Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson Tired of Waiting, Contacts WBC To Order Devin Haney Mandatory Fight

[L. Cipher]

Haney doesn't want to fight Shakur, he wouldn't be asking 75% if he did, its an easy way out to say sure but I want 75%, its just spinning the wheels.

The funny thing is if the WBC orders Haney to fight Shakur he'd be entitled to 75% of the purse bid

[Nightfall]

Lets get this one going next or Haney should go to 140

[Apollo7]

I take this as a positive sign the fight can get done. Both sides obviously want as much money as they can get and they will try their best to get that. The WBC will ultimately decide the split. I'm hoping both guys will agree with what the WBC decides because they won't want to look like they're ducking.

[Mammoth]

I agree means he is reasonable and wants the fight, even 55/45 is fair he has the belts, but 75 that's just an exit sign.

Why would 55/45 be fair? If Haney is going to keep making weight for 135 he's not going to do it without a big payday.

[AmpMcv]

I don't think Haney wants that smoke. He practically ran out of the ring when SS got up there after the Loma fight. Smells like Bowe vs. Lewis all over again.

[Bronx2245]

APPLY PRESSURE!!! Salute to Shakur, nothing less than 35%, which is very fair! Haney can MAN UP or vacate!

[Bronx2245]

Devin Haney Calls Out Tank Davis While He’s Locked Up
July 9, 2023

Devin Haney says a fight between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis is the one he wants. The only problem is that WBA secondary lightweight champion Tank Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) is locked up in jail.

If Devin is serious about fighting Gervonta, he’s going to need to wait for him to get out of jail in late July and then look to negotiate a deal.

It’s not likely a fight can get made, though, especially if Haney gets things twisted, believing that his being the undisputed champion at lightweight means anything in negotiations.

It doesn’t, not when you’re talking bout Gervonta Davis. Haney might as well be belt-less because his four titles don’t mean much, especially with him coming off a controversial decision over Vasily Lomachenko.

“The biggest fight would be me and Tank [Davis]. That’s the biggest fight. Obviously, that would be the one [I want next],” said Devin Haney to the Danza Project.

It would help if Haney gave Vasily Lomachenko a rematch because it looks bad that the entire world thinks he lost that fight. Haney not doing the right thing by looking to rematch Loma reflects badly on him, making him appear like he’s okay with robberies.

If not Lomachenko, Haney should fight Shakur Stevenson next because the perception fans have is he’s afraid of him, and wants no part of facing him because he lacks the self-confidence that he can win that fight.

They note that Haney fled the ring when Shakur entered the ring to call him out last May at the MGM Grand Garden Aren in Las Vegas after his questionable victory over Lomachenko. It looked to many fans that Haney ran from Shakur to avoid the call-out.

Haney (30-0, 15 KOs), who holds all the belts at 135, thanks to being in the right place at the right time, facing a weak three-belt champion George Kambosos Jr last year.

When Tank Davis gets out of the clink, Haney can try and put a deal together, but it would be more realistic for him to focus on fighting Shakur next and, if he wins, use the victory to strengthen his negotiating position for a fight with Gervonta.

Promoter Eddie Hearn is hopeful that he can put a deal together between Haney and WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis, but the way the British promoter is talking about other options for Regis, it doesn’t sound promising that we’re going to see a Prograis-Haney fight next.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/devin-haney-calls-out-tank-davis-while-hes-locked-up/265810

Regis, are you kidding me? You don't want smoke with Haney? Seriously? MAN UP!

[Roadblock]

The funny thing is if the WBC orders Haney to fight Shakur he'd be entitled to 75% of the purse bid

To be honest I don't think any fighter deserves 75% when against another star, I just feel the draw is the matchup not either one regardless of belts, there is only 2 guys in the main event and it shouldn't be so much one way., that's just me.

[Roadblock]

Why would 55/45 be fair? If Haney is going to keep making weight for 135 he's not going to do it without a big payday.

Still a big payday just not all his, fans buy matchups they not going to pay to see them beat average guys but 2 together the money comes.

[champion4ever]

Wow! What a lengthy legal letter? I don’t see any precedent where Shakur is entitled to 50 percent of the purse split. Typically, the mandatory is entitled to 35 percent of the purse split.