Comments Thread For: Hearn on Devin Haney: His Value Is that He's Undisputed Champion; If He Moves Up to 140, He's Beltless

[bullydean]

Holy crap Hearn is such a little baby.

[DClefthook]

this is a backhand insult to haney, u are worth less than your belts son

Yes that is exactly what he said. Without your belts you aint chit!

[DClefthook]

Looking at TR's roster at 140, this might be Haney 's best option.

If he wins against Loma then his first best option is to fight for undisputed against the Tankster on Showtime PPV. Devin was at the Ryan v Tank fight and saw first hand what a very successful and lucrative PPV event can yield. Go get the money son and then move up.

[DClefthook]

't that brig

Hearn is a little odd. He says things to the media you would expect to hear from him behind closed doors, not with a camera and microphone on his face. He could have worded everything he said differently so that it didn't look like he is salty Haney has been working with Top Rank recently and not him.

It would be the most foolish thing to do is re-sign with Dazn. Hearn didn't do didley squat for him the first time and he won'y be any better the second time around. Just ask Andrade. Any American boxer who picks Dazn over TR and Pbc just isnt that bright. Regis will be saying the same thing sometime in summer '24!

[factsarenice]

He hasn't gotten to Tank or Ryan popularity levels because he has no KO power and his style is terrible to watch.

Belts don't mean ****, especially looking at how he got them. Injured Loma loses to Lopez in a fight that could have been a draw. Lopez, exposed now as not great, loses the belts in freak loss to Kambosos, and Lopez was likely not 100%. Kambosos has heart but is not a good boxer. Haney beats him in a boring fight. And another boring as hell rematch.

Haney is a guy no one will remember at all after his career is over.

At 135lbs the belts came to Devin prepackaged, he never actually fought the fights for name recognition and he doesn't have the time at 135lbs to force the fights he needs.

At 140lbs a belt will give Haney the opportunity to fight the fights to make himself memorable. That said, I'm still skeptical in the era of boxing that allows it's biggest star to use ethnicity to avoid his biggest challengers and the biggest pay days go to the least accomplished.

[LAchargers373]

Haney is already better than crygar if he keeps winning he’ll be more a draw very quickly

[BoxingParadigm]

't that brig

It would be the most foolish thing to do is re-sign with Dazn. Hearn didn't do didley squat for him the first time and he won'y be any better the second time around. Just ask Andrade. Any American boxer who picks Dazn over TR and Pbc just isnt that bright. Regis will be saying the same thing sometime in summer '24!

Okay, but that's not what I'm talking about. As a promoter, Hearn shouldn't be talking down to people that could provide him business in the future. Whether you and I think it would be foolish to sign with DAZN doesn't really matter here.

[DClefthook]

Okay, but that's not what I'm talking about. As a promoter, Hearn shouldn't be talking down to people that could provide him business in the future. Whether you and I think it would be foolish to sign with DAZN doesn't really matter here.

Agreed sir!

[DClefthook]

At 135lbs the belts came to Devin prepackaged, he never actually fought the fights for name recognition and he doesn't have the time at 135lbs to force the fights he needs.

At 140lbs a belt will give Haney the opportunity to fight the fights to make himself memorable. That said, I'm still skeptical in the era of boxing that allows it's biggest star to use ethnicity to avoid his biggest challengers and the biggest pay days go to the least accomplished.

"in the era of boxing that allows its biggest star to use ethnicity to avoid his biggest challengers" ... are we talking about Devin or Canelo?

[Bronx2245]

100% spot on!

Haney needs the belts to bring big fights to him. At TR both Taylor and Lopez are vulnerable, Lopez is young and fast but he's mentally fragile and Taylor doesn't have the commitment or sharpness pre-Regis Prograis, he's done.

Picking up a belt at 140 without facing Prograis or Matias may be the smartest move he can make. I not saying that Haney can't beat Prograis or Matias but that win or lose, both seem to do a lot of long lasting damage.

Agree 100%