By: Sean Crose
More excellent news. Devin Haney is now formally set to defend his undisputed light-weight title in opposition to Vasyl Lomachenko on May 20th in Las Vegas. The match would be the foremost occasion of a Top Rank Pay Per View Card. “This is a fight that I’ve always wanted,” Haney instructed FightHype. “I was calling Loma when he did look unbeatable…I was calling him out then.” Haney added that his willingness to battle former titlist and pound for pound fighter Lomachenko exhibits how prepared he’s to be aggressive. “At this point in my career I don’t have to fight him and I’m choosing to fight him,” he added. “What I say is real.”
Haney additionally made it clear he’s prepared to sacrifice for the larger matchups. “Everybody knows its hard for me to make the weight,” he mentioned. “It’s not the easiest thing for me to make the weight. But I’m sacrificing to fight somebody that I’ve been wanting to fight for a long time…I’m choosing to stay at the weight class and fight him.” As far as the long run, Haney indicated that he’s but to resolve what comes after Loma. He can’t preserve draining himself of weight perpetually, in spite of everything.
“It’s definitely up in the air,” he mentioned of his post-Loma profession. “I haven’t made my decision yet.” He’s proper to not soar the gun since his battle with Loma continues to be two months away. Plus, Haney looks like he’s solely bettering as time goes on. “Every camp I feel stronger and stronger,” he mentioned. “My body’s maturing. I’m getting bigger. I’m getting stronger. I’m getting older.” As far as Haney is worried, that’s all dangerous information for Lomachenko.
“Every camp is going to be better and better,” he claimed. “That’s why I said a long time ago Loma needs to fight me now because it’s only going to get worse (for him).” There’s little doubt Haney is taking up an actual problem in Lomachenko. The Ukrainian will not be in his prime, however he might not precisely be over the hill, both. Yet Haney indicated there’s extra to boxing for him than simply making a great residing – which he certainly does. “Money don’t make me,” he mentioned. “This is truly what I love to do…I was doing it for free at a young age.” Haney claims that, ultimately, there’s the next function to what he does than simply incomes paydays.
“It’s not about the money,” he mentioned. “It’s about the legacy with me.”
