Devin Haney has captured world titles in two weight courses by age 25, however few followers are impressed with what he’s achieved throughout his nine-year profession.
The Garcia Debacle: A Profession-Altering Loss
Haney stepped up for the primary time final month in opposition to Ryan Garcia on April twentieth, and he was out of his league. He was dropped six occasions and misplaced a 12-round determination. Followers have been left questioning what they’d ever seen in Haney.
His popularity has nosedived since, and it’s troublesome for followers to view him nonetheless as a world champion. The WBC allowed Haney to maintain his mild welterweight title regardless of shedding.
That efficiency had a devasting impact on Haney’s profession, leading to followers not viewing him because the #1 fighter within the 140-lb division and feeling that they’d been unsuitable about their beforehand excessive appraisal of him after his win in opposition to Regis Prograis final December.
Earlier than Haney’s loss to Ryan, some followers thought he’d crushed the perfect fighter within the weight class when he defeated the 35-year-old Prograis. I didn’t really feel that means.
Watching Prograis lose to Josh Taylor in 2019 confirmed that he was flawed from the beginning. That struggle confirmed all I wanted to find out about Prograis as a result of Tyalor was at all times a median fighter.
That’s Why No one Needs The Rematch
Followers ought to need to see a rematch, however they don’t think about Haney that he can increase his recreation sufficient to avenge his loss to Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs).
The followers noticed all they wanted to, watching Ryan put Haney in hassle within the opening seconds of spherical one and persevering with to batter him for the rest of the struggle.
Within the seventh, Haney was knocked down 4 occasions and seemingly saved by the referee, Harvey Dock, who inexplicably penalized Ryan for hitting on the break after he grew annoyed on the nonstop holding that was being carried out.
Devin was making an attempt to stall out the spherical after the primary knockdown, and Ryan bought fed up with being held excessively and instinctively hit Haney when the referee peeled him off. No warning had been given to Ryan earlier than the penalization.
Many followers take into account Haney the weakest of the 4 champions at 140 due to his questionable chin and his preventing model, which includes loads of clinching, jabbing, and transferring across the ring.
The opposite champions at 140
– Teofimo Lopez
– Subriel Matias
– Isaac Cruz
Haney would lose to all these champions and sure get knocked out if he couldn’t clinch excessively as soon as he was harm, as we noticed in his struggle with Ryan.
