Devin Haney will fight on BLK Prime on March 25th. The streaming service posted a Tweet letting its followers know that Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) will fight on BLK Prime next. This suggests it’ll be a PPV.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Where is Turki Al-Shiekh to help out this young star in this low period? He’s really plumming the depths.
Haney isn’t a pay-per-draw and would have to face someone notable for it to bring in a respectable number of buys. He’ll be coming off an 11-month layoff, and it would be risky for him to fight a solid contender or a world champion at 140 or 147.
This is a move that will further cement the belief that Haney’s career is finished and he’s just playing out his string. He’ll obviously still try to get the rematch with Ryan Garcia, but failing that, he may end up disappearing into obscurity.
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Boxing fans on social media are ridiculing the news of Haney fighting on BLK Prime, seeing it as a backward move for him from his fights on DAZN and ESPN. He’s not likely to be seen by a lot of people fighting on BLK Prime unless the event attracts a lot of interest.
It’s a far drop for Haney, who lost to Ryan Garcia by a 12-round majority decision last year on April 20th, and he’s not fought since. Devin’s stock has dropped dramatically from that defeat and his subsequent decision to sue Ryan for battery, fraud, and breach of contract.
It’s unclear if this is going to be a long-term situation for Haney or just a one-off fight on BLK Prime. If he loses the fight, he might as well stay because his chances of fighting on a major network would be slim. Ryan Garcia won’t need a rematch with Haney, 26, if he loses to a tomato can.
It would be interesting to know if Devin’s father, Bill Haney, is the one behind his decision to fight on BLK Prime.
Terence Crawford fought David Avanesyan on BLK Prime on December 10, 2022. The fight was rumored to have performed poorly on PPV, but that was the only time Crawford fought on that network.
Two years ago, former four-division world champion Adrien Broner was supposed to fight Ivan Redkach on BLK Prime, but the match was canceled and never took place. That’s another fight that probably would have done poor PPV numbers.
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