Norman Jr. never hunted a mover like Haney

Lamont Roach Says Brian Norman Jr. will “worry” about the movement of Devin Haney on November 22. He says that he has never seen Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) a fighter who used to move didn’t have to “hunt”.

Lamont notes that the fighters WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr. encountered in his career, were willing to trade with him when he pursued them.

Haney will not trade with a murderer

Devin (32-0, 16 KOs) is not expected to trade with Norman at all, especially after the way he looked in his last fight against Jose Ramirez on May 2nd. He looked like a shaken vet who had come from the war front, was mentally messed up.

A Soldier in the Wrong War

Can he come back from it in just six months? If this is a permanent situation, Haney is going to be food for Norman Jr. Devin must look like a soldier with PTSD against 24-year-old Norman Jr., as he is a straight-up killer with no qualms about what he does to opponents when he has them in trouble.

“Who says he’s not gunshy?” said Lamont Roach Ring Champions on Devin Haney on how he was able to perform against Brian Norman Jr. “I think he’ll come in there with confidence, especially after his performance against Jose Ramirez.”

Devin was gun shy against Ramirez, and we could see the same thing from him against Norman Jr. He would have had a strong camp to break him of this habit. Light puncher Troy Isley was one of Haney’s top sparring partners to prepare him for Norman Jr. This is the wrong guy to get ready for Brian Jr.

Norman’s first real movement test

“Brian Norman is a straight pressure fighter and comes to the action the way he does. I personally didn’t see him having to looking for another mover. He’s looking for those other guys that are willing to trade or sit there that don’t have the best feet,” Roach said.

Norman Jr. will have gotten plenty of practice in training camp on how to deal with movers and clinchers. Those two things are the main strategies Haney uses on defense to avoid getting hit. He moves and he holds.

If Brian Jr. trained well enough to cut off the ring, he can trap Haney and force him to fight. When Devin is trapped, he immediately grabs his opponent in a clinch. We saw him do it repeatedly against Jose Ramirez. It worked because Ramirez didn’t fight through the claws or hit him while he was holding.

“One thing Devin can do, Devin can move. That’s probably one thing they’re going to have to worry about. I can see him (Haney) trying to switch and getting cracked. That could change the fight,” Roach said.

Haney’s fear of the firefight

If Roach had watched Haney’s last fight against Ramirez, he would have noticed that he waited until late in the fight to trade with Ramirez. It was short, and then he would run again. There were only a few instances where Devin took the risk of trading because he looked scared.

It is unrealistic to predict that Haney will choose to trade with Norman at all because he is dangerous at every moment.

Even when he tired in the later rounds against Quinton Randall and Jesus Antonio Perez Campos, Norman Jr. still thrown with great force. Those fights took place two years ago when Norman Jr. was only 22. He’s 24 now and hits harder and bigger than he was when he fought those fighters.