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Devin Haney expected to skip 135 lb title to avoid Vasyl Lomachenko


Via Sam Volz: Devin Haney should do the right thing by defending his undisputed lightweight title against Vasyl Lomachenko next in the third and final bout of his three-fight contract with Top Rally .

Paulie Malignaggi predicts that Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) will vacate her title instead of going up against Lomachenko and losing to him. Haney would drop his belt and move as fast as his feet would carry him out of the 135-lb division.

Bob Arum assigned Haney two easy gunfights against former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. Now Devin should do the right thing by providing the highest Rated value for the third and final match of his three-match contract by facing Lomachenko (16-2, 11 KOs).

I don’t know how Haney could have looked me in the face if he had emptied his belt and then told Top Rank that he wanted a warm-up match for his debut at 140.

I mean, they’re going to want Haney to fight Teofimo Lopez at lightweight if he decides to ignore their wishes and fight Lomachenko at 135.

Top ratings boost Teofimo, and they’ll want value for Haney’s last fight on his three-match contract. If Haney insists on being easy to tune at 140, then Top Rated won’t achieve any of their three battles with him under their banner.

Haney’s two battles with George Kambosos Jr didn’t yield huge numbers, and they were both incredibly boring battles to watch. Kambosos looks like a normal Joe, a guy who would literally lose most of the top 15 at lightweight.

If Haney thinks everything will be fine and dandy at 140, he’s kidding himself. He’s too weak for that weight class, and he’ll be battered by killers like Regis Prograis, Jose Zepeda, Jose Ramirez and Subriel Matias.

The only way for Haney to achieve success at 140 is if he picks his opponent and outclasses the fighters above.

Given Haney’s agreement with Errol Spence Jr today on how hard it is to gain weight, you can take it as a hint that he’s going to skip his lightweight titles, swapping Lomachenko in the title. progress and move up to rank 140 with the undefeated record still intact. .

Spence complains about the difficulty of gaining weight at 147 and he says he wants to gain it to 154.

Haney agreed with Spence, and you can take it as a signal that the 23-year-old is about to drop his lightweight belt to flee the division to avoid an almost certain loss to Lomachenko.

“Finally, Devin Haney has officially finished with George Kambosos, defending his lightweight title against Kambosos in a decisive defeat last weekend,” Chris Mannix told. DAZN Boxing Show.

See what I mean when I say that Haney is implying Ugly that he’s about to give up his lightweight belt without a fight. Lomachenko is a scary character, and I guess you can’t blame Haney when/if he vacated also avoid losing to him.

“Haney has one match left on his Top Rank contract, and Bob Arum has said that if Vasyl Lomachenko beats Jamaine Ortiz this month, he wants Haney to face Lomachenko next. Haney now has options that he is no longer contractually bound to Kambosos. Should he face Lomachenko next? “

Some fans see Haney as a weight bully at 135, and they feel the only reason he’s been successful in the tournament is because he’s basically a 140-pound athlete, much larger than the opponent after he rehydrated.

“Yes, I like this fight. I like this fight for Haney because Haney called Lomachenko when no one called him out,” said Sergio Mora. “So now he keeps all the belts, he has all the marbles with him.

“He has all the leverage, all the attention. Why don’t you inject Lomachenko? Lomachenko will face anyone. He will fight anyone, anytime and anywhere, so I love this fight.

“Haney, you know, he became undisputed when he beat a boxer in Kambosos. Now, he can actually prove he’s wiped out the division if he can beat Lomachenko. Lomachenko is one of the best at 135 years old still.

“It may be the most important time. It may not be the top pick but it’s the most crucial moment for a bigger boxer, Haney, to outgrow the division and have a final fight at 135 with one of the best boxers. the most at 135,” said Mora.

“It was a great fight, no doubt, and it’s a defining potential legacy for Devin Haney,” Mannix said. “I would argue more important are the fights that secured him all the belts at 135 [against Kambosos]. How special is Vasyl Lomachenko.

“It will also be a big fight in New York or Las Vegas, pay per view in the US, I understand how big the fight is. I just thought it was a bad call for Devin Haney. I watched the match against Kambosos. Devin Haney doesn’t look good.

“That’s not what a natural 135-pound athlete looks like. It was the figure of a warrior who had completely withered and needed to squeeze out every ounce of water in his system just to make 135 pounds. To his credit, he carried the weight like he always did the weight, and it didn’t affect him the night of the fight against the Kambosos.

“But I recall what Teofimo Lopez said after the battle of Kambosos. He said, ‘I should have dropped the title and moved up to 140 against the Kambosos. “Now some might say, ‘It’s just sour grapes; that’s hindsight, but we know that in that fight, Teofimo Lopez had some trouble getting down to 135.

“I think it is better for a fighter to leave the division one fight early than one fight too late. I think Teofimo if you went back and asked him, of course, he would say, ‘I wish I had dropped the belt and increased to 140 before I fought the Kambosos.’

“I don’t want to see Haney say the same things. It’s not like going to 140 doesn’t give him some extremely hot picks. If you look at 140 pounds, that’s one of the deeper divisions currently in all of boxing.

“Josh Taylor is still there, fighting at 140, and then Regis Prograis, fighting for a title. Then you’re looking at the newcomers at 140. Teofimo Lopez, he’ll fight for the second time in that weight class in December. Ryan Garcia just debuted at £140.

“These are young men who have just joined the division and have been in the division for a few years. Devin Haney, he should just move, up, drop the belt, hit a fight to get used to 140 pounds, and then go up against one of the title holders who will be eager to face him.

“Go up against Teofimo Lopez, challenge Ryan Garcia to a fight we’ve talked about for years. I want to see Lomachenko vs Devin Haney so much, I don’t think I want to watch it anymore.

“I don’t think Devin Haney is underweight. I think right now, he’s a junior weight class,” Mannix said.

“I like that idea, but if he gets one more fight with Top Rated and Bob Arum, you know he’s going to want to do that fight with a fight with Lomachenko,” Mora said. “They wouldn’t want him to just defend the title. They’re going to want a big fight with Devin Haney.

“I agree with you. He’s taller than the weight class. He looks very attractive and dry, just like Devin Haney did with the Kambosos in this rematch in the weight division. I’ve been there before, and I’ve lost my title quite a bit on the scale.

“He can’t continue to dry himself like that, moving up into a weight class where he clearly excels. It is a big child.

“He is 23, 24 years old, he has broad shoulders, and he has a lot of weight to distribute that. So 140 would be the next squad, but if he can comfortably get another teamfight at 135, Loma is the way to go. That way he not only gets a legend on his résumé, you get the fight you want before you can’t argue.

“Think about how that would make him feel and the message it sends to boxing. Here’s a kid from Devin Haney who’s achieved all his dreams, made all the money in the world, and he still wants it all to go to waste; he still wants Lomachenko or no mas-Chenko.

“He wants all that smoke, and you have to credit this kid. He could also be nominated as ‘Warrior of the Year’. This is what we are talking about boxing. Mora said.

“Yes he is, but we mentioned consideration. I’ve been following the news for the week,” Mannix said. “We had Devin Haney wear sunglasses during the press conference. That tells me that his eyes are a little sunken and that he’s having a hard time physically.

“Then the scales; Mannix said.

“I see, Mannix,” Mora said.

“You’re right. I don’t think Devin Haney will be at Lomachenko’s level in his first match at 140,” Mannix said. “It probably wouldn’t make sense to play Teofimo Lopez right away.

“If you’re in Top Rank and Devin Haney vacates the belt, all of a sudden you’re one step closer to doing a Shakur Stevenson vs Lomachenko fight. Ask Shakur to fight for an empty title at 135. Lomachenko is required for the WBO, so he fights for an empty title.

“Suddenly you let these guys collide to win the unified championship. That’s not a bad consolation prize. It’s another match that Top Rank has really wanted to make, and if Devin Haney leaves, this will give them a chance to make it,” Mannix said.

“Well, that’s when I went to match Lomachenko. I don’t know if you want to face Shakur Stevenson or not. He did it all because of you. I think Loma at this point in his career. He, 33 years old, what do I think?

“It’s smart for him to make the right decision, a big money decision, by staying away from Shakur Stevenson unless you really have to face him and want to face him; Devin Haney makes sense in the world.

“Can you imagine Lomachenko, the three-division world champion, becoming undisputed at the age of 135? It was unbelievable,” said Mora.

“Devin Haney isn’t getting any younger, and making 135 pounds won’t get any easier.

“I don’t want him to struggle to get there and then look less than his optimal self against Lomachenko. I think he might regret it,” Mannix said.

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