Devin Haney has been off the grid since his loss to Ryan Garcia on April 20, and he nonetheless seems to be mentally recovering from being humiliated.
The King’s Psyche
Former two-division world champion Devin (31-0, 15 KOs) has had a number of alternatives to struggle however has rejected each, seemingly unworthy. Does Haney nonetheless view himself as a King?
Does he assume he’s too good for Teofimo Lopez, Sandor Martin, and Liam Paro? These rejections of excellent, serviceable fights make no sense, particularly along with his needing to redeem himself within the eyes of followers.
Haney made a fortune from his struggle with Ryan, and surprisingly, he’s returned to the ring.
Keep Busy Choices for Devin
– Teofimo Lopez
– Mario Barrios
– Conor Benn
– Jose ‘Rayo’ Velazquez
– Brian Norman Jr
His dad, Invoice Haney, was speaking about shifting to the Hamptons in New York, the place the CEOs and Hollywood crowd dwell. To afford to dwell among the many super-rich, Haney should keep busy, preventing three to 4 instances a 12 months to compile sufficient money to buy an costly mansion on this ultra-wealthy part of New York.
It shouldn’t be an enormous deal for him to lose to Ryan as a result of loads of well-paying fights are on the market to maintain him busy till Kingry’s one-year suspension ends in April 2025. In an interview final week, Ryan stated he’s up for a rematch with Haney. That might be a lot greater if Haney will get a win below his belt.
Teofimo Lopez revealed to the media that he’d provided Haney $2.4 million with a 55-45 cut up of the PPV cash, and he declined. Sadly, that’s the primary man that Haney has turned down, and it makes you surprise if that loss to Ryan mentally ruined him.
The struggle in opposition to Ryan was a winnable one for Haney if he’d made a minor correction to remove his left hook. If he had neutralized that weapon, it could have been a straightforward win for him.
Washed Up At 26?
The previous light-weight King has gone from being considered as one of many high fighters within the sport to being seen as washed in a single day. Haney, 26, might have modified that notion and proven the followers that his loss to Ryan was simply an off night time, a blip on the radar display.
Within the first spherical, Haney bought caught by an enormous left hook from Ryan that wobbled him, and he by no means recovered from that shot. Ryan was in a position to damage Haney repeatedly along with his brief left hooks for the rest of the struggle, however he did not make the mandatory changes to maintain from getting hit with that punch.
“You bought to ask him,” stated Ryan Garcia to the media final week when requested if a rematch with Devin Hany will occur. “Run it again the identical approach. Just a bit greater weight class. I need a huge struggle. Anybody that can deliver an enormous occasion. 140 or 147. That’s sort of what I’m taking a look at.”
