Fans and promoters say Devin Haney needs to get busy with his career and stop sitting on the sidelines to regroup after his loss last April. He lost a 12-round majority decision to Ryan Garcia in an upset on April 20 in Brooklyn. This defeat seems to have taken something from the former two-division world champion.
A year on the sidelines
Bill Haney said this week that he has “big news” soon about Devin's next fight, but didn't offer any hints about who it could be or what weight class it could be. If Devin moves up to 147, he could fight for a world title against WBC champion Mario Barrios or WBA champion Imantas Stanionis.
IBF champion Jaron 'Boots' Ennis is interested in fighting these guys, but has been too slow to make fights happen. Bill will move quickly to make that happen if that's where Devin wants to go.
Promoter Eddie Hearn feels it is important for Haney (31-0, 15 KO) to return to action, noting that he will be out of the ring for about a year when he returns.
That's not a good thing for the 26-year-old former two-division world champion Haney to do if he wants to stay sharp. Haney is losing a lot of money by staying out of the ring, and he could have already defended against Sandor Martin and fought IBF champion Liam Barrow in a unification match.
“He needs to move”
“Let's see what Devin does next. For me, I think he needs to move on. He fought in April. It's now December. He won't fight in January. He'll be out for about a year by the time it's all said and done,” Eddie Hearn said. everything”. EFL TV About Devin Haney's inactivity since his loss to Ryan Garcia on April 20. “I would love to see Devin back in the ring. I think he's a tremendous talent.”
