Comments Thread For: Haney: If I'm So Easy, No-Machenko Should Get Me Out The Way

[BoxingIsGreat]

I don't think Loma ducks anyone. that is evident from him taking championship fights from day 1.
Haney is good kid, but not ready for Loma yet.

If he is dead sure that he's ready then, why not become a mandatory?? and Loma would outbox outclass him.

i would rather Gervonta, Luke Campbell and Haney fight each other and the winner gets to fight Lomachenko lol

The bold: I don't give a crap or follow belts, but isn't Haney the WBC mandatory right now? That excuse doesn't fit.

[richardt]

Tank on one side Devin on the other

We almost got that duck cornered

Let's see you get outta this duck.

In other words Davis and Haney also have each other cornered. Davis is now rated #1 at WBA so there is no reason Haney can't fight him. How much money do you want to bet that these two fighters dont jump at the opportunity to fight each other? Lom is already targeted for a unification so everyone will have to wait till late next year and in the meantime these other guys waiting can fight each other.

[Ajvar]

Also, keep in mind that Loma is one dimensional. He is strictly an offensive fighter who rarely moves his head. Moreover, he gets hit way too often for a slick boxer.

No words. Just this

[Roberto Vasquez]

I think Haney is a real danger to Loma which is why I don't see Loma taking that fight.

[jackblack008]

The bold: I don't give a crap or follow belts, but isn't Haney the WBC mandatory right now? That excuse doesn't fit.

great point. do you know if WBC has given any time frame/deadline to force the Loma - Haney match up?

[Drigo]

Haney should fall in line and wait his turn. Pressuming that the champion is avoiding him is sign of immaturity. If Loma fight comes now, it will be an easy UD loss for him...

[_Rexy_]

Why didn't Luke Campbell have to take a tougher opponent first? He had two losses and never really beat anyone yet still got the Lomachenko fight.

Haney is undefeated and the mandatory to the WBC belt. That's good enough, let's get that fight now before Lomachenko moves down in weight.

Luke Campbell was already the #1 contender for the belt when Mikey had it. I'm pretty sure it would have been Campbell/Abdullaev for the vacant title, which nobody in the ****ing world would have wanted except for Luke Campbell.


Campbell was getting the fight no matter what. Arum had to pull some strings to get Loma the fight.

[ShoulderRoll]

Luke Campbell was already the #1 contender for the belt when Mikey had it. I'm pretty sure it would have been Campbell/Abdullaev for the vacant title, which nobody in the ****ing world would have wanted except for Luke Campbell.

Well, Haney is the #1 contender for the belt now that Lomachenko has it.

No need to wait or marinate.

[JLC]

Let’s see him kick Tanks azz and force the unification for a big payday.Thats how the used to get it done in the old days.

They also used to fight for mandatory shots to get it done as well. Which is what Haney has done. People can say Haney isn’t ready all day, but Champions don’t get paid to rank contenders. They get paid to spank contenders.

If Lomachenko does have another fight before a unification, then I subscribe to this thought process. I’m an easy fight. I’m your mandatory. Fight me and get me out of the way. If not me, who significant are you realistically going to fight in the meantime ? If the answer is a better fighter, then no problem w Haney getting skipped. But if it is someone less qualified and less interesting, then Lomachenko deserves SOME backlash.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

I use to think Haney was nothing special, getting his ass handed to him by a much smaller Shakur in sparring (even though it's sparring), but it seems he's really adopting well to the pro scene.

Even though he's still pretty untested, he seems young/athletic enough & has a huge size advantage over Lomachenko that could make it a real rough fight for Loma. Hell, dude looks like he's got a frame that will have him end up at 147 for sure.

But either way, Loma vs Commey/Teofimo winner is the priority.