By Charles Brun: Eddie Hearn says Devin Haney informed him that he’s keen to leap in with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on December fifth as his alternative for Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on the Staples Heart in Los Angeles.
Hearn had been hoping to have Haney (26-0, 15 KOs) defend his WBC light-weight title in opposition to Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz Jr. (32-1-1, 15 KOs) on December 4th, however the American hasn’t signed the contract regardless of his pay being bumped up larger than what he would have gotten to battle Ryan Garcia of their beforehand scheduled November twenty seventh battle.
It might appear extremely unlikely that Hearn would feed the 22-year-old Haney to Tank Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) for him to battle on SHOWTIME PPV on December fifth, notably after the best way Devin appeared in his final battle in opposition to Jorge Linares.
Haney was repeatedly harm by Linares within the championship rounds final Could and was pressured to clinch nonstop from 9 by means of twelve to maintain from getting knocked out.
It’s seemingly that Hearn is utilizing Tank Davis as a strategy to strain Jojo Diaz Jr to signal the contract for the Haney battle.
The thought is, if Jojo sees that Haney is throwing his hat within the ring as a possible alternative opponent for Gervonta on December fifth, he’ll shortly come to the desk and signal the contract.
Haney keen to battle Gervonta
“I don’t know something concerning the state of affairs however I spoke with Devin Haney and I stated, ‘Are you cheerful to place you title within the combine?’ And he stated, ‘Yeah,’ as a result of in the intervening time ‘No-Go Diaz’ has not signed his contract after being supplied extra to battle Devin Haney than he was attending to battle Ryan Garcia, so we’ll must see what occurs,” stated Eddie Hearn to Boxing Social about Haney being keen to battle Gervonta Davis on December fifth.
“We wish to make the Jojo Diaz battle, however he has to rush up and signal the contract.
“We have to make assertion fights within the U.S marketplace for Devin Haney, and our desire is Jojo Diaz. It’s 5 weeks tonight,” stated Hearn when requested if there’s a deadline for Jojo Diaz to signal the contract for the December 4th battle with Haney.
“They’re all coaching for that date, even Jojo. He was speculated to be combating on November twenty seventh [against Ryan Garcia], so he’s prepared. However sooner or later, we have to go on sale. On December the 4th on the MGM Grand,” stated Hearn.
