Gervonta Davis is fighting age 23 Isaac Cruz, who was beaten by an 8-5 fighter, for the WBA "world" lightweight title. Devin Haney is fighting a better opponent in age 29 Joseph Diaz, who only ever lost to one world-class boxer. Davis is by far the more hyped lightweight than Haney, and he's four years older at age 27 to Haney who is just age 23. Gervonta Davis should be fighting the best lightweights by now, if he's as good as his manager and promoter say.
See that’s where you’re wrong Ring has Haney #3 and Jojo Diaz #6 at LW. Tank Davis is the Ring Champion at GervontaWeight while Cruz is #1 at GervontaWeight..
Hanie is Hungry, got a chip on his shoulder, & has a lot of control over his own career… I’d imagine it was one of the main reasons he opted NOT to $ign away to Mayweather Promotions.
At least Twink is fighting a natural 135 pounder who is roughly his size and who can crack a bit. I get that JoJo is a former world champion and has the much better resume and pedigree than Cruz, but he's a featherfisted leprechaun with kangaroo arms fighting a massive 135 pounder who holds huge physical advantages over him.
I think Haney's age gets forgotten a lot. His only 23 and hasn't been carefully managed to avoid anyone. His far from the finished article yet looking at this forum you would he was on the slide into irrelevance.
I think his last 2 fights showed a lot that he lacks. And that has to do with the step up in competition.