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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]
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Lomachenko successfully petitioned the WBC to face Campbell for their vacant belt. [3] [4] The fight was finalized at the end June and set for 31 August at The O2 Arena. [5] Lomachenko would praise Campbell in the build up, saying "He has a big reach and he has a high boxing IQ, maybe for me it will be a big challenge."
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 ...
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]
For his part, Lomachenko mostly avoided protesting the result, though he did say "All people saw what happened today” in his post-fight interview. Lomachenko's manager, Egis Klimas, however, had ...
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 ]
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 ...