Invoice and Devin Haney have carried out their very best to poke and antagonize each Teofimo Lopez and Teofimo Lopez Sr. Finally, the endgame for staff Haney is to lure the Lopez’s right into a mouthwatering showdown in some unspecified time in the future in 2023.
After all, lengthy earlier than the Haney’s started pushing their buttons, a collision course between them was ostensibly on the horizon. With Lopez knocking off Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020 to assert the light-weight division’s IBF, WBO, WBA, and WBC “Franchise” titles, Devin Haney supplied to put his WBC trinket on the road to crown the division’s lone undisputed champion.
But, regardless of the 2 sides agreeing to settle their variations within the ring, George Kambosos Jr. threw a proverbial monkey wrench of their plans. On November twenty seventh, 2021, following months of postponements, the Aussie native would go on to dethrone Lopez, earlier than shedding back-to-back bouts towards Haney.
Within the rapid aftermath, Lopez has moved on from the light-weight division and has since campaigned at 140 kilos. This upcoming weekend, the 25-year-old will try and solidify himself as a bonafide contender when he takes on Sandor Martin in the principle occasion slot in New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
Though the Haney’s have their very own plans, tentatively shifting right into a matchup towards Lomachenko within the first half of 2023, Lopez Sr. reveals {that a} showdown between his son and Haney merely isn’t possible.
Contemplating that Lopez vs. Martin represents a WBC title eliminator, inserting the winner in a really perfect place to face newly minted champion, Regis Prograis, Lopez Sr. concludes that the trail his son is at present on would not bode properly with the Haney’s.
“Not the best way we’re preventing,” stated Lopez Sr. when requested if his son will face Devin Haney someday quickly throughout an interview with BoxingScene.com. “These guys gotta transfer up. We’re already doing what we’re doing at 140. We’re getting nearer to that belt.”