Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez have signed for a struggle at a 145-lb catchweight for August sixteenth in Saudi Arabia. It nonetheless isn’t official.
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Haney vs. Lopez: Combat Particulars
The struggle gained’t contain any world titles on the welterweight division. It’s the minor mega-fight that Staff Haney needed after their plans for a rematch with Ryan Garcia went up in smoke at Instances Sq. final month. Devin’s dad, Invoice Haney, instantly began urgent for the Teofimo struggle as soon as Ryan was out.
Though Teofimo doesn’t struggle at welterweight, that was the one which Invoice needed for his son, Devin, at welterweight. In different phrases, Invoice was pondering of a business-type struggle. There are fighters that Haney might have focused, like WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr., however he’s not as in style as Teofimo, and he’s a pure puncher who could be a nightmare for Devin along with his fragile mandible.
Earlier immediately, Teofimo (22-1, 13 KOs) posted a brief clip of him dancing on social media, which was a touch that one thing huge was about to be introduced. He’s made a public apology a few days earlier to Turki Alalshikh, trying to easy issues over after he’d trash-talked him on X.
Pugboxing broke the story tonight of the Haney vs. Lopez struggle for August sixteenth in Saudi Arabia. Turki nonetheless must make it official.
Instances Sq. Uninteresting Fights
It’s a giant struggle involving two fighters who turned in subpar performances final month on the Could 2nd Instances Sq. card in New York. Teofimo and Haney each moved round for 12 rounds, profitable boring fights towards Arnold Barboza Jr. and Jose Ramirez.
Teofimo ought to win this struggle towards Haney with out too many issues if he fights with some aggression. He’s bought the ability benefit over Haney, however he’ll need to struggle rather a lot higher than he confirmed final month towards Barboza Jr. Haney may outbox Teo if he reveals all night time once more like he did on the Instances Sq. card.
Staging the Teofimo-Haney struggle on August sixteenth means it’s going to be on the identical night time because the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach 2 rematch, which might be proven on a unique community. If cash doesn’t matter for Turki, it gained’t be a giant deal if the PPV numbers for the Haney vs. Lopez struggle aren’t excellent.
Haney-Lopez PPV Challenges
One drawback that would harm the numbers is that there’s not a number of curiosity from followers in a pay-per-view occasion involving Lopez and Haney. Neither of them is a PPV fighter. The one purpose Haney fought on PPV for his final two occasions is that the cardboard was stacked for the Could 2nd occasion, and Ryan Garcia was concerned. With out him, Haney and Teofimo aren’t PPV fighters.
