World Boxing Council decision in practice means that the Ukrainian, which is also WBA and WBO lightweight champion, will not be required to defend his title against Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KO), who is an interim WBC champion.
In this situation, Lomachenko will wait for the result of the December fight for the IBF belt between Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) and Teofimo Lopez (14-0, 11 KOs) and will hold a unification bout for the full set of trophies in the first half of 2020 in his weight category. Meanwhile, Devin Haney is likely to be named a full-fledged WBC champion soon.