Vasiliy Lomachenko admits why he deliberately let Devin Haney outdo him in the final round

Vasiliy Lomachenko has revealed why he deliberately let Devin Haney outdo him in the final round.

Lomachenko and Haney entered the squared circle this past weekend at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. 'The Dream' was the favorite going into the undisputed lightweight championship matchup and ultimately won the bout via unanimous decision.

However, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the result of the fight as Vasiliy Lomachenko seemed to have done enough to beat Devin Haney. While 'The Dream' certainly did well in the opening rounds, the former world champion started to control the fight as the rounds progressed.

Heading into the 12th round of the fight, Lomachenko was so certain that he had done enough to beat Haney that he deliberately let 'The Dream' outdo him. Speaking about the same during the post-fight press-conference, 'The Matrix' said:

"Every round when I come back in the corner I understand, okay it's my round, it's my round, I understand. Then they go in the 12th round, I understand, okay, maybe I need to, little bit, defense and I can give him this round, I don't need to win this round because I was winning the other 11 rounds. Looks like, I don't say every 11 rounds, but during 11 rounds, I understand, it was my score. I don't know, maybe I don't understand boxing."

Watch the clip below:

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Vasiliy Lomachenko decision: Manager claims they are ready to appeal the decision

Vasiliy Lomachenko's team is certainly not pleased with the scoring in the Devin Haney fight. So much so that his manager, Egis Klimas, has claimed that they are ready to appeal the controversial decision.

While speaking about the fight during the press conference, Klimas suggested that the decision was the "biggest robbery":

"This is the biggest robbery in the middle of the day. For the other team, Christmas came in the summer and we're not gonna let it go, I guarantee we're gonna protest, I guarantee we're gonna appeal that decision because somebody needs to end this injustice."

In the same presser, Klimas claimed that boxing needs to be put back into the right place, adding:

"Somebody needs to put boxing in the place it has to be and it has to be justice because those judges, when they are scoring their completely insane score, don't understand how those fighters are working hard to get into that place and to be robbed like that is not acceptable."

Catch Egis Klimas' comments below (1:19):