Ex-opponent Vasily Lomachenko Luke Campbell I am convinced that a few years ago a Ukrainian boxer would have easily defeated Devina Haney.
The name of Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) dropped almost entirely from the media after Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) defeated Luke Campbell last Saturday. The undisputed lightweight champion recalled his existence with a short tweet.
After knocking out Luke Campbell on Saturday, Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) entered the leadership group of the extremely strong lightweight division. King Ry won the right to fight for the WBC belt against Devin Haney (25-0, 15 KOs) thanks to the victory over the Englishman, but chose to challenge the holder of the "regular" WBA title Gervonta Davis (24-0, 23 KOs). These words of Garcia were promptly commented on in social networks.
Luke Campbell (20-4, 16 KOs) in his professional career met with such stars as Vasyl Lomachenko and Jorge Linares, but only Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) managed to defeat the talented Briton by stoppage. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist praised his 22-year-old winner after the fight.
In the main event of a boxing night in Dallas, Texas, the undefeated Ryan Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) scored KO seven round win over 2012 Olympic champion Luke Campbell (20-4, 16 KOs) to become the interim WBC lightweight champion. The outcome of the fight was decided by the left hook to the body, from which the British boxer could not recover. The time was 1:58.