Is Devin Haney just another version of Adrien Broner?

[QueensburyRules]

They are pretty different all things considered.

Haney=no power even at 135 Broner= hit hard at 130-135
Haney=fast feet Broner=slow feet
Haney=questionable chin Broner=strong chin
Haney=not a draw Broner=was always a draw

- - Heinie at least has some brains.

Boner got passed up at birth on brains, prob a heritage thing.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Well they’re both black. Other than that I don’t see many similarities.

[billeau2]

Yeah, I guess there's only one Broner then, one of a kind.

Broner is really a great shiat talker and promoter... Ricardo Mayorga was another one... But if we look back on Floyd, for a good deal of his career he was also a heel, the villan, so to speak. I guess acknowledging that one sells fights this way is akin to saying "I lost 50 pounds, using drugs and surgery!" lol. But Haney could start to exploit that angle... "You wanna see me get Koed? Biatches"

Even Ali was considered the bad guy for a lot of his career. Cosel always stuck by Ali, even while the rest of the establishment waited and hoped someone shut him down... the nerve of the guy not to want to kill people he had no beef with! Ali was just so magnificent as an individual that he turned people around.

But Broner does have that talent lol. The big difference being his skills never matched his bravado. Even Mayorga beat some decent and even great fighters... Broner never did.

[billeau2]

Some posters seem to be intimating that Broner was "better" than Haney. With all due respect, I find this to be nonsense. There are some legit comparisons to be made:

1. Both guys started young.
2. Both guys claimed to be an heir apparent to Floyd.
3. Both guys had a real problem finding a weight class ultimately relying on fighting smaller guys for the most part, and not having success when moving up to a more natural weight class. Haney countered this with rehydration that is against the rules, according to some... I cannot verify the truth of this.
4. Both guys do come from a similar socio-economic... Haney was perhaps more protected? I do not know...
5. Both guys have natural talent.


Differences include

1. Haney is more motivated.
2. Haney appears to want more smoke based on whom he has fought. broner was an alphabet title collector.
3. Haney is a boxer Broner a boxer puncher. Haney has a great jab, Broner was a counter puncher.

Broner was not better than Haney. He had more power and a lot less defensive skill, a lot less workable jab, and perhaps a better chin.