Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson: Haney Knows I'm The Truth, 20% Chance The Fight Happens

[theface07]

Haney "Beat The Man That Beat The Man". As in he ACTUALLY did that to unify. And then beat him again.

He's nowhere near a paper champion.

You're right but who did he beat for the belts again? Was it someone great who had more than one significant win in their entire career? Oh right, it was Kambosos who is a one hit wonder who got Lopez when he had significant health problems and didn't take the fight seriously at all. What a great undisputed champ Haney is. He just fought a little old Lomachenko and got a gift decision. That's how great Haney is.

[Combat Talk Radio]

You're right but who did he beat for the belts again? Was it someone great who had more than one significant win in their entire career? Oh right, it was Kambosos who is a one hit wonder who got Lopez when he had significant health problems and didn't take the fight seriously at all. What a great undisputed champ Haney is. He just fought a little old Lomachenko and got a gift decision. That's how great Haney is.

It's not Haney's fault that Loma didn't show up against Teo, who didn't show up against Kambosos.

Kambosos was THE MAN, period.

Just like we can't criticize Holyfield for dusting off an overweight, unmotivated Douglas after he'd beaten an unmotivated Tyson who'd beaten a frightened Spinks to unify.

Holyfield "Beat The Man That Beat The Man". It wasn't his fault that Douglas wasn't really a deserving champion.


Just like it's not Haney's fault that Kambosos showed he wasn't a deserving champion by getting countered all night long over 24 rounds by Devin Haney.

Haney "Beat The Man That Beat The Man". That's the truth of it.

[Mammoth]

Why wouldn't Stevenson want it? There's no evidence from his language or behaviour in the past that is consistent with him not wanting to fight Haney and win all the belts. Shakur has nothing to be afraid of in Haney. He's basically a better Haney who holds less, has more killer instinct and looks to break down and stop his opponents. Haney just looks to potshot and score points. He couldn't even definitively beat Loma who Shakur is trying to get a fight with. Loma is right not to fight Shakur at this point in his career. He knows it's a lose/lose situation given no belts are at stake and there's the possibility he could get hurt bad.

It's going to be hard to explain since you obviously like Stevenson but I can still try...

Shakur has never been the B side his entire career. He turned down Warrington when Warrington was huge in the UK, made more than Herring when he challenged for his title and made more than Valdez when he unified with him. 25% wasn't going to happen when Haney offered it and 50% isn't going to be given to a mandatory challenger to any undisputed champion.

[theface07]

It's not Haney's fault that Loma didn't show up against Teo, who didn't show up against Kambosos.

Kambosos was THE MAN, period.

Just like we can't criticize Holyfield for dusting off an overweight, unmotivated Douglas after he'd beaten an unmotivated Tyson who'd beaten a frightened Spinks to unify.

Holyfield "Beat The Man That Beat The Man". It wasn't his fault that Douglas wasn't really a deserving champion.


Just like it's not Haney's fault that Kambosos showed he wasn't a deserving champion by getting countered all night long over 24 rounds by Devin Haney.

Haney "Beat The Man That Beat The Man". That's the truth of it.

I hear what you're saying but Haney is yet to have a signature performance against someone with more than one decent win. Holyfield fought everybody. You can't compare the two. Holyfield's resume speaks for itself. Let's see how Haney's career goes in the next couple of years. I give him credit for beating Kambosos but that didn't make him the top lightweight, the same way that Tank beating Garcia didn't make him the top lightweight. Haney would've needed to fight and beat either Stevenson or Tank to make that a legitimate claim.