IBF mild welterweight champion Liam Paro says Devin Haney requested for “foolish cash” and “wasn’t critical” of their failed makes an attempt to barter a combat not too long ago. The unbeaten Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) says he gave up on making an attempt to place a combat collectively due to Haney’s cash expectations.
Haney’s recognition has plummeted since his loss to Ryan Garcia final April, and he’s not within the place to command the large paydays that he would have if he’d received that combat.
For Haney to nonetheless be asking for “foolish cash” suggests his loss to Ryan hasn’t registered with him as a result of he’s nonetheless going working on the nothing that he’s an unbeaten fighter. We see that lots with fighters. After they get crushed, they nonetheless imagine that they price the identical purses as earlier than. It takes some psychological catch-up on their half to grasp issues are totally different for them.
The New York State Athletic Fee has cleansed Haney’s loss from his document, however the followers nonetheless view him as having been crushed.
So he can’t act like he’s nonetheless in the identical place as earlier than, commanding the identical cash as a result of issues are totally different now. He’s a crushed fighter and he’s considered by many followers as being washed. To get again to the place he was beforehand, he must rebuild his profession by defeating the A-level fighters at 140 or 147. As massive as Haney is, he ought to transfer as much as 154 and tackle one of many champions in that weight class.
Paro will as a substitute be defending his IBF 140-lb title towards #1-ranked Richardson Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs) on December seventh on the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The occasion can be proven dwell on DAZN.
It’s uncertain whether or not Haney, 25, might have made the IBF’s 10-lb rehydration restrict for a combat towards Paro. That might require Haney to delay absolutely rehydrating till after the morning weigh-in on the day of the combat towards Paro. Might Haney preserve his weight no increased than 150 lbs till the morning of the combat?
“I needed that combat for a very long time. He out-priced himself, asking for foolish cash. He doesn’t deliver a belt to the desk, so we simply moved on. We might inform he wasn’t critical,” stated Liam Paro to Fighthype about his makes an attempt to place collectively a combat towards Devin Haney.
Paro doesn’t say what sort of cash Haney requested for to problem him for his IBF belt, however it’s not essential now. He missed his probability.
Haney wants to begin pushing for a rematch towards Ryan Garcia as a result of that’s his finest probability to get an enormous payday and return to the highest. If Haney can’t get that combat as a consequence of his lawsuit, he wants to maneuver as much as 147 and face problem one of many champions within the division.
Combating Mario Barrios or Eimantas Stanionis would give Haney the chance to seize a belt at welterweight to assist get different essential fights. These are very beatable champions, however they nonetheless have just a little little bit of pop of their punches. If Haney’s punch resistance has been impaired from his loss to Ryan, he’ll have issues towards these champions.
