“I warranty we’re likely to get rid of that decision,” Klimas advised reporters.
The other two scorecards, which favored Haney by a person round, have been more reflective of the fight’s restricted margins and brisk tempo.
For the duration of the crack in between Rounds 7 and 8, Lomachenko’s cornermen urged him to throw extra jabs. He opened Round 8 aggressively, and walked into a sharp entire body shot from Haney. When Lomachenko lastly landed his possess jab, the ability crowd chanted “Loma.” Prior to the bell, Haney had offered some floor.
In the last spherical, Haney resumed his two-fisted overall body assault. When Lomachenko landed a straight remaining, Haney answered with two hooks. Just before the ultimate bell, Haney landed a long remaining jab.
Lomachenko left the bout impressed with Haney’s abilities.
To a stage.
“If you are chatting about Linares, if you’re speaking about Lopez — for me, they are better than Haney,” Lomachenko claimed, referring to Jorge Linares and Teofimo Lopez, two of his previous opponents.
Lomachenko’s in-ring potential remains hazy. He proved he is continue to an elite performer in a talent-laden light-weight division, but has acknowledged that this bout was most likely his remaining prospect to turn into an undisputed winner.
For his component, Haney experienced hoped Saturday’s bout would erase doubts about his championship credentials, but the end result only appears to have emboldened prospective opponents.
“Devin’s not on my degree, and I’m going to demonstrate it,” stated Stevenson, the former 130-pound winner.
Haney, who has competed at 135 lbs given that his adolescence, discussed a probationary shift to the 140-pound tremendous light-weight course. He does not approach to vacate his lightweight titles, nevertheless. As an alternative, he teased mega fights in opposition to Stevenson and Davis, who is nicknamed Tank.
“Me and Tank is a massive combat,” he mentioned. “It’s heading to come about, sooner than later.”
