Lightweight boxing legend Vasiliy Lomachenko was caught sending his opponent back to his corner and imploring his rival’s team to throw in the towel on more than one occasion during his latest win.
In his first fight since the summer, the Ukrainian earned a unanimous decision win over former IBF champion Richard Commey at Madison Square Garden.
With scores of 117-110, 119-108 and 119-108 on the judge’s cards, it was a masterclass performance that put Loma in line to get back the division’s championship straps from George Kambosos Jr., who defeated the 33-year-old’s previous victor in Teofimo Lopez late last month.
But as communicated by the wide points margins, the bout perhaps could have been stopped earlier for the Ghanaian’s own good.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vasiliy Lomachenko blasting Richard Commey with a 1-2 and then sending him back to his corner is one of the most disrespectful things I've ever seen <a href="https://t.co/0Fd77L47n0">pic.twitter.com/0Fd77L47n0</a></p>— Jimmy Clarke (@JimmyClarke__) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimmyClarke__/status/1469881411423326208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
Connecting with a 1-2 that rocked Commey’s head back, Lomachenko then showed his dazed foe where his corner was.
On Twitter, the gesture was called “one of the most disrespectful things” on fan had seen in boxing.
Later, in the seventh, there was more in store when Loma dropped Commey with a brutal left.
He gestured towards the corner again, but was this time appearing to ask Commey’s team if they wanted to throw the towel in.
They didn’t, and as the assault continued, Loma gave them the option one last time when Commey was on the ropes and Loma relented from delivering more crushing blows.