By Ryan Burton
Lightweight contender Devin Haney (22-0) had one of the best performances of his young career on Saturday night in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He ended the fight with a one punch, highlight reel knockout of Antonio Moran (24-4) in the 7th round of their DAZN streamed main event.
As one would imagine, Haney was very satisfied with his performance.
"I used my jab, had a complete performance and knocked him out. It gets no better than that," he told a group of reporters after the fight.
The 20-year-old Las Vegas resident has been trained by Floyd Mayweather Sr. on and off over the years and has also picked up some pointers from Floyd Jr. He revealed that he watched one of the younger Mayweather's knockout victories prior to the fight.
"Before the fight I watched Pretty Boy Floyd versus Phillip Ndou. I knew I had a taller opponent and I guess that is what you saw," he explained.
As for the key to his victory, Haney said that his speed is one of his greatest assets.
He won't always be the taller fighter as he gets older and moves up in weight but is very confident that his advantage in speed and his other skills will always be enough to come away with the victory.
"I know that I am much faster than 90% of my opponents, maybe 98%. I knew my speed was a big factor so I just used my jab and used speed," Haney stated.
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