A drained looking Devin Haney (22-0, 14 KOs) adept within efficiently at 134.6 pounds over Thursday because of his combat against Zaur Abdullaev (11-0, 7 KOs) it Friday regarding DAZN at Madison Square Garden within New York. Abdullaev, 25, adept of at 134.6 lbs.
Haney and Abdullaev choice keep hostilities between a WBC light-weight name eliminator. They’re additionally struggle for the period in-between WBC 135-lb title. The champion about the combat intention lie the obligatory for WBC champion Vasyl Lomachenko. However, his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank Boxing is announcing as Lomachenko won’t battle because of the remainder over 2019, and that he’ll stay waiting after rear the Richard Commey vs. Teofimo Lopez fight among express 2020.
Arum says that condition Lomachenko does combat as soon as more it year, it’ll keep against an distant places opponent. In mean words, Haney isn’t beneath consideration because of Loma’s next fight yet his combat afterward that.
Main card
- Devin Haney vs. Zaur Abdullaev for vacant WBC world interim lightweight title
- Heather Hardy vs. Amanda Serrano for Hardy’s WBO women’s featherweight title
- Michael Hunter vs. Sergey Kuzmin; heavyweight
Undercard results
- Wesley Ferrer def. Larry Fryers by unanimous decision (80-72, 79-73, 79-73); welterweight
- Murodjon Akhmadaliev def. Wilner Soto via fourth-round TKO; junior featherweight
- Magomedrasul Majidov def. Ed Fountain by fourth-round TKO; heavyweight
- Ray Ford vs. Rafael Castillo; featherweight
- Darren Cunningham def. Jonathan Lecona Rivas by unanimous decision (60-54, 60-54, 59-55); junior featherweight
- Daniyar Yeleussinov def. Reshard Hicks via first-round TKO; welterweight
- Christian Bermudez def. Jonathon Conde by second-round TKO; lightweight
