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Paulie Malignaggi lit into Devin Haney at present, utilizing him for instance of fighters at present who rigorously matched in opposition to weak opposition developing and overpaid.
Malignaggi factors out that Haney’s resume had been constructed on wins over “grandfathers,” when he stepped up in opposition to Ryan Garcia, he was crushed. He’s being introduced again by Turki Al-Sheikh and used on a number of of his playing cards within the pipeline for 2025 and 2026.
“Grandfathers” & Wheelchairs
“You realized that Devin Haney was oversaturating the bag when he came back from the Ryan Garcia fight and didn’t want to take 1.75 million to fight Sandor Martin coming off a loss,” stated Paulie Malignaggi to Fighthype, speaking about Devin Haney being overpaid.
“When he didn’t wish to struggle Sandor Martin for $1.75 million with successful to his picture [against Ryan Garica], I’m like, ‘What in the F were you paying this guy [Haney]?’ His resume is stuffed with grandfathers, after which he didn’t even beat Lomachenko. He simply acquired the reward.
“The explanation that’s not some huge cash to Devin Haney is since you acquired to ask your self, ‘What in the world were you paying that guy to fight guys in wheelchairs?’ What within the heck was that?
Haney’s Resume
– Yuriorkis Gamboa: 38– Jorge Linares: 35– Regis Prograis: 35– Vasily Lomachenko: 35– Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz: 29
Haney was constructed like a product, packaged with the hip-hop look with the gold chains and dishevelled garments, and matched in opposition to older washed-up fighters to market to the general public. He was an excellent primary fringe-level fighter in precise phrases however matched in opposition to weak opposition to make him look higher than he’s.
“Is it just the Saudis oversaturating the market, or is the West manufacturing stars on purpose, choosing who they want to manufacture and then letting them become [fake] stars? Devin Haney was fighting guys in retirement homes coming up and getting paid a lot of money,” stated Paulie.
It’s not simply Haney that the promoters are creating as pretend stars. Lots of them have been constructed, and so they’re being protected with matchmaking in what appears to be a objective of getting cash-out.
Mayweather’s Shadow
In Haney’s case, the promoters might have felt that there was potential to make use of him to fill Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s empty footwear after he retired. He had a Mayweather-like fashion, minus the hand velocity and ring IQ. He appeared like an imitation of Mayweather, and it labored with the followers who have been determined for a alternative. Haney slipped into his footwear and was matched in opposition to beatable opposition to create him.
Who’s Subsequent
Edgar BerlangaKeyshawn DavisTeofimo LopezXander ZayasJared Anderson
“Jorge Linares got knocked out by Pablo Cano in one round in 2017,” stated Malignaggi. “Haney fought him [Linares] in 2019 in a main event. Cano knocked out Linares in one round. That’s how shot Linares was. In 2019 [correction: May 29, 2021], Haney’s main event was against Linares, selling it as Linares, the former champion, the former pound-for-pound guy. He did it with three super old guys.”
Haney didn’t even look good in opposition to the shopworn Linares, as he was staggered late within the struggle and compelled to clinch nonstop to flee the 12-round struggle with out getting knocked out in 2021. There ought to have been factors taken off from Haney for all of the holding he was doing as soon as he acquired damage.
“It was like taking Muhammad Ali with Parkinson’s and putting him in the ring [to use as Haney’s opponent to build him into a fake star]. JoJo [Diaz], but he wasn’t on the level of Linares and Gamboa in their primes. It’s clear he [Haney] was robbing to bag. To me, he didn’t win the Lomachenko fight,” stated Malignaggi.
