Devin Haney revealed today that the reason he traveled to London for his ring work was to meet Turki Al-Shiekh to “talk about what’s next.”
Fans wondered why Haney, 26, would hold a ring workout in London when he had no fights scheduled and was coming off a humiliating loss to Ryan Garcia. It didn’t make sense until now. Devin comes to meet with Turki, hoping to fight on one of his cards, and probably for big money.
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The recently beaten Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) wants to fight on one of Turki’s Riyadh season cards. However, Al-Shiekh tends to take competitive fights for his career, and that could be a bad thing for Haney as he has shown that he is weak in the chin department.
If Haney gets knocked out by someone picking Turki over him, it will take a lot of the interest out of a rematch with Ryan Garcia. The fight may still happen, but it will be considered a joke. Haney would be ready for the junkyard, considered a hype job, which was never as good as the gullible fans thought.
His best wins were against George Kambosos, Regis Prograis and Vasily Lomachenko. As most know, Haney’s win over Lomachenko was highly controversial in a fight he appeared to lose but earned a 12-round decision victory in Las Vegas. Kambosos was just a flawed, low-level, one-hit wonderone hit who built his career by beating a confused, ring-rusty, injured Teofimo Lopez.
Chasing The Payday
“I want to fight everyone. Y’all know I’m not into setup battles. I want to make the biggest fights happen. I want to fight the best fighter in the world. That’s one of the reasons why I’m here. I’m here to meet His Excellency Turki Al-Shiekh to talk about what’s next,” Devin Haney told the media today at his London training session, explaining why he traveled to the UK to show off.
“Turki made an offer to Teo for much more money than his offer. He turned it down for whatever reason, and that’s what stopped the fight. It’s a fight that can still be made. One thing I am focused on is that I want to fight on a level playing field with everyone.
“I want to be a spokesperson for clean boxing because I was one who actually experienced it. I experienced being cheated on and what it’s like to fight someone who’s on PEDs,” Haney said of his fight with Ryan Garcia. “I want to clean the sport of boxing. So that’s my man focus at the moment.”
