SWEET D
Reporters’ star ratings for main events and undercards are based on in-ring entertainment, competitiveness and whether overall expectation was met
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
JUNE 5
AFTER winning his sanctioning body belt via an exchange of emails rather than punches, American lightweight Devin Haney proved himself a worthy champion by travelling to Melbourne, Australia to dethrone George Kambosos Jnr and become the lightweight division’s true king.
It was, on reflection, the fight and the performance Haney needed, both to raise his game to new levels and legitimatise his position as a champion. It was a fight he had been calling for, a fight he fancied, and a fight for which he had been forced to travel. It was also a fight, in the end, he made look relatively easy.
“I was comfortable,” Haney, now 28-0 (15), said. “I was sticking to the gameplan. The gameplan was to go in and hit and not get it, and I did that for the majority of the fight.
“I took the last round off because I knew I was comfortably ahead, but I fought a good, smart fight.”
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