Devin Haney posted on social media telling his followers that he’s locked in with “tunnel imaginative and prescient” for his title protection in opposition to Ryan Garcia 12 days from now, on April twentieth, on the Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York.
Followers are giving WBC mild welterweight champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) flak for the tickets not promoting, and the scenario is wanting dire with an empty Barclays Middle for his or her headliner on DAZN PPV.
The promotion relies upon completely on Ryan’s enormous 11 million followers on Instagram for this occasion to succeed. As in style as Ryan is, he can’t do it himself. He wants an opponent that the followers need to see, and Haney ain’t it.
Haney: The Ticket Gross sales Kryptonite
If the scenario doesn’t enhance, the occasion organizers might have to chop ticket costs in a firesale and start freely giving complimentary tickets to followers to attempt to fill the stadium. Haney is only a drag on the promotion.
The Actual Causes Behind the Flop
Haney’s lack of recognition: Devin’s boring combating model doesn’t make followers need to rush out and purchase tickets or order his fights on PPV, irrespective of who he’s combating.
Skyhigh Ticket Costs
Geography Fail: Staging the Haney vs. Garcia combat in New York was a silly thought, and organizers failed to know the place the fan bases of those two fighters had been positioned.
The followers blame excessive ticket costs for the issues, but it surely might have extra to do with Haney not being a well-liked fighter. Being a world champion doesn’t translate to recognition, and that’s the entire downside.
Haney is like lots of the world champions within the sport who don’t have a big following on account of a boring model, doesn’t possess the charisma to promote fights, and should not ever be a well-liked fighter.
Haney’s Inspirational Quotes Are Falling Flat
“12 days.. tunnel imaginative and prescient,” stated HIaney on X.
“That is only the start. I’ve obtained years and years to dominate the game. They preserve lining them up, and I preserve knocking them down,” stated Devin Haney to DAZN Boxing.
“It’s for me to point out him that ‘You’re not on my stage. You’re not Devin Haney good.’ That’s for me to show, and that’s what I’m going to do. “
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