Devin Haney Stops Zaur Abdullaev In Four Rounds, Wins WBC Title
September 14, 2019
Devin Haney Stops Zaur Abdullaev In Four Rounds, Wins WBC Title
Devin Haney knocked out Zaur Abdullaev inithe fourth round of their WBC interim title fight at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, Thereby setting up a potential clash with WBC Lightweight Champion Vasily Lomachenko in the future.
The fight which was broadcastedBliveLon DAZN was mostly one Sided and after Haney had totally scattered the Russian’s nose and shattered his cheek bone, forcing his corner to stop the fight before the start of the fifth round.
“I felt good on my performance,” Haney noted after his latest win, which also netted him the interim World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title. “I wasn’t nearly done beating him, I was just warming up. I’m happy with the win.”
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Zaur Abdullaev was fighting in the United States for the first time and didn’t really looked like a contender against Haney, as he was against former title contender Hank Lundy last year.
Haney controlled every bit of the fight and made it look easy with his well cultured Jab and of course the looping right hand which he used at will and but the time of the stoppage had scattered Zaur Abdullaev’s that blood dripped from his nose to his toes.
The ring Physician had to made a very close check on the Russian in-between the rounds to ensure he was able to continue and that was the case when the referee got instructed to stop the fight at exactly 3 minutes of round three.
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