Keyshawn Davis claims he would knock out Devin Haney if given an opportunity to struggle the previous two-division world champion. Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) says Haney lacks the ability to make him respect what he brings and couldn’t maintain him off from attacking.
Keyshawn’s punching energy and the Crawford-esque preventing model could be a nightmare for Haney if he couldn’t maintain him off with clinching, jabbing, and motion. Some see Keyshawn as the subsequent Crawford and as destined for greatness within the sport. High Rank feels that approach as a result of they’re placing him in headliners and matching him effectively to make sure he doesn’t get overwhelmed.
Keyshawn, the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, feels that a lot of Haney’s success throughout his profession was on account of him being larger than his opposition at 135 and 140. In most of the fights, Haney seemed huge contained in the ring after rehydrating and seemed like he didn’t belong towards his smallish opponents. Sadly, that’s how the game is performed now.
Youthful fighters, who’re in a position to soften down big quantities of water weight, select to struggle in divisions effectively beneath their frames. They then one way or the other discover a approach to regain 20+ lbs of water quickly. Who is aware of how they do it, however clearly, there are methods to sport the system.
Till boxing fixes this drawback by making secondary weight-ins necessary on the day of the struggle, we’ll proceed to see this type of factor.
The High Rank-promoted light-weight contender Keyshawn would wish to maneuver as much as welterweight to struggle Haney as a result of that’s the place he’s heading.
A lot of the shine on Haney’s profession has come off after his loss to Ryan Garcia final April, and he’s not receiving the crimson carpet remedy he as soon as had obtained. It’s like Haney is not one of many royalty is only a a daily peasant working the land and paying the taxes to the King. That loss to Ryan actually did one thing to Haney’s standing and the way in which he’s handled now.
We noticed that final weekend when Haney was bickering with promoter Eddie Hearn over tickets for the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois occasion at Wembley Stadium. Would which have occurred if Haney had overwhelmed Ryan final April? That’s a giant no. Haney could be a part of the in-crowd, the movie star celebrity, who would have been given first-class remedy.
“I really feel like me and Devin Haney could be a straightforward struggle for me. It will be tremendous simple, and I do know I might cease Devin Haney,” mentioned Keyshawn Davis to High Rank Boxing, trashing former two-division world champion Haney. “I’ve been saying this earlier than the Ryan struggle. He simply don’t acquired nothing for me.”
If there was a approach for Keyshawn to maneuver as much as welterweight with out dropping the ability that he’s proven at 135, it might be fascinating to see him and Haney battle it out. It doesn’t appear potential given the burden lessons, and community points that stand in the way in which of this struggle being made.
“You don’t acquired no energy. You bought nothing for me to fret about,” mentioned Keyshawn about Haney. “What are you going to do to cease me? With what I acquired coming with, I don’t really feel like he’s acquired nothing to cease me. His protection isn’t that good. I really feel like I acquired higher protection than him.
“I do know he’s fought higher opponents than me. So, I give him the good thing about the doubt, however I simply really feel like I acquired higher protection than him. Yeah, it’s, however you bought to appreciate he fought plenty of guys that have been smaller than him, too,” Keyshawn mentioned, reacting to being informed that Haney’s resume is ‘Robust.’
“A variety of the fellows have been smaller than him. He was saying on the weigh-in, ‘You’re too small.’ So, he knew what he was doing, bro. All people has acquired that course of for getting there. I’m not knocking what he’s doing,” mentioned Davis.
Haney’s totally different promoters did a bang-up job of matching him throughout his profession, however all good issues should finish. It fell aside when he lastly met his match towards Ryan Garcia, and he now appears to be like like yesterday’s information. It will not be potential to rebuild Haney as a result of he’s mentally shaken and may not meltdown to struggle in weight lessons beneath his huge junior middleweight body. The jig is up.
“His guys are smarter than him, and it was simple for him to get out of the way in which. While you’re taller than any person, extra rangy, it’s simple to get out of the way in which and simply dodge stuff and maintain them on the skin, which is his sport. The dimensions means one thing, bro. I simply really feel like he can’t do [anything] with me,” mentioned Keyshawn.
Till Haney’s final struggle towards Ryan Garcia on April twentieth, he’d been larger than all his opponents, giving him an amazing benefit. Nevertheless, he seemed mortal towards Ryan and was overwhelmed up badly by him. Since that struggle, Haney has had the look of an ex-war vet who isn’t the identical mentally after witnessing the horrors of numerous battles. That struggle took one thing out of Haney that he can’t neglect.
