It was a bittersweet second for Eddie Hearn as he watched Devin Haney go on to grow to be an undisputed champion at 135 kilos. After years of selling the gifted 24-year-old, Hearn was considerably pissed off as he was compelled out of the image.
In a bid to combination each light-weight world title, Haney ditched DAZN, the media outlet which he was initially combating below, to chase his undisputed desires on ESPN towards George Kambosos Jr.
Though he stepped into the unknown cautiously, Haney would go on to show that his choice was a sagacious one, as he registered back-to-back victories over the Australian native. Now, along with his undisputed crown dangling over his forehead, Haney is able to solidify himself as the person to beat.
At present, the Las Vegas, native is making an attempt to hammer out a deal that may see him tackle former light-weight kingpin, Vasiliy Lomachenko. At one level, Hearn, having watched the slick-hitting Ukrainian dissect numerous foes through the years, believed that the previous two-time Olympic gold medalist was primarily unbeatable. Quick ahead to at this time, nevertheless, and Hearn is now singing a special tune as he believes that Haney can be an excessive amount of on the evening of their battle.
“He’ll beat Lomachenko handily,” stated Hearn throughout an interview with BoxingScene.com.
Lomachenko, after lending a serving to hand to his place of birth of Ukraine in the course of the ongoing Russian invasion, made his return to the ring towards Jamaine Ortiz on October twenty ninth, 2022.
Whereas he turned the primary man to sully Ortiz’s document, Lomachenko’s victory was marred with ostensible ring rust. The Ukrainian’s perceived slowdown, coupled with the bodily items of Haney, has satisfied Hearn that at this stage, the miles on Lomachenko’s odometer leaves him at a determined drawback towards his a lot youthful adversary.
“He’s nowhere close to the fighter he was however I feel Devin is simply too massive and too lengthy for him.”