Bill Haney says he has something “Big News” soon about his son, Devin Haney’s next fight. Devin (31-0, 15 KOs) has been on the bench since his loss seven months ago, and it looks like he could finally return to action.
Papa Haney will look foolish if Devin’s next opponent is a can of tomatoes or an old washed-up veteran, like many of the guys he built his 31-0 record on. No one is expecting much from Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) in his comeback, considering the beating he took from Ryan Garcia on April 20 in Brooklyn, New York.
Devin needs someone like Oscar Duarte to show that he can handle the punch without getting sent to the ground repeatedly. That’s unrealistic though. Billy isn’t crazy enough to let Devin fight Duarte and watch him get destroyed.
“Working on something BIG,” said Bill Haney on X.
To help build the rematch in Kingry, Haynie needs to fight someone like Albert Puel, Arnold Barboza Jr. or Richardson Hitchins. Neither of those fights have a chance to happen.
Haynie can’t lose because he has a mega-money rematch with Ryan Garcia in 2025 and they won’t want to mess up that money. However, Devin has to fight someone to get the taste out of the fans’ mouths, who can’t forget the image of Kingry dropping him three times.
My prediction is that Rolando ‘Rolli’ Romero will be chosen for Haney. That guy seems to be right up their alley. Rolli (16-2, 13 KOs) is flawed, has lost two of his last four fights and is a good trash talker. Romero would help sell a fight between him and Devin at the PPV. Boxing fans would eat it up.
It would be a mistake for former two-division world champion Devin, 26, to face another big blow after what Garcia did to him. Even a former paper champion like Rawley would be a high-risk opponent for Hani, and he might regret fighting him.
While they talk, we work. While they doubt, we deliver.
Self made. Self pay. We don’t answer to anyone.
Big news coming soon.#HaneyTime #TeamHaney pic.tvitter.com/Ks08nglAKtg
— Bill Haney (@BillHaney77) December 10, 2024