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Andy Cruz was invariably ready for the pro games, but making the jump was always going to be difficult. We've all heard the stories of Cuban born fighters doing their best to defect before being eventually nabbed. Yordenis
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The question is, "can Eddie Hearn get him fights @ 135?" Can he get him Schofield or Zepeda, who both fight on DAZN? Can he get him Keyshawn Davis on ESPN? Going to be real hard for Andy Cruz, unless he wants to go to 140?

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Stevenson Now Haney’s WBC Mandatory, Devin Given Friday Deadline To Decide On Shakur Or Regis Prograis For Next Fight

Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney has until this Friday, July 21st, to inform the WBC of his intentions on whether he’ll fight his 135-lb mandatory Shakur Stevenson or move up to 140 to challenge WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis for his belt.

In an interview today, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said that Haney must let them know if he’ll stay at 135 to fight Shakur or move up to 140 to challenge Prograis.

Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) may have already made it known which direction he’ll go because he posted on social media in reply to Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) that they’ll be fighting in October. That’s a more winnable fight for Haney than staying at 135 and defending against the former two-division world champion Stevenson.

Prograis, 34, looked old & past it in squeaking by Danielito Zorrilla by a twelve round split decision last June in his debut with Matchroom Boxing. Unless Prograis shows vast improvements, he’ll lose to Haney in a one-sided manner.

Shakur recently earned the WBC mandatory spot by stopping Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round last April in a 135-lb title eliminator to become mandatory to Haney.

The World Boxing Council has been slow in ordering Haney to face Shakur, and it wasn’t until he wrote to the WBC last week to ask them to get the ball rolling that they finally acted.

Haney has been in a holding pattern, likely waiting to see if Gervonta Davis would show interest in fighting him after his release from jail. Since he hasn’t done that, Devin has now decided to move up to 140 to challenge Prograis for his WBC title, which makes sense.

“Friday, July 21st is the deadline for Haney to decide if he’s fighting Prograis or if he’s going to stay in the lightweight division,” said WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman to Broadway Joel about the deadline of this Friday for undisputed 135-lb champion Devin Haney to decide if he’ll move up to 140 or stay at lightweight.

“No [voluntary]. Shakur Stevenson is the mandatory in the lightweight division.”

Shakur will now face the highest-ranked willing & able contender in the WBC’s top ten ranking for the soon-to-be vacated WBC belt. That’ll likely be #1 Vasily Lomachenko, who the WBC has kept at #1 despite his recent loss to Haney last May.

If Lomachenko turns down the fight, it would fall on one of these contenders:

3. Isaac Cruz
4. William Zepeda
5. Frank Martin
6. Edwin De Los Santos
7. Jamaine Ortiz
8. Artem Harutyunyan
9. Shuichiro Yoshino
10. Raymond Muratalla

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/stevenson-now-haneys-wbc-mandatory-devin-given-friday-deadline-to-decide-on-shakur-or-regis-prograis-for-next-fight/266140

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The question is, "can Eddie Hearn get him fights @ 135?" Can he get him Schofield or Zepeda, who both fight on DAZN? Can he get him Keyshawn Davis on ESPN? Going to be real hard for Andy Cruz, unless he wants to go to 140?

The question is will all the ESPN lightweights duck that Andy Cruz smoke.

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The question is will all the ESPN lightweights duck that Andy Cruz smoke.

The fighters don't make fights, especially fights that are cross promotion fights! Arum and Hearn don't work together, and neither do Oscar and Hearn, so Cruz is going to have a tough time on DAZN! If he wanted those ESPN Lightweights, he should've signed with Top Rank!

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A lot of people had doubts about Cruz making the transition to the pros, and understandably so, but that first performance against a credible opponent seems to have settled a lot of concerns. Andy will moved along fast, and it appears it’s not a bad idea at all. This kid is going to be fun to watch.

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The fighters don't make fights, especially fights that are cross promotion fights! Arum and Hearn don't work together, and neither do Oscar and Hearn, so Cruz is going to have a tough time on DAZN! If he wanted those ESPN Lightweights, he should've signed with Top Rank!

Wouldn't you think that by now the paymasters at DAZN would have issued some kind of ultimatum to the promoters they employ that they all supposed to be working for the good of the network and need to work together?!

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Wouldn't you think that by now the paymasters at DAZN would have issued some kind of ultimatum to the promoters they employ that they all supposed to be working for the good of the network and need to work together?!

I guess they don't have that power? Oscar talked better about Haymon, than he does Eddie Hearn! He took Ryan Garcia to SHO, was trying to take Munguia there for Charlo, and flat out refused to entertain Munguia vs. Berlanga!

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I guess they don't have that power? Oscar talked better about Haymon, than he does Eddie Hearn! He took Ryan Garcia to SHO, was trying to take Munguia there for Charlo, and flat out refused to entertain Munguia vs. Berlanga!

Of course they have the power, they have the cheque book!

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Of course they have the power, they have the cheque book!

They signed contracts for "X" amount of fights, but not which fighters will be fighting! Look how Canelo got out of the GBP contract! I'm sure Ryan Garcia is going to follow that lead!