Haney had no choice but to fight Norman jr. to fight, says Norman Sr.

Brian Norman Sr. says Devin Haney had no choice but to agree to fight WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. for The Ring IV event on 22 November in Riyadh. He states that Haney just signed a $36 million, three-fight deal with Turki Alalshikh.

Turki’s offer that Haney couldn’t refuse

So, when Turki asked Haney if he wanted the fight with Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) would take on, he had to agree because he would have looked like a “p****y” if he had said no. Devin also had a reputation for being willing to fight anyone. His refusal to date Norman Jr. to fight would have shot a hole through his representative for being fearless.

“I know the deal they (Team Haney) made (with Turki Alalshikh). It was $36 million. They were looking for fights for Devin Haney,” Brian Norman Sr. said. MillCity Boxing on why Devin Haney and Bill Haney had the fight with Brian Norman Jr.

With the money that Norman Sr. says Haney gets for his three-fight deal with Turki, it’s understandable why he was asked to fight Norman Jr. to fight When you pay someone that much money, you want value.

Devin had already picked up some steam in his previous fight on Turki’s May 2nd Times Square card, against the exhausted former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez. He did poorly in that fight.

Reputation on the line

“So, Turki said (to Haney), ‘We have a guy (Norman Jr.) and he’s already agreed.’ Do you go back and say, ‘No, let’s fight another guy,’ or do you say, ‘Okay, cool, let’s run it?’ What are you going to say? You’re going to look like ap****y. Especially when they say, ‘Devin Haney will fight anyone.’ He had no choice but to take the fight,” Norman Sr. said.

It would have made Haney look bad in Turki’s eyes if he took the fight with Norman Jr. declined, instead asking for another Ramirez-esque opponent that was a sure thing for him.

No way out for Team Haney

“‘You already said you wanted a fight. I got the best guy (Norman Jr.) in the division. He already agreed to fight you. Let’s fight,'” Norman Sr. said. said about what he believes Turki Alalshikh told Haney. “What are you going to say? ‘No, let’s try the other guy’.”