Devin Haney is satisfied he’ll bounce again from his loss to Ryan Garcia and are available again even “greater” than earlier than. That’s a tall order for the previous two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) as a result of he regarded terrible, getting crushed up by Ryan final April.
That loss for Haney confirmed he lacks the chin, energy, and expertise to hold with the perfect at 140. Though Haney captured titles in two weight courses, his wins got here towards George Kambosos Jr. and Regis Prograis. He’d not fought proficient fighters to win his titles.
For Haney to rise “greater” than earlier than, he’ll want to begin racking up high quality wins with out controversy and never use measurement as a device. He has a popularity for being a weight bully, so he should transfer as much as 147 or 154.
Haney, 25, hasn’t mentioned which course he’ll take to return to the degrees he was preventing at earlier than his 12-round resolution loss to Garcia on April twentieth. It’s believed that Haney can be pressured to maneuver as much as 147 as a result of he’s quickly outgrown the sunshine welterweight division after simply two fights.
Promoter Eddie Hearn recommends that Haney take a tune-up as a result of he believes his profession may very well be ruined if he comes towards opponent and suffers one other loss.
Haney’s PPV Numbers:
- 500,000: Ryan Garcia
- 55,000: Regis Prograis
- 150,000: Vasily Lomachenko
Hearn factors out that the issue with Haney taking a tuneup is his inflated purse necessities. Devin’s previous PPV numbers aren’t adequate for him to be counted on to herald income towards a tune-up-level opponent. He would want to battle somebody good.
Haney would possible need some huge cash that wouldn’t be there for a tune-up with out His Excellency Turki Alalshikh stepping in to pay him untold hundreds of thousands for a easy confidence booster. If Turki isn’t going to assist, Haney could be pressured to battle somebody good on PPV, and Hearn thinks that might finish badly for him.
“I needed to be the perfect. So, nothing has modified. Just a bit adversity. That’s simply a part of it. Each nice has confronted adversity. I don’t care who you’re,” mentioned Devin Haney to All The Smoke Struggle channel, speaking about the place he’s at, coming off a loss to Ryan Garcia.
“The world might see me face it, however I’m going to rise even greater than I used to be earlier than,” mentioned Haney.
Sadly, Haney just isn’t “nice” as a result of he’s by no means crushed anybody to indicate that he deserves that label. His finest win is a controversial resolution over Lomachenko in Might 2023, in a battle that many boxing followers noticed him lose.
Even with Haney’s huge measurement and youth benefit over Lomachenko, he appeared to lose that battle. The Nevada judges saved Haney with their scoring. In actuality, Haney appeared to lose 9-3.
With out Haney being protected against the harmful sharks within the 147-lb and 154-lb divisions, his profession as a significant participant will quickly be over. His efficiency towards Ryan confirmed that he couldn’t take a punch and lacked the ability to compete towards good opposition.
If Haney is matched by one of many wily promoters, who fastidiously guides him across the harmful waters at welterweight and junior middleweight, he can discover success. However he received’t beat any of the proficient fighters in these weight courses.
You’ll be able to’t throw Haney in with Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, Vergil Ortiz Jr., Sebastian Fundora, or Tim Tszyu and count on him to win. Haney could be meals for these predators at 147 and 154. His profession could be over.
Haney wants somebody like Eddie Hearn to maneuver him as he did Edgar Berlanga for an enormous money out towards somebody above his pay grade.
Hearn took the no-talent Berlanga, made him appear like gold by feeding him two tomato cans from the UK, after which transmuted these empty wins into a significant mega-million battle towards Canelo Alvarez. Hearn can try this with Haney, too. It’s sneaky and unfair to the followers, however it’s attainable.
