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Haney, a practicing Muslim, indicated that he preferred the fight to take place before March, so as to not conflict with Ramadan. He also accused his promoter Top Rank of favoritism towards Lomachenko, claiming that Top Rank and Lomachenko's management wanted the fight pushed to May to force him to stay weight-drained for longer. [3]
At 35, Lomachenko, who has held world titles in multiple weight classes, could be running out of time to recapture gold. As impressive as the two-time Olympic gold medalist’s career has been ...
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It was the injury to my hand." According to CompuBox statistics, Lomachenko landed 55 of 339 punches thrown (16%) and Rigondeax landed 15 of his 178 thrown (8%), landing no more than 3 punches per round. For the fight, Lomachenko was guaranteed a purse of $1.2 million whereas Rigondeaux earned a $400,000 purse. [17]
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Lomachenko threw fewer punches in the first seven rounds, allowing López to control most of the first half of the fight. In the second half, Lomachenko started coming out more offensively, landing more punches. In the final round, López landed 50 of 98 punches thrown (51%), the highest ever in a round for an opponent Lomachenko has faced.
Lomachenko dominated the latter rounds and outpunched Haney, 124-110. Tim Cheatham and David Sutherland scored the fight 115-113, while Dave Moretti had it 116-112. Haney retains lightweight ...
Lomachenko agreed to a comeback fight against Nakatani in Las Vegas. [7] The bout was aired on ESPN+ in the US [ 8 ] and Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland. [ 9 ] It went head to head with Gervonta Davis ' light welterweight clash with Mario Barrios on Showtime PPV in Atlanta , Georgia taking place on the same night. [ 10 ]