Bill Haney has hit back at Teofimo Lopez Sr’s claim that his son Devin Haney doesn’t want to fight Teofimo Lopez Jr.
Haney was responding to Lopez Sr’s recent claim that Devin (31-0, 15 KOs) avoided a fight with Lopez Jr. (21-1, 13 KOs) when Lopez Jr. held the IBF and WBO lightweight titles.
According to Bill, Devin is not afraid of facing the WBO 140-pound champ Lopez Jr.
“Every opportunity to fight, we put it on the table for you, including an opportunity with Turki Alalshikh and your company Top Rank just a couple of months ago,” said Bill on FightHype.
“I’m gonna let you know, and the people, Devin Haney wants to fight you whenever, wherever, including right now. So, let’s see what your fat mom, Danny, got to say about that.”
San Francisco’s Devin, 25, is yet to return to the ring – six months after his junior welterweight fight with Ryan Garcia – was declared a no contest. Devin had initially lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Garcia at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but a random test conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) found Garcia positive for the banned substance ostarine.
Despite denying the test results, Garcia was fined $1.1 million and suspended for a year with the fight changed to a no contest. Subsequently, Devin has sued Garcia for an alleged fraud, battery, and unjust enrichment against Garcia.
The lawsuit by Devin has led to many diverse opinions but Bill believes it is a justified part of the boxing business.
“And Oscar De La Hoya, everybody out. Gennadiy Golovkin sued you, and Ryan Garcia did threaten to sue you, and I don’t need to sit down with you about nothing.
“I see you doing a lot of tweeting, but you ain’t speaking. Maybe you’re suffering from tweaking. The lawsuit stands.”
Bernard Neequaye is a sports journalist with a specialty in boxing coverage. He wrote a boxing column titled “From The Ringside” in his native Ghana for years. He can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and through email at [email protected].
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