Vasiliy Lomachenko is on course to challenge Devin Haney for the undisputed lightweight championship at the start of 2023 should both come through their upcoming fights, says Top Rank boss Bob Arum.
Haney currently reigns supreme at the top of the division after out-boxing George Kambosos Jr in June to clinch the belts in Australia, with the pair set to meet again in an October 16 rematch at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.
The winner of that fight potentially lies in store for Lomachenko, with the Ukrainian due to return to the ring against Jamaine Ortiz in October.
“A contract is a contract and in order to secure that fight for Devin [Haney], we had to agree that if we won – which he did – there would be a rematch in Australia,” said Arum of the Haney-Kambosos rematch.
“Thanks to the help of the Victoria Government, who have put up a substantial amount of money, we’re able to do the rematch.
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