After the match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk was canceled, the match of Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko became the most noticeable confrontation in 2023. They are all very strong boxers in the Lightweight in recent years. If Haney is acquiring the entire title, then Lomachenko has the class of boxers twice to win Olympic gold medals.
Right from the first seconds of the match, both boxers soon showed the tactics they applied in this match. As a championship guard, Haney actively defended. He did not launch too many punches, but mainly based on the advantage of long arms to launch long -range Jabs, thereby limiting the chance for Lomachenko to approach him.
On the other side, Lomachenko actively attacked early. However, his attacks were not too effective even though the boxer launched more punches than the opponent. Haney defended quite tightly, and launched many counterattacks hit Lomachenko's face. Some hooks on Haney's Lomachenko abdomen soon promote the effect.
In the first half of the match, the advantage of Haney is quite clear. It seemed that Lomachenko was also aware of this, so he started to attack since the 8th half. This is the time when Ukrainian boxers launched some effective punches, however, he also had to receive quite a lot of counter -attack situations from Haney.
At the end of the 12 rounds, the confrontation between Haney and Lomachenko had to define the victory by calculating points. This is also a time of witnessing many controversies. Haney played at home, but most of the audience cheered for Lomachenko. That is why many people are dissatisfied when they know Lomachenko lost to Haney by calculating the consensus.
The final score given by the referees is 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113 in favor of Devin Haney. This match also helped Haney maintain a series of winning matches to 30.