'Devin is remarkable,' said his father, trainer and manager, Bill Haney. Haney accomplished that by traveling to Australia for a pair of bouts with George Kambosos last year in Australia, winning both in dominant fashion.Īnd he was even more impressive against an even better fighter in Prograis. He only remained at 135 pounds to pursue his goal of collecting all four lightweight belts. Haney has designs on competing at welterweight soon. Now I'm able to go in there and be the real Devin Haney.' 'I was killing myself to make 135 so much, I would go into a fight and be depleted. 'I knew I was levels above him,' Haney said. Haney, who is 5-foot-8, appeared to be the bigger man even though he was the one moving up in weight. His lone previous defeat came against Josh Taylor via majority decision in October 2019. 'It was real hard to get to him,' said Prograis, who entered ranked No.
26 in Tokyo when he meets Marlon Tapales for the undisputed 122-pound championship.īut on this night, Haney could barely be touched. Naoya Inoue, the other boxer in the running for the award, will have a chance to stake his claim on Dec. 'I feel like at this point that I should be fighter of the year,' Haney said at the postfight news conference.
