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Now, I'm a fan of both fighters, and I prefer Teo, but I have been thinking about this lately.
Teo has a lot of options to go after beating Loma...no doubt he is one of the best lightweight in the division, if not the best. If he became unified at 140 that would easily do a lot for his legacy. But he's not moving to 140 yet, not at least for a year. Why doesn't he try to fight Haney? End the asteriks if whether or not he is truly undisputed. Loma vacated the belt to Haney, whether or not it was because he was ducking Haney (I think he was), that would make him the rightful champ.
I don't want to state the obvious, but clearly Teo has a better resume. They have fought a couple of the same journeymen, with Teo destroying much faster than Haney. Teo finished a prime Commey, an undefeated Nakatani, and Loma who has the man at 135 lbs. Haney obviously falls short as the best names on his resume would be ancient Gamboa and an undefeated Alfredo Santiago.
That being said, Haney is nice off the eye test. Everybody makes fun of his performance against Gamboa (rightfully so), but even though he didn't live up to expectations, I didn't see him troubled at all. Haney is extremely confident, but doesn't come off as a bully as Teo sometimes does. He has no problem fighting any of the top lightweights. He's not quite a superstar but neither is Teo.
That being said, I feel like Teo would beat Haney if they ever fought. I just don't know why Teo won't fight Haney. Not calling him a duck but I'd like to hear others.
Teo has a lot of options to go after beating Loma...no doubt he is one of the best lightweight in the division, if not the best. If he became unified at 140 that would easily do a lot for his legacy. But he's not moving to 140 yet, not at least for a year. Why doesn't he try to fight Haney? End the asteriks if whether or not he is truly undisputed. Loma vacated the belt to Haney, whether or not it was because he was ducking Haney (I think he was), that would make him the rightful champ.
I don't want to state the obvious, but clearly Teo has a better resume. They have fought a couple of the same journeymen, with Teo destroying much faster than Haney. Teo finished a prime Commey, an undefeated Nakatani, and Loma who has the man at 135 lbs. Haney obviously falls short as the best names on his resume would be ancient Gamboa and an undefeated Alfredo Santiago.
That being said, Haney is nice off the eye test. Everybody makes fun of his performance against Gamboa (rightfully so), but even though he didn't live up to expectations, I didn't see him troubled at all. Haney is extremely confident, but doesn't come off as a bully as Teo sometimes does. He has no problem fighting any of the top lightweights. He's not quite a superstar but neither is Teo.
That being said, I feel like Teo would beat Haney if they ever fought. I just don't know why Teo won't fight Haney. Not calling him a duck but I'd like to hear others.
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