Haney edges Lomachenko thriller to remain undisputed light-weight champion
D
evin Haney controversially edged an exciting struggle with Vasyl Lomachenko on factors to retain his standing because the undisputed males’s light-weight champion of the world.
‘The Dream’ retained all of the belts in arguably boxing’s most fun division and stays undefeated at 30-0 after a pulsating tactical conflict with a former pound-for-pound celebrity on the iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
It was an extremely shut and absorbing contest with so many rounds tough to attain, however Haney crucially closed with a powerful ultimate spherical after being damage within the eleventh to take a unanimous choice victory because the three judges at ringside returned scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 in his favour.
On Saturday’s undercard, Oscar Valdez returned to profitable methods 13 months on from shedding his WBC super-featherweight world title to Shakur Stevenson in a primary skilled loss by incomes a large factors win over Adam Lopez in an engrossing rematch of their 2019 brawl.
Undefeated light-weight prospect Raymond Muratalla aced what was predicted to be the hardest check of his profession up to now, overwhelming the damaging Jeremia Nakathila inside simply two rounds.
Japan’s Junto Nakatani turned a two-weight world champion at 25 by seizing the vacant WBO super-flyweight title, delivering a Knockout of the Year contender within the ultimate spherical having already dropped Australia’s Andrew Moloney twice.
Muhammad Ali’s grandson Nico Ali Walsh noticed his profitable run ended by a shock split-draw in opposition to Danny Rosenberger, whereas there have been early wins for prospects Emiliano Vargas, Abdullah Mason, Floyd Diaz and Amari Jones.
More follows