Former world lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez shared his thoughts on the upcoming fight between Ukrainian passport holder Vasily Lomachenko and undisputed world lightweight champion American Devin Haney. Star American said that Lomachenko will be able to defeat his opponent and take away the title of absolute world champion in the lightweight division from him. " I know how this business works. Lomachenko to win! Why? Because Haney is not Teofimo. No one beats Lomachenko. I was with him in the ring. He is smart. He has so many different tactics that I myself have never used or even thought about.. He has dirty tactics and clean tactics. In any case, Lomachenko is very experienced, and it seems to me that none of them are ready for this," We add that in October 2020, Lopez defeated Lomachenko in the battle for the title of absolute world champion. The following year, Teofimo lost the belts to Australian George Kambosos, who then lost to Haney twice in a row to lose the titles..

The duel between Lomachenko and Haney will take place on the night of May 21 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. All the light division belts belonging to the American will be at stake. Earlier it was reported that Lomachenko and Haney had their first duel of views before the title fight. In his last fight, on the night of October 30, 2022, Lomachenko defeated American Jemaine Ortiz.. On account of the 35-year-old Lomachenko 17 wins (11 by knockout) and 2 losses in the professional ring. 24-year-old Haney has 29 wins (15 by knockout) in 29 professional fights.