With more than Devin Haney Throw tantrums and kick, reality has put you as the least influential champion in the lightweight division. With more than Floyd Mayweather wants to present him as the fighter called to be the best pound for pound of years to come, the truth is the fans are betting a lot more on Teófimo López, Gervonta Davis and Ryan García.
So Haney seems doomed to settle for what these others leave him. Teófimo López and To pull a joke, to ensure that he wasn’t a fighter capable of summoning a crowd or generating millions of pay-per-view sales. Now it was Ryan Garcia who passed him despite the fight ordered by the WBC.
In recent days, both Garcia and Gervonta Davis gave some clues about the fight between the two that was simmering, leaving Devin Haney with no options but an abrupt change of plans.
It is there that name Javier Fortuna, powered by its promoter Sampson Lewkowicz. “We asked the WBC to give him a shot at Devin Haney. Now we are waiting for the answer. At the end of the day, I’m pretty sure Ryan Garcia has other plans and Javier Fortuna is now ready to fight for the title. “he told BoxingScene.
Fortuna was first named as a mandatory challenger in November 2019, shortly after his second-round knockout of Jesus Cuellar in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The win came a week before Haney’s first title defense, after being promoted from Interim to World Champion and taking a 12-lap decision win over Alfredo Santiago.