Oleksandr Usyk was apparently as outraged as many different viewers who tuned into the latest undisputed gentle heavyweight championship between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Oakland, California’s Haney retained his 4 135-pound belts with a unanimous choice over Ukraine’s Lomachenko final month on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas. Their extremely aggressive combat sparked widespread outrage, with many individuals—from common followers to celebrities similar to Jean-Claude Van Damme and Nelly—insisting Lomachenko deserved to win.
Not surprisingly, Usyk, the unified heavyweight champion and an in depth buddy of the 35-year-old Lomachenko, additionally joined the dissenting refrain.
“115-113 in favor of Loma, that’s my scorecard,” Usyk advised SecondsOut in an interview that was interpreted by Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk. “I’m certain that Vasiliy Lomachenko was robbed on this combat.”
Usyk stated he believes the judges merely gave Haney, 24, the advantage of the doubt.
“I feel it was simply poor judging,” Usyk stated when requested to determine a purpose for the decision. “They [paved] the best way for a younger child to go ahead [in his career] they usually didn’t admire the efforts of a longtime champion, a really expert performer, Vasiliy Lomachenko—his efforts weren’t appreciated. That’s my opinion.”
After the combat Lomachenko was captured on digicam starting to interrupt down in tears within the locker room. Requested to handle that second, Usyk stated he was moved by the present of emotion and denied that it made his buddy look “weak.”
“That’s my brother,” Usyk stated. “The emotional second all of us witnessed after the combat, once we noticed tears on Vasiliy’s face, was in all probability the results of his talks along with his son. He in all probability felt that he couldn’t comply along with his son’s expectations for changing into the undisputed [champion]. It’s not weak spot when a warrior like Vasiliy cries. There’s not unhealthy about him. It reveals how robust he’s. And generally I cry myself.”
Usyk is ready to defend his WBO, WBA, IBF, and IBO titles towards obligatory challenger Daniel Dubois on Aug. 26 in Wroclaw, Poland.