Keyshawn Davis and Shakur Stevenson turning down Devin Haney fight; are they both ducking him?

So Keyshawn turns down $2M purse while Shakur shuts down any possibility of a Haney fight. Are these guys straight up ducking Haney or are the Haneys making negotiations difficult?

People can hate on the Haneys but in this case they are not the ones to blame for this circus show. Keyshawn is flat out demanding more money than what he truly deserves. How can a fighter who is barely out of prospect level and hasn't beaten anyone of note have any right to ask for more than what's being offered? As for Shakur even though he's a weight class below Haney I don't see why he can't make any accommodations by fighting at Haney's weight for his title. If he was someone who truly wanted that smoke he would have set aside his ego and just fight at the champs terms.

This is exactly what's wrong with boxing now. Guys who are overly demanding, money hungry, and hesitant to take any forms of risks prevent the best fights from happening. And yet these guys are more than happy to fight it out on social media.

 

Sorry but you can’t defend Keyshawn and Shakur on this one.

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Quite embarrassing. An out of prime Loma took the Haney fight and beat him.

But I understand ducking Haney, he gives everyone a tough fight. If you don't have the power to hurt/knock him down a few times he will win a decision.

 

These guys are embarrassing. Stevenson hasn't fought since January and he's just sitting around. At this rate, he won't fight until at least December.

Davis is getting chance at a title shot, a very winnable fight and he doesn't want it?

 

They absolutely are. Shakur keeps moving goalposts and Keyshawn rejected his biggest payday. You know its bad when Terrence Crawford (Shakur's best friend/mentor) is giving Haney props for wanting to fight everybody.

 

Shakur claims that he can only fight Haney if its at a catchweight of 144 and yet he says that he's willing to fight Conor Benn at 150 lb catchweight on Zuffa. This is clear as day that he's worried about Haney's chances if they were to meet at 147.

 

I mean, I understand. Fighting Haney sucks.

But it's lame. Keyshawn turned down a career high payday. And Shakur doesn't want to fight the one guy he really needs on his resume if he wants to be accepted as the best of his generation at his weight?

 

They are all ducking each other. It's more important to preserve that zero in the loss column than to risk putting it on the line. Haney even sued Ryan to get that loss scratched from his resume. All of them are pricing themselves out because none of them are big revenue generators. Haney and Shakur in contention for most boring champion award. Shakur says he's closed the door forever on a Haney fight and insists he'll never fight Keyshawn because of their friendship. I have no interest in seeing him fight ever again. Cowardly conduct.

Haney's only shot a $5 million+ payday is with Ryan. Otherwise, he slips into obscurity fighting overmatched opponents in one-sided decisions. Yawn.

 

Don´t care, neither man is even in the same division as Haney. Altho they should not be running their mouths.

 

Absolutely cannot stand that from those guys. Shakur doesn't want to fight Keyshawn and Hitchins because of his "friendship" with them but we've seen friends fighting each other in the past. It's just an excuse to not having to risk their 0 against each other. Foster and Teofimo have called out on that BS.

 

There's more behind the scenes that the public doesn't know. Yea, on the surface we can say Keyshawn is at fault because he's demanding a cut that the A side isn't willing to give him. There a couple things that I personally know just from my run ins with Shakur and Haney's camp over the course of the past couple years. I hope that certain things can be worked out, because the fighters themselves AREN'T THE PROBLEM. Haney is willing to fight both Keyshawn and/or Shakur......and they want to fight him, but their are others involved that the $$ has to make sense to as well, which is why Keyshawn wants to push the guarantee further north so that he isn't left with nickels and dimes.

They're all still rather young, so we can possibly still see one or both match ups down the road, but as politics have it......there are barriers keeping the fans from getting it currently. And because of legalities, neither party is going to name drop the other hands in the pot.

All 3 have other options that can satisfy the public for the time being. Hopefully we will see all in the ring at least one more time before the end of the calendar year.

 

Keyshawn should take off that BS “Businessman” nickname.

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I think most people should be happy that Shakur vs Haney isn't happening, it could easily be the worst high-profile fight of the 21st century.

 

All these guys are delusional clowns and seem impossible to make deals with asking for ludicrous amounts of money.