Comments Thread For: Devin Haney 'Edging' Toward Lomachenko Beating Lopez

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Devin Haney obviously would've preferred that he, not Teofimo Lopez, received this upcoming shot at Vasiliy Lomachenko. The unbeaten Haney is well aware, of course, that the fast, powerful Lopez could beat Lomachenko before Haney gets the opportunity to prove himself against one of the top boxers in the sport. The 21-year-old Haney has been relegated, however, to the status of the WBC's lightweight champion in recess because the Las Vegas native is recovering from shoulder surgery.
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[TheMyspaceDayz]

Haney and I are in the same boat. Nothing is written in stone though. He should be thankful it’s not him in there with Loma whatever the case. He’s not ready.

[slimPickings]

Nothing Haney has done convinces me he is any thing special. Hope he proves me wrong.

[Bronx2245]

Lomachenko would be the favorite over anyone @ 135! His skill is just on another level! However, Lopez has the most power, and his skill level is higher than that of Salido and Pedraza. In fact, Pedraza didn't want no parts of Teo! Haney's skill level is higher than Linares' too, so he does have a good chance. However I think we won't see the best of Devin and Teofimo until they go to 140! The fighter most equipped to beat Lomachenko, under 140, is Tank Davis!

[1hourRun]

Haney told BoxingScene.com while in Miami for the Demetrius Andrade-Luke Keeler card. “Not just any ordinary guy will beat Lomachenko, and I understand that.''

[BOXINGSD]

This Haney boy think he is special, I ve seen him struggle against ordinary opponents Ndongeni to mention one. Lopez is way better than him. Lopez will give Loma all sorts of problems watch

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This Haney boy think he is special, I ve seen him struggle against ordinary opponents Ndongeni to mention one. Lopez is way better than him. Lopez will give Loma all sorts of problems watch

and Lopez struggled against an ordinary opponent just 2 fights ago. Loma seemed to struggle vs pedraza. Even special fighters can struggle vs inferior competition. I think both Haney and Lopez have special talent and in the interest of what's best for boxing , I hope either beats Loma. Boxing needs some eager young superstars that want to face the best because for the most part, the current crop of guys that were supposed to take over following the mayweather & pac era haven't done that great a job imo.

[The3]

Why people not upset about Lomachenko vs Lopez making you wait til later May or early June what the point of that somebody hurt or need more tiime to clean the PED????

[Boxing Logic]

I hope they dont make it so one of these guys with half Loma's talent beats him just because they're young Americans. Loma could go another 10 years building his name and bring in way more money than any of them, and he's much more fun to watch. I think talent wise, Tank, Haney, and even Teofimo and Stevenson don't have what it takes to beat Lomachenko, but I might bet on all four of them to beat Loma anyway because of the politics of the sport. I think Loma cares about money as much as winning just like most of them do.

[Boxing Logic]

Why people not upset about Lomachenko vs Lopez making you wait til later May or early June what the point of that somebody hurt or need more tiime to clean the PED????

It's a joke but fights like that don't happen at all very often so the fact it's getting made at all, people don't complain too much because they're too busy complaining about the other 10 fights like that that should be made right now but don't get made at all.

In other words it's not that people aren't annoyed by it, it's just that there are higher-priority things to complain about in boxing than Lomachenko vs Teofimo happening in May instead of March.

Like how about the fact Joseph Parker or Luis Ortiz (or at least Povetkin) were supposed to be Usyk's debut heavyweight opponent last spring, but now over a year later it seems like they're pushing for Usyk to fight Parker this summer. That's over a year delay just for the *****ing appetizer to the main course. Hopefully that gives an example what I meant.

In the end though, it's all just business, just a game, and neither the boxers or the promoters care about the sport or the fans, just the money. They've shown that for a long time in my opinion. Sometimes they talk about changing it, but they never do. GGG didn't complain about Canelo making him wait to fight even 1% as much as some of his fans did, and that's because he got paid in the end. That's what it is all about. Loma sometimes say he's an athlete not businessman, but other times he talks about "I would like this fight because it's the highest money" or something like that. At least I think I heard him say that a few times, but I do confuse him and Usyk sometimes.

Anyway, the point is, they will make the fights when they want, and almost always the winner is who the sport wants too. It doesn't matter what we think, so best not waste time commenting about it. Get entertainment from watching the few nights they do provide good matchups if you like, but otherwise, tune out, it's a waste of your time. If you can catch on to how the sport works in terms of which nationalities or age groups usually get close decisions, or any other patterns you notice, then maybe you can make some money off it betting, if it's legal where you live and if you choose to risk losing your money of your own perogative and volition, not due to my advice because I have no advice on that either way, what someone thinks could be patterns could actually be misinterpreted, usually the house wins, etc etc, so... I have no advice about betting or not betting, what I am trying to say is the "sport" is not designed for your benefit, so it's best to either find better ways to spend your time, or at least not spend time on any of the parts of the sport that don't bring you something that you value. I was a big Loma fan, GGG fan, Pacquiao fan, as opposed to disliking Floyd, but in the end i figured out, they're all cut from the same cloth and they all seem to go along with the same business-first system whether they admit it or not.