Devin Haney vs Jorge Linares

I would rank the 4 of them in this order, based on what I have seen so far, of course that can change at any time:

Lopez
Davis
Haney
Garcia

I'm not a fan of any one of them ahead of the others, and to be honest I don't really care who beats who or when, main thing for me is that they actually fight!! It would be a crying shame if they avoided each other, or fights just got endlessly delayed due to networks or the usual boxing politics. Most of them are in their very early 20's, Gervonta is only 26, so they should all fight each other and a loss would not define or deter their career IMO...

 

Good performance from Haney and something he needed, someone he couldn’t do just what he wanted with and would actually fight back and give him some headaches.

I certainly see the Floyd comparisons, but my issue is he tries to box like old Floyd - like Mayweather did in his 30s when his hands were shot. A young fighter like Haney with a lot of explosiveness and pop should be moving the shoulder quicker, in and out and using his hand speed rather than trying to act like a veteran clinching and pushing his left shoulder in to land a sly right over the top. That’s how the old Wiley greats fight but not good for a young gun because when he comes up against someone fast and explosive, he wont get away with it.