The lightweight division is one of boxing's deepest and most exciting weight classes. Devin Haney won the undisputed championship by defeating George Kambosos Jr. on the road in Australia, but his title defense Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas against former pound-for-pound No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko will be the first true test of his career.
Haney is 29-0 with 15 knockouts, but has yet to face anyone nearly as talented, as experienced and simply as good as Lomachenko.
As Haney noted — correctly — Lomachenko's so-so performance in a win over Jamaine Ortiz in October has to be taken with a grain of salt because Lomachenko was fighting for his country before the bout was made. He got permission from the Ukraine government to box and so his performance may not have been indicative of the fighter he still is.
Lomachenko has been a wizard throughout his career, though, and he's a surefire Hall of Famer when he retires. But he'll also be giving up size to Haney, who dwarfed him when they met in the ring at Madison Square Garden in New York after Lomachenko had slipped past Ortiz. Haney's an inch taller but has a six-inch reach advantage.
Haney should use his size when possible, making the smaller man carry his weight and force referee Harvey Dock to break them.
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