Many viewers witnessed the match between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko identified the victory that would be in favor of Ukrainian boxers. What Lomachenko showed at the end of the match claimed that, when the former Olympic championship continuously attacked and had many accurate punches towards Haney. However, the end result does not show that.
At the end of the 12 rounds, all 3 assessments announced the number of victory points belonged to Devin Haney, specifically as follows:
– Tear Cheatham Test: Haney won 115-113. Haney won the first half, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12. Lomachenko won the second half, 7, 8, 10, 11.
– Dave Moretti: Haney won 116-112. Haney won the first half, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. Lomachenko won the second, 3rd, 6th and 11th halfs.
– David Sutherland: Haney won 115-113. Haney won the first half, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12. Lomachenko won the second, 3, 8, 10, 11.
The judgment of the referees/assessments on the winner of the loser in each match may be slightly different, but there is one thing in common. Haney won overwhelming in the first 9 rounds, when all three assessments won the 6/9 round. It is enough for the defending champions WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO in the world not to lose, unless he was punched.
Lomachenko himself seems to know that he almost loses the loss after the end of the first 9 rounds. That is why Ukrainian boxers constantly attack Haney in the remaining 3 rounds to hope to reverse the situation. However, the final victory still belonged to Haney. Lomachenko's bruising face after the match ended, it also showed that Haney deserves to win.
So what is the reason why many viewers said the victory belonged to Lomachenko? The reason comes from the transcript is judged by the ESPN commentator on live broadcast. This person grades the match of 113-115 with the victory of Lomachenko. Haney only won the first half, 2, 4, 5, 9. Lomachenko won the third, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12.
In fact, the transcript of the ESPN commentator is only for reference, in the context of television with a separate angle from the top down. The assessment of the match was arranged in three directions close to the floor, so the perspective and judgment of their scores were also different. From different perspectives, the examination also counts the number of different punches, resulting in other points.
After the match results were announced, ESPN did not hesitate to criticize Lomachenko's “robbery” referees. Ukrainian boxers also cried because they did not think they lost. However, Devin Haney personally has the right to be proud when he won a match he played was not bad, and caused many injuries to the opponent's face.