Lomachenko then stopped boxing midway through the seventh round and gestured to Richard Commey’s corner to throw in the towel. They let their fighter continue, so he could keep his pride, but he was clearly outgunned as Loma urged them again later on in the fight. Commney saw out the 12 rounds, but it was a unanimous decision with scores of 117-110, 119-108, 119-108 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The former unified champion is now expected to become mandatory challenger for George Kambosos Jnr, who ripped the WBA, IBF and WBO belts from Teofimo Lopez with an upset win last month.