Devin Haney has returned to training for what is believed to be a December fight. The former two-division world champion Haney looks like he’s bulked up a little and appears ready to compete with the killers at 154 or 168.
Given Haney’s size and mega-millions purse requirements, he will have to move up to 154 or 168 to continue enjoying the paydays he’d been accustomed to receiving in the last couple of years.
The problem Haney has is that, like a lot of fighters who get a taste of big money in a mega-fight, they expect the same kind of money for all their fights. They don’t want to fight for less, and they wind up sitting inactive. It’s spoiled fighter syndrome. Terence Crawford is one example of that.
If they just stayed busy, taking the smaller-paying fights, the huge-money matches would eventually come around again. Unfortunely, they’re unwilling to wait. So, they sit inactive and riuin their careers. That could be Haney’s fate.
Devin reportedly weighed in the 160s for his last fight on April 20th against Ryan Garcia, which is the kind of weight that 154-pounders rehydrate to.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says that without Devin Haney being invited to one of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season events to, his purse requirements are unsustainable.
If Haney Turki doesn’t ask Haney to fight on one of his events, he has two options: Either wait for Ryan Garcia’s suspension to end in April to fight him in a lucrative rematch or move up in weight to 154 or 168 to fight one of the popular fighters.
Money fights for Haney:
– Jaron Boots Ennis
– Sebastian Fundora
– Vergil Ortiz
– Israil Madrimov
– Terence Crawford
– Canelo Alvarez
– Edgar Berlanga
Haney has the size to compete at junior middleweight or super middleweight. Those are the weight classes where he would have a large pool of popular fighters, and he could make good money fighting them when he returns in December.
Recently, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) vacated his WBC light welterweight title when he opted not to defend the belt against his mandatory Sandor Martin.
The purse Haney would have received for that risky title defense would have been far below what he made for his previous fight against Ryan Garcia. Thar factored into Haney’s decision not to defend against Sandor.
Devin Haney est de retour à l’entraînement. 🥊
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— La Sueur (@LaSueur_off) September 17, 2024
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