercard of this fight there was a fight for the title of world champion, which ended with a very cool knockout in the last seconds of the 12th round.