Comments Thread For: Stevenson: Haney Clearly Top Guy At 135; Anybody Say Otherwise Definitely Hatin' On Him

[landotter]

I'm not hearing that! Garcia walked away from a title fight w/ Haney! I heard Haney call out Tank (and Espinoza of Showtime), said he would be ready in December, no response! Lomachenko chose Teofimo over Haney, WBC created a fake title, so it could happen, and now Lopez is at 140! There's a lot of POTENTIAL @ 135, especially now that Shakur moved up, but I'm still not seeing guys willing to make the fights?

That is all fair, but there is a direct path to being the elite 135 right now, and it is Haney. But he will not be available to fight anyone until next year due to the easy money rematch he has, so assuming it is Loma next for him THAT could be a 2 fight situation with a mandatory rematch if Lomachenko pulls it out.

That leaves a lot of HUGE names and monster egos with no dance partners for a while, and a need to be positioned as "next man up" in this division. I think Stevenson will fight whoever he needs to. Davis and Garcia may need a big win to separate themselves. Usually in these lighter divisions, you need bigger fights to make your money.

I am a hopeful, gullible, idiot boxing fan and I cannot argue any of your points. I just see a top heavy division with a unified champ. That pretty much FORCES these top names into eliminator matches or be left behind in my hopeful gullible idiot mind.

['b']

"Anyone who disagrees that 'insert black person' is the absolute best at 'insert whatever the f uck' is a racist and just jealous"

I vaguely recall some psychological study that shows the rates of narcissism broken down by demographics, and it sure was an eye-opener, just like crime statistics. Not sure if it's biological or learned from a young age of being told how awesome you are and how much of a victim you are, maybe both.

"You a hater" *spits in contempt*

[Bronx2245]

That is all fair, but there is a direct path to being the elite 135 right now, and it is Haney. But he will not be available to fight anyone until next year due to the easy money rematch he has, so assuming it is Loma next for him THAT could be a 2 fight situation with a mandatory rematch if Lomachenko pulls it out.

That leaves a lot of HUGE names and monster egos with no dance partners for a while, and a need to be positioned as "next man up" in this division. I think Stevenson will fight whoever he needs to. Davis and Garcia may need a big win to separate themselves. Usually in these lighter divisions, you need bigger fights to make your money.

I am a hopeful, gullible, idiot boxing fan and I cannot argue any of your points. I just see a top heavy division with a unified champ. That pretty much FORCES these top names into eliminator matches or be left behind in my hopeful gullible idiot mind.

I'm also waiting to see if the WBA "FORCES" the Haney vs. Kambo winner to fight Tank! They've reordered LSC vs. Wood, and ordered GGG vs. Lara, so Tank should have a dance partner soon, whether it's Garcia, or not!

[TDLand]

I want to see Loma finish his career fighting Haney, beating Haney, fight Shakur next, beat a very talented Shakur, fight Tank, beat Tank and retire cementing his legacy.

[Corelone]

My dad is black and I was raised in the ******. South LA, Leimert Park, the Flying Fox, the 20 Grand. I got old, and I moved away, but I still remember Johnnie's Pastrami 24 hr pimp stand and the hogames. She get her feelings hurt and she lashes out. First thing on her lips is, you ain't a man. Hogames!