Lomachenko lost to Haney in a tense fight and missed the chance to become the undisputed world champion

21 May 2023, 11:21 | Sports 
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On the night of May 21, a duel took place at the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas, in which the former world champion in three weight categories Vasily Lomachenko met in the ring with the absolute world champion in lightweight Devin Haney. All of Haney's lightweight division belts were at stake.. The fight ended with the defeat of the Ukrainian boxer by unanimous decision. Judges score: 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 in favor of the American. It should be noted that this was the first fight for Lomachenko since October last year.. Then Vasily defeated the American Jemaine Ortiz. The 35-year-old Ukrainian has 17 wins (11 by knockout) and 3 losses in the professional ring. Haney, before the fight with Lomachenko, also boxed for the last time in October 2022, when he re-defeated Australian George Kambosos and defended the WBC, WBA Super, IBF and WBO lightweight titles. Now the track record of the 24-year-old American has 30 wins (15 by knockout) in 30 professional fights.

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