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Devin Haney revealed today that the reason he traveled to London for his ring work was to meet with Turki Al-Shiekh to “Talk about what’s next.”
Fans had wondered why Haney, 26, would undergo ring training in London when he has no fights scheduled and is coming off a humiliating loss to Ryan Garcia. It didn’t make sense until now. Devin came to meet with Turki, hoping to fight over one of his letters, and probably because big money.
Turkish talks
The recently defeated Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) looks to fight on one of Turki’s Riyadh season cards. However, Al-Shiekh tends to take competitive fights in his career, and that could be a bad thing for Haney because he has proven to be weak in the chin department.
If Haney gets knocked out by someone Turki picks for him, it will take a lot of interest out of a rematch with Ryan Garcia. The fight could still happen, but it would be seen as a joke. Haney would be ready for the junkyard, seen as an over-the-top job that was never as good as gullible fans had thought.
His best wins were against George Kambosos, Regis Prograis and Vasily Lomachenko. As most know, Haney’s victory over Lomachenko was highly controversial in a fight he looked like losing but won by 12-round decision in Las Vegas. Kambosos was simply an imperfect, low-level, one-hit player who built his career by beating a confused, rusty and injured Teófimo López.
Chasing payday
“I want to fight everyone. Everyone knows I don’t like setup fights. I want the biggest fights to happen. I want to fight the best fighter in the world. That’s one of the reasons I’m here. “I’m here to meet with His Excellency Turki Al-Shiekh to talk about what’s next,” Devin Haney told the media today at his training in London, explaining why he traveled to the UK to show off.
“Turki made an offer to Teo for much more money than his offer was. He rejected it for whatever reason and that’s what stopped the fight. That is a fight that can still be fought. One thing I’m focused on is wanting to fight on equal terms with everyone.
“I want to be a spokesperson for clean boxing because I was one of those who really experienced it. I experienced being cheated on and what it’s like to fight someone who takes banned substances,” Haney said, talking about his fight with Ryan Garcia. “I want to clean up the sport of boxing. So that’s my male focus right now.”
