Welcome to Haney vs. Lomachenko fight week

Source: WBC

15/05/2023

Welcome to Haney vs. Lomachenko fight week

Fight week is here. Undisputed lightweight king Devin “The Dream” Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) will defend his crown against former three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (23-2, including the World Series of Boxing) on Saturday, May 20th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Haney (pictured) vs. Lomachenko will stream live on ESPN+ pay-per-view. The undercard features a ten-round junior lightweight contest between former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs) and Adam “BluNose” Lopez (16-4, 6 KOs) in a rematch of their 2019 battle. In the broadcast opener, lightweight Raymond “Danger” Muratalla (16-0, 13 KOs) will take on big-punching Namibian contender Jeremia Nakathila (23-2, 19 KOs) in a ten-round clash. 
 
The stream will be preceded by a two-fight ESPN telecast featuring Australia’s Andrew Moloney (25-2, 16 KOs) and Japan’s undefeated former flyweight titlist Junto Nakatani (24-0, 18 KOs). Opening the broadcast will be middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (8-0, 5 KOs), grandson of Muhammad Ali, in a scheduled eight-rounder against Ohio-born veteran Danny Rosenberger (13-9-4, 4 KOs). Moloney-Nakatani and Ali Walsh-Rosenberger will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
 
The night will begin with an ESPN+-streamed undercard (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT) featuring the return of undefeated lightweights Emiliano Fernando Vargas (4-0, 3 KOs) and Abdullah Mason (7-0, 6 KOs). Vargas, son of former world champion Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, returns in an eight-rounder, while Mason, a Cleveland-born southpaw, will see action in a six-round clash. The undercard also features unbeaten junior featherweight Floyd “Cashflow” Diaz (8-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-rounder and middleweight slugger Amari Jones (8-0, 7 KOs) a six-round tilt.