Devin Haney has returned to training for what is believed to be a December fight. Former two-division world champion Haney looks like he’s bulked up a bit and looks ready to compete against the killers at 154 or 168.
Given Haney’s size and mega-million purse requirements, he’ll need to move up to 154 or 168 to continue enjoying the paydays he’s been accustomed to the past few years.
Haney’s purse expectations
The problem Haney has is that, like many fighters who get a taste of big money in a mega-fight, they expect the same kind of money for all their fights. They don’t want to fight for less, and they end up sitting idle. It’s spoiled fighter syndrome. Terence Crawford is one example of that.
If they just stay busy and take the smaller paying fights, the big money fights will eventually come again. Unfortunately, they are not willing to wait. So, they sit idle and ruin their careers.
That could be Haney’s fate. When greed takes overthat’s it for them, and it’s downhill from that point. If true love for the sport existed, Haney wouldn’t mind taking smaller paydays while waiting for the mother load to come in. He doesn’t want to wait.
Devin reportedly weighed in the 160s for his last fight on April 20 against Ryan Garcia, which is the kind of weight that 154 pounds rehydrates to.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says without Devin Haney being invited to one of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh season events, his purse demands are unsustainable.
If Haney Turki doesn’t ask Haney to fight at one of his events, he has two options: Either wait for Ryan Garcia’s suspension to end in April to fight him in a lucrative rematch or move up in weight to 154 or 168 to fight one. of the popular fighters.
Money fights for Haney:
– Jaron Boots Ennis
– Sebastian Fundora
– Vergil Ortiz
– Israel Madrimov
– Terence Crawford
– Canelo Alvarez
– Edgar Berlanga
Haney has the size to compete at junior middleweight or super middleweight. These are the weight classes where he would have a large pool of popular fighters, and he could make good money fighting them when he returns in December.
Recently, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) vacated his WBC light welterweight title when he opted not to defend the belt against his mandatory Sandor Martin.
The purse Haney would have received for that risky title defense would have been well below what he made for his previous fight against Ryan Garcia. Thar considered Haney’s decision not to defend against Sandor.
Devin Haney is back in training. 🥊
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— La Sueur (@LaSueur_off) September 17, 2024
