Devin Haney has bounced back from his loss to Ryan Garcia on April 20th and appears to still be mentally recovering from the humiliation.
The King’s Soul
Former two-division world champion Devin (31-0, 15 KOs) had several opportunities to fight, but turned each one down, seemingly unworthy. Does Haney still see himself as a king?
Does he think he’s too good for Teofimo Lopez, Sandor Martin and Liam Paro? These dismissals of good, serviceable matches make no sense, especially with his need to redeem himself in the eyes of the fans.
Haney made a fortune from his fight with Ryan and surprisingly returned to the ring.
Stay Busy options for Devin
– Teofimo Lopez
– Mario Barrios
– Connor Benn
– Jose ‘Rayo’ Velasquez
– Brian Norman Jr
His dad, Bill Haney, was talking about moving to Hamptons in New York, where the CEOs and the Hollywood crowd live. To afford to live among the super-rich, Haney has to stay busy, scrambling three to four times a year to scrape together enough cash to buy an expensive mansion in this ultra-rich section of New York.
It shouldn’t be a big deal for him to lose to Ryan because there are plenty of high-paying fights to keep him busy until Kingry’s one-year suspension expires in April 2025. In an interview last week, Ryan said he’s ready rematch with Haney. That could be much bigger if Haney gets a win under his belt.
Teofimo Lopez revealed to the media that he had offered Haney 2.4 million dollars with a 55-45 split of the PPV money, and declined. Unfortunately, this is the first guy that Haney has turned down and it makes you wonder if this loss to Ryan destroyed him mentally.
The fight against Ryan was a winnable fight for Hanney if he had made a small adjustment to remove his left hook. If he had neutralized this weapon, it would have been an easy victory for him.
Washed off at 26?
The former lightweight king has gone from being considered one of the top fighters in the sport to being seen as washed up overnight. Haney, 26, could have changed that perception and shown fans that his loss to Ryan was just an off night, a blip on the radar screen.
In the first round, Haney was caught by a big left hook from Ryan that rocked him and he never recovered from that shot. Ryan was able to repeatedly hurt Haney with his short left hooks for the rest of the fight, but failed to make the necessary adjustments to not get hit with that punch.
“You have to ask him,” Ryan Garcia told them media last week when asked if there will be a rematch with Devin Honey. “Run it back the same way. Just a slightly higher weight class. I want a big fight. Who will bring a great event. 140 or 147. That’s how I look.”
