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Tim Bradley has seen enough from Devin Haney to make him confident that the 23-year-old “young gun” would have the upper hand against some of the top names in the lightweight division.
Devin Haney apparently has no desire to sit on his hands as the newly-crowned undisputed lightweight champion. The 23-year-old Oakland, Calif. native is coming off a dominant points win over George Kambosos earlier this month to unify all four belts in the 135-pound division. Haney, who travelled from his residence in Las Vegas to Australia, Kambosos’ homeland, put on a boxing clinic, using his jab to keep the Aussie at bay during their 12-round bout at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne.
Regis Prograis feels like he is the odd man out in the junior welterweight class. The 140-pound contender from New Orleans recently blew off some steam in a video posted on his social media account in which he decried his divisional rivals for refusing to acknowledge him.
Ben Shalom feels he has no reason to tuck his tail between his legs. The head of Boxxer, a promotional company closely affiliated with the British broadcast giant Sky Sports, became the subject of minor controversy last week when a video was leaked online showing Shalom trying to muzzle an interviewer from asking certain questions.
Eddie Hearn was simply amused by the slew of critical comments fellow rival promoter Oscar De La Hoya recently made about him. De La Hoya, the founder of Golden Boy Promotions, recently took aim at Hearn, the head of Matchroom Boxing, essentially questioning the British promoter’s boxing acumen and, most of all, blaming him for Canelo Alvarez’s recent defeat to Dmitry Bivol. The Russian titlist defeated Alvarez in May by unanimous decision at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in their 175-pound WBA title bout.
Eddie Hearn believes the only way a rematch between his charge Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano is to place it in a venue that can draw the largest possible crowd.
Demetrius Andrade couldn’t help but feel a bit of schadenfreude after Canelo Alvarez’s recent loss in the ring. The two division titlist from Rhode Island has had a bit of a contentious relationship with the Mexican superstar, with the two famously trading words after a press conference in May of 2021. Alvarez, fresh off of defeating Billy Joe Saunders in a 168-pound title bout, called Andrade a “horrible” fighter and claimed he was only after a “payday.” Andrade, who interrupted the presser with some antics, was eventually booted from the room.
Paul Butler was giddy with anticipation watching Naoya Inoue terrorize yet another opponent. Inoue, the Japanese dynamo, made mincemeat of future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire on Tuesday, stopping the Filipino veteran in two rounds of their 12-round, 118-pound title unification bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The highly anticipated heavyweight title unification rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will take place in August, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.