Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney believes that Top Rank promotion company is deliberately delaying the date of his fight with Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko.
He posted about it on Twitter..
“These people want to try to push my next fight against Lomachenko to May, knowing that the longer I stay at weight, the harder it is to keep him.! Let's do it in March," " The point is to give me the date of the fight. And they want their fighter, Loma, to have another chance,"
Lomachenko defeated Ortiz on the night of October 30.
The boxers went the full distance in 12 rounds, as a result of which the judges unanimously preferred the Ukrainian: 115-113, 116-112, 117-111.
On account of the 34-year-old Lomachenko 17 wins (11 by knockout) and 2 losses in the professional ring. He owned the WBC, WBA Super and WBO lightweight belts until he lost them in October 2020, losing the WBC, WBA Super, IBF and WBO lightweight titles from Kambosos in October 2020.. In the second fight in Melbourne, all the judges gave the victory to Haney: 119-109, 118-110, 118-110.