“I Thought It Was a Robbery”: Shakur Stevenson Is Confident Vasyl Lomachenko Won Against Devin Haney

Despite demonstrating better accuracy in terms of jabs and power punches landed, Vasyl Lomachenko lost to Devin Haney via a unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Devin Haney. While judge Dave Moretti scored the bout 116-112, judges David Sutherland and Tim Cheatham scored the contest 115-113 against Lomachenko. However, on the other hand, according to CompuBox, Lomachenko landed a total of 124 punches, 14 punches more than Haney.

In addition, there were several moments during the fight when the two-time Olympic gold medalist scored beautiful combinations and created some impressive angles to stay away from Haney. Although Haney was the bigger fighter, Lomachenko vividly outboxed him at times. As a result, when the decision was announced, a number of boxing fans were left disappointed. Likewise, following Haney’s controversial win, Shakur Stevenson declared that “it was a robbery“.

Shakur Stevenson had the bout 8-4 in favor of Vasyl Lomachenko

After the bout was over and Shakur Stevenson was leaving the arena, FightHype managed to talk to him. On being asked about what he thought about the fight, Stevenson declared that in his opinion, Vasyl Lomachenko won. In fact, he strongly believed that Lomachneko won at least eight rounds of the fight. Thus in a strong statement, he said, “Lomachenko won. I had it like 8-4, Lomachenko.”

The interviewer further asked Stevenson if he thought it was a close fight. To which the 25-year-old and unbeaten star replied negatively. In his opinion, Devin Haney vs. Vasyl Lomachenko was far from being a close fight. Hence, he went to the extent of branding the decision as a robbery. “Nah, I thought it was a robbery,” Stevenson added. Observing Haney’s performance inside the ring, Stevenson also felt that Haney barely competed against Lomachenko. “I don’t think it was competitive at all,” he stated.

In the same vein, following the fight, while Haney reiterated that Lomachenko was a “future Hall-of-Famer,” Lomachenko was of the view that Haney is not a pound-for-pound boxer in the sport. Ahead of the bout, Haney said he would make a statement and impose his will on the Ukrainian boxer. However, seeing the bout, a number of fans now believe Haney fell short and it was Lomachenko who delivered a statement.

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