By Adam Baskin: Bob Arum says the fighter that’s the #1 selection for Devin Haney’s subsequent battle is Shakur Stevenson. That’s the Prime Rank boss Arum’s choice for Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) if he chooses to remain at 135 and never run it again in opposition to Vasyl Lomachenko.
Shakur (20-0, 10 KOs) might be the least probably man to get chosen by Haney and his dad Invoice for his or her subsequent battle as a result of it’s a method match-up for him.
No amount of cash that Arum can provide Haney will get him to conform to battle Shakur as a result of he’s clearly hoping to win the lottery and get Gervonta Davis for a cash-out like we simply noticed Ryan Garcia get.
We noticed how Haney took off like a rocket as soon as Shakur climbed into the ring after Devin’s controversial win over Lomachenko. Haney appeared like he’d seen a ghost. He took one take a look at Shakur climbing by means of the ropes and rapidly hurried away as quick as his ft might carry him.
It’s secure to say that the one man Haney will keep at 135 to battle is the jailed Gervonta Davis. If that battle is unavailable, Haney will transfer as much as 140 and flounder like a ship on the excessive seas. Haney lacks the facility to hold with the highest 140-pounders, and he’ll find yourself like Adrien Broner.
“Nicely, all we will do is provide them different fights. What are the
different fights? So after I meet with Invoice Haney, his father, and supervisor, there are a couple of fights that we will discuss, they usually’re in all probability others he can battle,” mentioned Bob Arum to Fighthype when requested what choices he has for Devin Haney if he chooses to stick with Prime Rank for his subsequent battle.
“The winner of this battle [Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez] perhaps, go to 140. He can perhaps battle Ryan Garcia. That’s a risk.
“He can keep at 135 and perhaps battle a rematch [with Vasyl Lomachenko], or he can say to me, ‘Hey, the man I would like that may be a large fighter and would do a whole lot of enterprise’ is Shakur Stevenson. I like all of them.
“Clearly, the battle I would love finest is in opposition to Shakur Stevenson as a result of he’s one other man I like to observe battle.
“From the time we signed Shakur, and we signed Lomachenko, that was the battle in my thoughts that I needed to see. It was a little bit too early for Shakur to battle Loma at that time, however I might love that battle, even when I wasn’t selling it. I might pay to see it.
“Nicely, that’s as much as Loma and his father on what they need to do,” mentioned Arum when requested the place Vasily Lomachenko goes from right here. “If I used to be a fan, I might be joyful to pay cash anytime Loma stepped within the ring as a result of he’s such an ideal expertise, and whether or not it’s a rematch with Haney or happening to 130 or to battle different good fighters at 135, that’s going to be as much as them.
“However I actually am an ideal admirer of Vassily Lomachenko, and I do know we’ll be persevering with, and he’s a extremely nice entertaining fighter,” mentioned Arum.