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Invoice Haney says his son, Devin, will get up the 147-lb division identical to he did at light-weight and lightweight welterweight. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) might disintegrate in his subsequent struggle in opposition to Jose Ramirez in Could earlier than he even cuts his tooth at 147.
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Devin’s struggle in opposition to the previous WBC and WBO gentle welterweight champion Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) is a tune-up to arrange him for a rematch with Ryan Garcia in October. Haney has received to get previous Ramirez, 32, to create curiosity within the rematch.
Turki Al-Sheikh will doubtless placed on the Haney-Garcia rematch nonetheless, even when Jose Ramirez beats Devin, however the fan curiosity received’t be there below these circumstances.
“If we had beat Ryan like we would and were supposed to when he’s performing well in the fight, the rematch is worth way more money,” stated Invoice Haney to Thaboxingvoice, reflecting on Devin Haney’s loss to Ryan Garcia final April.
“If we had scorched [him] and it was a win and decisive, nobody would pay for the struggle once more. However thanks to Turki Al-Sheikh, who stepped up. The controversy sells, and every little thing that is happening, it’s within the welterweight division.
“We know that the welterweight division has historically been the Sugar Ray Leonards, the Duran, the Errol Spence, the Terence Crawfords, Floyds, Bertos, Keith Thurmans have historically made more money.”
Invoice is correct concerning the rematch being value extra resulting from Devin dropping. If he’d overwhelmed Kingry as many had anticipated, a second struggle can be pointless, particularly if the victory was one-sided like Haney’s wins over George Kambosos Jr. and Regis Prograis. It labored in Devin’s favor to lose final April.
Haney messed himself up by not staying lively within the final 10 months because the defeat as a result of he might have fought twice and made hundreds of thousands. For the previous two-division world champion Haney to have sat on the shelf hints at a insecurity and unwillingness to threat the mega-money he could make within the rematch with Ryan.
Invoice talks of the previous greats Leonard, Duran, and Mayweather, however these guys stayed lively. They wouldn’t have completed what Haney did if that they had been overwhelmed. If Devin had been reduce from the identical material as these fighters, he’d have returned to the ring by now and fought one of many prime contenders at 140.
Welterweight Gauntlet
“So, Devin brought excitement to the lightweight [division]; he woke up the 140-lb division, and we expect to take up the 140-lb division. It’s no different,” stated Invoice Haney.
For Haney to make his mark at 147, he’ll have to show himself in opposition to Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis. These are the 2 finest at welterweight. It received’t be sufficient for Devin to defeat WBC champion Mario Barrios, who’s seen because the weakest hyperlink among the many champions within the division.
Jaron Ennis
Eimantas Stanionis
Brian Norman Jr.
At this level, I doubt that Haney might beat WBO champion Brian Norman Jr., and he’s arguably the third-best of the belt-holders within the division.
