Promoter Eddie Hearn is engaged on placing collectively a deal for former two-division world champion Devin Haney to return to 140 to problem Unbeaten Liam Paro for his newly received IBF mild welterweight title on December seventh in Australia.
The IBF’s Rehydration Restrict: A Main Hurdle for Haney
The battle may very well be brutal for Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) because of the Worldwide Boxing Federation’s 10-lb rehydration restrict. Haney, who rehydrates large quantities of weight, would want to restrict his fluid consumption in a single day to fulfill the 10-lb rehydration restrict the morning of the battle.
If the cash Haney receives for the battle is big, he can deal with the IBF’s 10-lb rehydration restrict, however his probabilities of profitable the battle towards the heavy-handed Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) would sink. Whether or not Haney can return to the 140-lb division safely is questionable as a result of he seemed like dying warmed over making weight for his final two fights towards Ryan Garcia and Regis Prograis.
The San Francisco native, Haney, was skeletal on the weigh-ins for these fights, with eyes sunken in and so severely emaciated that one nervous about whether or not he would make it to the fights. When a fighter is as drawn as Haney, there are considerations about his well being.
That may very well be one cause Haney was overwhelmed up by Ryan final April. His punch resistance was not there for the battle, and he was dropped repeatedly by Ryan in a 12-round choice defeat in Brooklyn, New York.
Haney received’t be at his finest. He’s younger sufficient to do it, however it’s solely a good suggestion for him to comply with this battle if the IBF waives its 10-lb rule to make an exception. Nobody would in the event that they needed to withhold fluids till the day of the competition, particularly after they’re as large as Haney.
“I spoke to him [Haney], and he says if the deal’s proper, I don’t assume he’d have an issue going,” mentioned Hearn to BoxingScene.
Paro: A Formidable Opponent
If the cash Haney receives for the battle is big, it is smart for him to take it, so long as he can deal with the IBF’s 10-lb rehydration restrict. Haney fought twice in Australia in 2022, beating George Kambosos Jr. Nonetheless, the little ‘Emperor’ is nowhere close to the expertise degree of Liam Paro, and it’s going to be lots more durable for Haney to defeat him.
The southpaw Paro is an enormous puncher with chin and is coming off a 12-round unanimous choice over IBF 140-lb champion Subriel Matias on June fifteenth in Manatí, Puerto Rico.
Paro used motion, shoving, and clinching to neutralize Matias’s energy. Paro used many roughhouse ways, however they had been efficient towards the restricted Matias, who seemed like he had no clue the best way to cope with what he was doing.
