Devin "The featherfister" Haney asks how his power compares to Lomachenko

Kind of a strange exchange. From watching this I would have figured Linares won.

I thought it was odd Linaries let Haney off in round 11 after having him on silly street, and ready to go, maybe he was just tired at that point, but with this vid on top of it hard not to scratch ur head a bit!

 

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Loma has a scientific approach to the sport; he understands anatomy and balance so he'll be a more effective puncher.

 

I would bet he's a little below that when you compare him to luke Campbell, maybe 5'5ish

 

Haney isn't featherfisted at 135 i think. One shot KO against Moran was impressive considering Moran is a tough guy with a good chin and some durability. But he's nowhere near the elite guys in terms of power. While guys like Lopez, Garcia or Davis have that massive knockout power as an equalizer Haney doesn't have that.

Lomachenkos power is hard to judge at Lightweight.

He only fought five times at 135 and he went the distance three times. Linares KO was a body shot so it has less to do with punching power. So the only guy stopped with head strikes was Crolla. This is actually a good KO for Loma considering Crolla was only ko'd once in six losses before and fought some hard hitting guys like Yordan, Barroso or Linares.

I think Lomachenko > Haney in terms of power is almost confirmed. Haney should at least had Linares and Gamboa hurt at some point. You don't have to stop them if you're not a real finisher but he couldn't even hurt them slightly. It's fair to assume Haney is a very soft puncher at 135 and he will probably be almost featherfisted if he faces the elite guys and punchers at 140. His main weapon is the speed and explosiveness. It can be an equalizer as we saw against Moran but against top level guys it is not.

 

He landed flushed on Linares all night and not once had any of this punches hurt Linares. He landed hooks , uppercuts, straight rights.

 

He landed one flush left hook. Linares took it and from that point on i knew he was questioning himself about his power and not surprised he asked Linares how his power was compared to Loma.

 

Why is he hated on this forum? Then again I notice a pattern on this forum so not surpsing when you think about it lol

 

Tank has more power than Loma though. Shame we will never see that fight.

 

Good post. Muscles don't make power, technique makes power.
Anyways I've heard nearly every well know trainer same the same thing..power punchers are born, not made.

Haney and his people should forget about trying to turn him into some knockout monster. He has plenty of boxing ability, that's hood enough to make a living and win belts.

 

I think Haney's power issue is, he just isn't sitting down on his punches. He is very aware of what's coming back. So he is sacaraficing power for defense......maybe. He may develope more power as he fills out and reaches his physical prime.

 

Yeah. I think he had enogh power for 126 lbs division.

at 135 lbs he had fought vs Campbell, this is dude not easy to KO with head blows: Campbell went all distance vs Linares who I think hits harder than Loma and even huge for 135 lbs division Ryan finished Campbell with a liver punch.
Then was Linares, this as we know went all distance vs Campbell etc boxers. Loma finished him with a liver punch like Ryan did vs Campbell.
Then 3 fights remains, where he finished 1 boxer and 2 fights went on points.

5 fights, 2 stoppage wins means 40% stoppage ratio, if we exclude liver punch vs Linares, then looks that 20% at 135 lbs.

Yeah, at 135lbs Loma's wins percentage via stoppage is not high.

If he was initially 135lbs division boxer this didn't looked good. Loma was 126lbs, then 130lbs division boxer before moved to 135lbs.

 

I'll tell you why. It is understandable that Haney is cocky. All elite fighters have to to have that edge. To succeed they have to have that attitude. However, the difference between someone like Linares or Loma and Haney is that after the fight they were talking and Haney said "you didn't win a single round." All of us who were listening carefully heard it. The commentators even repeated it. And yet Haney is in Linares' locker room a short time later looking for some love. THIS is why a lot of people don't care for Haney.

Class acts don't act or say what Haney said after a tough fight like that. You tip your hat and give your opponent his due. And even though Haney said "you didn't win a single round" following the fight, who was the class act who allowed him into his locker room and gave him feedback on his performance? Linares had every right to say to Haney, "take a hike" but he didn't.

 

That's what I've heard, but I would make just a slight comment. I do suspect that muscles can make a difference, but the right ones. Specifically the forearms! Boxers are naturally lean and as a result many have skinny arms (which is fine for speed), but I do think I at least see a trend where "heavier hitters", like Golovkin for example, have very thick forearms...which are often a neglected or forgotten muscle group that requires its own intense training.

For Devon, I said in his last fight...he's looked unusually skinny (unhealthy). Like he needs to have confidence to work on strength and sit down on his punches. He tends to pull them back as soon as they make contact (reminds me of Devon Alexander).

 

If your mind is preoccupied with not getting touched because you know you're packing glass then you can't sit down on your punches and generate the power.

Before this guy even thinks about throwing he's already planning how he's going to get out of the way of the counter