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Devin Haney referred to himself as a “victim” in an interview immediately, devoting a lot of the time speaking about his battle in opposition to Ryan Garcia, saying he’d been “cheated” because of his optimistic check for PED.
Haney appeared like he was making an attempt to make use of Ryan’s optimistic check to elucidate away his defeat to make followers imagine that’s why he was crushed final April.
It got here throughout like Devin was making an attempt to whitewash his loss to wipe the loss away from the minds of followers, who have been sympathetic to his “victim” of dishonest argument. He’s higher off shifting on and specializing in preventing quite than persevering with to speak in regards to the PED angle. Followers see that as Haney enjoying the sufferer, making an attempt to squirm out of taking the blame for not preventing higher in opposition to Ryan.
I’m simply questioning what Haney conjures up by way of excuses if he loses each of his fights in 2025 to Jose Ramirez in Might and Ryan Garcia in October. Will Devin settle for blame or give you a purpose why he was crushed?
Haney’s Pursuit of Greatness
Haney says he needs to indicate the boxing world “how great” he’s, which is humorous as a result of he was by no means seen as “great” even earlier than his loss to Garcia. Devin’s win over Vasily Lomachenko was controversial within the eyes of many followers, who noticed it as a theft. Haney had appeared equally dangerous, getting staggered repeatedly in his battle in opposition to 35-year-old Jorge Linares on Might 29, 2021.
Devin’s greatest profession wins:
– Regis Prograis: 35– George Kambosos Jr. x 2– Jorge Linares: 35– Vasily Lomachenko: *controversial– Joseph Diaz
In the event you take away Haney’s questionable victory over Lomachenko, his resume is paper-thin, with no high quality victories. You possibly can’t depend Kambosos as high quality as a result of he was only a common run-of-the-mill fighter till pulling off an upset in opposition to Teofimo Lopez.
Kambosos’ document is 1-3 in his final 4 fights. It needs to be 0-4 as a result of his one win within the final three years was a controversial 12-round majority determination in opposition to Maxi Hughes.
“I want to keep showing the world how great I am and turning non-believers into believers,” mentioned Devin Haney to the Ring Journal podcast. “They need to see if I’m the identical. After I used to be cheated, there’s query marks.
“They need to see if I’m the identical Devin or a greater Devin. He [Ryan] has the query marks too. The world needs to see if he’s the identical when he’s off PEDs. Simply from my expertise, being a sufferer of being cheated, figuring out how vital is is being in that ring and being clear to be on a fair enjoying discipline.
“I want to be an advocate for clean athletes in general, especially in boxing. We’re in there taking punishment. What a better time [to take a stand] when you see a guy [Ryan Garcia] cheat and get suspended. It’s the biggest time in boxing. The whole world seen it. I think what better time than now,” mentioned Haney.
