DEVIN HANNEY defeated George Kambosos Jr. on Saturday night to be the undisputed lightweight champion in the world.
23-year-old American won unanimously in Melbourne, Australia, to win Kambosos’ WBA, IBF and WBO crowns.
Haney won the victory with scores of 116-112, 112-112, and 118-110.
Haney holds the WBC and four other world titles. He is also the first boxer to unify lightweight since Pernell Whitaker's 1990 fight.
He is also the eighth boxer to have all four division belts in history - the latest to do it since Caleb Plant beat Canelo Alvarez to unify middleweight in November.
Although the bout was successful, Haney won the fight with scores of 116-112, 112-112, and 118-110 according to the judges scorecards.
This means that the WBA, IBF and WBO lineal titles will change for the second consecutive bout - Kambosos won them only in his fight against Teofimo in November.
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Haney stated that the fight was a fulfillment of a childhood dream.
"I was comfortable. "I was comfortable.
"I took off the last round because I knew that I was comfortably ahead. But, I fought a smart, good fight."
Haney dominated the fight, using his jab to frustrate Kambosos and evading punches.
Kambosos believes that Haney won unanimously and that the fight was close. He is eager to face the 28-0 boxer once more, which could trigger the rematch clause.
The 21-1 fighter stated that he wanted to face the toughest test.
"We'll do this again. Although I need to do some things, I felt the fight was very close.
