Road to Haney vs Lomachenko

This coming Saturday will mark the culmination of a long process which took almost four years to mature into one of the greatest fights of recent years.

Back in (2018 o 2019) The WBC ordered a series of fights to determine the mandatory challenger of then lightweight champion Mikey Garcia; Such tournament involved Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Zaur Abdullaev and Javier Fortuna.

Some fighters decided to go through different direction and didn’t materialize such fights so The WBC upgraded Haney vs Abdullaev from final elimination to WBC interim title. Haney was crowned with a top performance.

Lomachenko who was WBO and WBA champion petitioned to The WBC the opportunity to challenge for the vacant WBC lightweight championship once Mikey Garcia vacated it, and in an unprecedented ruling Lomachenko vs Luke Campbell was approved for the vacant title. Loma was awarded Franchise designation which led to a sensational series of fights in the division for the following 3 years, including:

Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez, Haney vs Yuriorkis Gamboa, Haney vs Jorge Linares, Haney vs JoJo Diaz, Ryan Garcia vs Luke Campbell, Jojo Diaz vs Javier Fortuna, Teofimo Lopez vs George Kambosos, Ryan Garcia vs Emmanuel Tagoe, Devin Haney vs George Kambosos I & II.

Now the stage is set, and Haney will finally face Lomachenko for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world.

A young kid who began his professional career fighting in small bars in Tijuana, Mexico and who has climbed the ladder of success throughout The WBC platform against the old master who conquered Olympic glory twice and has won world titles in 3 different weight categories.