By Chris Williams: The Devin Haney vs. Vasily Lomachenko event has a PPV price of $59.99 on ESPN for tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The event will be shown on ESPN+ PPV, starting at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m – Click here to buy tickets!
Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) will be defending his undisputed lightweight championship in arguably the toughest test of his career against more accomplished two-time Olympic gold medalist and former three-division world champion Lomachenko (17-2, 11 KOs).
WHAT TIME IS HANEY LOMACHENKO?
- Date: Saturday, May 20
- Start time: 10 p.m. ET / 3 a.m. BST
- The main card is set to get underway at 10 p.m. ET / 3 a.m. BST with the main event ringwalks scheduled for 12 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. BST.
- Viewers in the U.S. will be able purchase the fight on ESPN+ PPV
- The fight will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The 35-year-old Loma admits that this is his “last chance” to try and become the undisputed, as it’s not an opportunity that comes around. If Lomachenko loses to Haney, he won’t be given a second shot, as Devin will likely face Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis next and, if not him, Shakur Stevenson.
“I made history by becoming the youngest undisputed champion. The real champ,” said Devin Haney to Top Rank Boxing. “I think Loma is an amateur. He’s never fought nobody like me. I’m going to run over him.
“I want to beat him bad. We’re closing the chapter on Loma after this. Checkmate, bingo.
Haney isn’t a knockout type of fighter, so you have to take what he says about running over Lomachenko with a grain of salt. Devin wins by outboxing his opponents, jabbing, clinching, and looking to win on the scorecards.
Some boxing fans believe Lomachenko would have already become the undisputed if not for the Russian-Ukrainian war, as he was set to challenge George Kambosos Jr for his belts until the invasion of his country.
Instead of Lomachenko fighting the vulnerable champion Kambosos, Haney got the fight while Loma returned to Ukraine to defend his country.
“Four belts, this is my motivation. It’s the last chance,” said Vasily Lomachenko. “We train for this. It’s about strategy. It’s only one fight with four belts. It’s close, very close.
“Come May 20, you’re going to see blood, sweat & tears.
Haney-Lomachenko undercard
- Andrew Moloney (25-2, 16 KOs) vs. Junto Nakatani (24-0, 18 KOs)
- Nico Ali Walsh (8-0, 5 KOs) vs. Danny Rosenberger (13-9-4, 4 KOs)
- Emiliano Fernando Vargas (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Abdullah Mason (7-0, 6 KOs)
- Floyd “Cashflow” Diaz (8-0, 3 KOs) vs. TBA
- Amari Jones (8-0, 7 KOs) vs. TBA
