2023-05-21 12:48:16
Former world champion in the first heavyweight Russian Grigory Drozd gave his commentary to the editors of AllBoxing.Ru regarding the result of the fight between the former world champion in three weight categories Vasily Lomachenko and the current undisputed world champion in lightweight Devin Haney.
“I would give the victory to Vasily Lomachenko first of all for his activity and efforts in the ring. But I want to say that it was a very competitive fight. Of course, first of all, Vasya himself and his fans expected from him that he would first wear down his opponent, and then destroy him with his combinations. It didn’t work out with Haney and he held up very well in the middle of the fight. Lomachenko felt powerful blows from Haney, but the American did not do enough to be called the winner.
Probably, we didn’t see, except for the last few rounds, that usual work of Vasily, where he constantly layered his attacks one after another, there weren’t those flashes as before, but most of the rounds he controlled and crushed the opponent. He definitely worked more to win – this is my opinion. You can argue for a long time about the styles and pattern of the fight, someone likes single accented strikes, someone vice versa. But in this way it is impossible to defend the title of the absolute champion, defending against the ropes until the final gong. By and large, Vasily was simply not given the victory in a duel that was victorious for him. I hope that this defeat will not break him and we will still see fights with the participation of Lomachenko, ”Drozd said.
Recall that Lomachenko lost to Haney by unanimous decision following the results of the twelve rounds of the fight.
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