Promoter Bob Arum says Devin Haney ought to quit his WBC gentle welterweight title if he doesn’t need to defend towards his obligatory Sandor Martin subsequent.
Arum’s Stance
Arum’s firm gained the purse bid to stage Haney’s struggle towards Martin (42-3, 15 KOs) this week, however he says if Devin doesn’t need to take the struggle, he wants to surrender his WBC title. Martin will then struggle the following accessible fighter within the WBC’s prime ten rating at 140.
Haney is sad about Tuesday’s low purse bid, which is comprehensible as a result of he was paid properly for his earlier struggle towards Ryan Garcia. It needed to be jarring for Haney to go from making mega-millions towards Ryan to a payday of $1.5 million for a title protection towards Martin.
Arum says Haney can struggle Teofimo Lopez subsequent if he doesn’t want to face Sandor. A struggle between Haney and WBO gentle welterweight champion Teofimo would have e a world title at stake.
“So, quit the title, and Sandor Martin will struggle the following man accessible. That’s what the principles are for,” mentioned Bob Arum to Sean Zittel, reacting to being instructed that WBC gentle welterweight champion Devin Haney doesn’t need to struggle his obligatory Sandor Martin subsequent.
“So, if Haney doesn’t need the struggle, good. He’ll do one thing else. Each fighter has to look out for himself, and if he decides he doesn’t need to struggle Sandor Martin, then he’ll struggle anyone else,” Arum continued about Haney.
“He could say, ‘I don’t need to struggle Sandor Martin. I’ll quit the title, however is Teofimo accessible? I need to struggle Teofimo as an alternative.’ Properly, that’s a sexy struggle. Once more, there are quite a lot of shifting items right here. Proper now, we gained the purse bid for Haney and Martin.
“Both Haney does the struggle or offers up the title. The selection is his. I’m not going to get indignant at anyone for looking for the perfect risk for themselves. That’s as much as them, and if he thinks that’s the way in which to go, who am I to disagree?
“It will imply [Haney] preventing [Ryan] Garcia in a non-title struggle, however that’s not the worst factor on the earth. Who is aware of what sort of suspension Garcia will get from the New York Fee?
“Possibly he decides if the suspension is brief sufficient to struggle Teofimo,” mentioned Arum about Ryan Garcia.
