Devin Haney: Is the Welter weight division awake?

Bill Haney says his son, Devin, will awaken the division of 147 pounds as he did with a light and light welter weight. Haney (31-0, 15 kos) can crumble in his next fight against José Ramírez in May before he even cut his teeth in 147.

Ramírez test

Devin’s fight against former weight champion Welter WBC and WBO Light Ramírez (29-2, 18 KO) is a set to prepare it for a rematch with Ryan García in October. Haney has to overcome Ramírez, 32, to create interest in revenge.

Turki al-Sheikh will probably be put in Haney-García’s rematch, even if José Ramírez Gup to Devin, but the interest of fans will not be there in those circumstances.

“If we had defeated Ryan as we would and he was supposed to do it when he worked well in the fight, the rematch is worth much more money,” Bill Haney told THABOXINGVOICEReflecting on the loss of Devin Haney against Ryan García last April.

“If we had burned (he) and it was a victory and decisive, no one would pay for the fight again. But thanks to Turki al-Sheikh, who took a step forward. The controversy is sold, and everything that is happening is in the Welter weight division.

“We know that the Welter weight division has historically been the Sugar Ray Leonards, the Duran, the Errol Spence, the Terence Crawfords, Floyds, Bertos, Keith Thurman have earned more money.”

Bill is right that the rematch is worth more due to the loss of Devin. If I had defeated Kingry as many expected, a second fight would be useless, especially if the victory was unilateral like Haney’s victories over George Kambosos Jr. and Regis Programis. It worked in favor of Devin to lose last April.

Haney was wrong not staying active in the last 10 months since the defeat because he could have fought twice and have done millions. For the former world champion of two divisions, Haney, he has sat on the shelf of the lack of trust and the lack of will to risk the mega money he can make in the rematch with Ryan.

Bill talks about the old Leonard, Duran and Mayweather, but those guys remained active. They would not have done what Haney did if they had been beaten. If Devin were cut from the same fabric as those combatants, he would have already returned to the ring and fought against one of the main contestants at 140.

Welter weight glovetete

“Then, Devin brought emotion to light weight (division); He aroused the 140 pound division, and we hope to take the division of 140 pounds. It’s no different, “said Bill Haney.

For Haney to leave his mark in 147, he will have to prove his worth against the jaron ‘boots’ Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis. Those are the two best in the welter weight. It will not be enough to defeat the WBC champion Mario Barrios, who is seen as the weakest link among the division champions.

1. Jaron Ennis
2. Eimantas Stanionis
3. Brian Norman Jr.

At this point, I doubt that Haney can overcome the Wave champion Brian Norman Jr., and it could be said that he is the third best of belt holders in the division.