Devin Haney leaked an old video clip on X, showing him battering the former IBF light welterweight champion Liam Paro in sparring, which was pretty one-sided.
This move by Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) appears to be a transparent attempt to show he’s a superior fighter to Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs), who is receiving a lot of favorable attention from the boxing world after his victory over Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) last Saturday night in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Haney’s Indirect Challenge
By showing that he was more skillful than Paro, Haney could create interest in a potential fight between him and Hitchins. If it does happen, it probably needs to be at 147 without Hitchins’ IBF title at stake because of the 10-lb rehydration rule.
The timing of Haney posting the old sparring video of him dominating Paro could be seen as a way of indirectly calling out Richardson without actually doing so. It would be better if Haney directly…
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