Comments Thread For: Hearn: Haney Wants To Move Up To 140; Has Identified Prograis As The Fight He Wants

[smith3536]

Oh boy oh boy.. if this clown doesnt rematch loma and at the same time runs away from shakur and tank...... hes not gonna hear the end of these..

100% he will run away from Tank and Shakur.

[Alan Smithee]

Hope it happens! Would be a good matchup. I like Regis in this one based on power but ya never know in boxing!

[champion4ever]

Huh? How so when he wouldnt rematch loma? Lol
yall thinking the memory will fade by running away to 140? If anything, this will haunt him for the rest of his career..
imagine if he goes to 140 to avoid an old loma who beat him to embarassment; and shakur and tank who is undoubtedly will beat him..
Lolololol

I know what your problem is. You are butt ass hurt because you wanted the black guy to lose this time. However, he didn't and it must really hurt all the way into your very racist core.

Besides, Devin has already fulfilled his contractual obligation with Top Rank. Therefore, he doesn't owe Loma shit! So this sense of entitlement won't get him nowhere. However, in any case; Let's just say that hypothetically there was a rematch.

Then where would the money come from? I ask that question because trust me Team Haney is going to want at the very minimum at least double the money they got from Top Rank for their first bout with Loma

They definitely won't be getting that type of money from Top Rank; Especially in light of the fact that the PPV event flopped doing just 150,000 buys.

Lastly, a rematch with Loma would be too dangerous for Devin Haney due io this current backlash against him. It would be impossible for him to get a fair shake.

For the simple fact that the officials would be under a lot of political pressure by the boxing public to ensure that the white guy won this time. So it wouldn't be an even playing field.

The deck would be extremely stacked against Devin "The Dream" Haney.

[boxingitis]

OK! A year from now. When boxing fans look back at this fight; They will realize that it wasn't so bad. They would realize that the judges had gotten right this time and that the right man won. Devin Haney deserved the victory because he wanted it more now how you like that?

That's more realistic. Now what is Haney going to do when faces a Young in his Prime, Natural at his weight class opponent. He struggle life and death vs an OLD past his Prime, SMALLER man.

[ShoulderRoll]

Thereâs nothing respectable about Haney, the way he acts and the way he carries himself. He already had a bad first impression on fans with his email championship. And I donât care about the circumstances surrounding that.

As a pro boxer, you gain respect for beating tough opponents, not getting gift decisions against them or winning by clinching and jabbing. Another way to get respect is by losing to the best in a very strong effort.

The way Haney boxes isnât respectable.

He can choose to fight Oleksandr Usyk next for all I care. Thatâs not what makes me a fan of a fighter, just choosing tough opponents. He needs to either beat them with no controversy, or lose in a valiant effort.

If he fights Prograis after having just fought Lomachenko then he should get respect for being willing to face tough opposition. That’s the bottom line.

Most boxers won’t do that and always look for the lowest risk fights they can get while still getting paid.

[Timur78]

I think this just might be talk...unless I'm mistaken.

[Timur78]

I don't think the fight gets done.
Just empty talk to get mind off the BS decision against Loma.

Everyone is lapping it up like it's already happening.

[joseph5620]

Blah Prograis is one overrated arse fighter by hardcores..

Fighting Prograis at 140 is significantly easier then facing Loma @ 135

No it isn’t.

[Gideon lock]

Much as I dislike the man I have to be fair, seen a lot of talk of haney being chinned at 140 what's to say he won't be sturdier? He won't have to cut so much weight which is known to compromise the punch resistance. Haney looked skeletal at the kambosos weigh ins he's been due a move up. With his height and reach I could see welterweight being a future destination.

I think he will be stronger than expected as he moves up.

[kiaba360]

If Devin or Bill Haney does not say it, it don't mean squat what Hearn says.

Hearn said at one time that, "It's not just my opinion, but nobody wants to see Crawford vs Spence, and that Amir Khan vs Kell Brook, was a bigger fight."

For me that says it all for this guy, and I don't need to hear nothing else for from him.
Because, in my opinion, he does more self self promoting than boxing promoting.

It's possible that Hearn was comparing Khan/Brook in the UK to Spence/Crawford in the USA. Khan/Brook did pretty well, even-though both were at the end of their careers. It remains to be seen how lucrative Crawford/Spence is because the event hasn't happened yet. The live gate will definitely do well because the celebrities and high-rollers will pay thousands to attend. Anyone know if Sky/DAZN will make a play for the event?