Sergio Mora says Haney should fight Conor Benn next

Sergio Mora says Devin Haney should fight Conor Benn next in his first fight in early 2026.

Mora says waiting for the unreliable Ryan Garcia is not a good move for Haney (33-0, 15 KOs). To keep the momentum going with his career, he must face the “red-hot” Benn (24-1, 14 KOs), who is coming off a big win over Chris Eubank Jr. on November 15th. achieved

Haney won the WBO welterweight title from Brian Norman Jr last Saturday in Riyadh. conquered and beat him by a 12-round unanimous decision. He did the bare minimum to get past Norman Jr. to press in that fight. It wasn’t pretty to watch, especially in the second half when Devin often held on.

“Ryan Garcia is not reliable. So, you’ll have to go with Conor Benn,” commentator Sergio Mora told the Chris Mannix YouTube channel about who Devin Haney should fight next in early 2026.

The problem with Mora’s recommendation is that Haney and his father, Bill, have shown no interest in fighting Benn since last Saturday. He was in the front row, and he made it clear that he wanted to fight Devin next. Bill Haney questioned why Benn was targeting Devin and not the fighters at 168, 160 and 154.

“Conor Benn is coming off a huge fight (Chris Eubank Jr. rematch) with a lot of eyeballs, he’s red hot, he can sell the fight, and both of them can work with Matchroom. So, it’s a fight that can be made,” Mora said.

Haney may have no choice but to fight Benn if he wants to get a big payday in his next fight. Bill’s choice of WBA welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero is not realistic as he is reportedly in negotiations to fight Manny Pacquiao in January. If that fight doesn’t happen, Rolly has his WBA order mandatory defense against Shakhram Giyasov.