“I was comfortable,” said Devin Haney after becoming undisputed lightweight champion by defeating reigning champ George Kambosos. “I was just sticking to the game plan. The game plan was to go there and hit and not get hit, and I did that for the majority of the fight. I took the last round off just because I knew I was comfortably ahead, but I fought a good, smart fight.
“I handicapped him of his best things. He wanted to land the overhand right, and he wanted to land the big left hook. I handicapped him. I was fighting both ways. When I would go to the left, I would fight his right hand. When I would go to the right, I would fight his left hook. And he couldn’t hit me with neither one of them.
[On George Kambosos] “I take my hat off to him because he is a true warrior. I respect anybody that steps into the ring. There was nothing but respect through the hold buildup. Even though he got disrespectful, I stayed as a gentleman. I stayed professional.
“I want to thank George Kambosos and all of Australia for coming out. Thank you, George, for giving me the shot. All of these so-called champions would not give me my shot. But George was a true champion, and he gave me my shot. Thank you for this.”
[Rematch] “If it’s meant to happen, if Allah wants it to happen, I’ll be back.”
[On having his father with him] “This is a dream come true. I was going through it without my dad being here because I knew it was a big moment for us. We both dreamed of this. Since we started out, we said we wanted to be the best. It would have hurt me to accomplish this without him. I’m so thankful that we were able to accomplish this together.”
I take my hat off to Haney. He sounds like a true professional, a real champion. He’s humble, respectful, articulate, and civilized. None of that ignorant, trashing-talking, street, hip-hop, rap, ghetto way of speaking “ya feel me?” crap. No “at da end of the day” nonsense. No “straight up” nonsense. No “shout out” crap. All of these young American men can learn a great deal from how Haney presents himself, and get the hell out of street and the gutter. What a difference it is listening to Haney versus listening to Gervonta Davis, Roland Romero, or rejects like Teofimo Lopez.
Haney came to this fight supremely conditioned. He came prepared. He came with a game plan and executed it to perfection. This is what the Sweet Science is about. I’m a huge fan. Kudos to Haney. He is undisputed.
I really like that about Haney too.
We hav two humble gentlemen in Haney and Loma.
Truth Haney is very respectful and he is what boxing is all about. However, these guys are boxers not politicians so what difference does it make how eloquent they are in speech. They come from different upbringings and some of them are from the “streets.” You forget these guys are still young and maturing. Get off your high horse.
I’m not sure why you included Tank Davis because he is maturing. The man is a pro boxer and perhaps that has affected his speech pattern. Again they’re not paid to speak so what difference does it make? Did you not see how well he handled himself post Rolly fight? He was very respectful when he had the opportunity to get very disrespectful.
Haney won the fight fair and square but he’s still BORING and dull! I kept falling asleep he’s like a bird who pecks and pokes away with feather fists he fights terrified every time.
Him vs Stevenson if they ever fight I will record it to use it for curing my insomnia!
You dont no shi…. about boxing.
Haney put on a masterclass!
Thats whats boxing is all about.
Your comments show your ignorance and racism, what does hip hop or rap have to do with anything?
Why would criticism of the lyrics in hip hop and rap music be racism? I do not really understand how you make that connection.
Ace, what is it with you and “racism”? Stop already.
Perfected the art of hugging next fight he losses the belts. Hopefully to Loma
What a garbage “fighter” Haney is. I couldn’t even stand looking at him in the ring. Mouth wide open, lips hanging down to the ground, nose bigger than his entire face. Fights like a scared little bitch. Jab, jab, jab, clinch. Not ONCE did he press the action in the fight. How does he sell tickets??? Hopefully his reign of “champion” is short lived because the majority of people could care less to see him fight. Absolute coward and boring as shit. Doesn’t even attempt to go for a knockout when clearly winning. Dudes a joke.
Dear Mr. Berserker, please leave your personal opinion to yourself, speaking of his looks doesn’t take away the fact that he WON talk about how the other guy lost, because he wasn’t BETTER, true facts no personal opinion. Thank you so kindly…….ohhhh may be you should start looking at boxing for skills not feelings you just might start picking winners.
100 % on point!
Mr. Beserk, styles make fights. It is what it is.
I hope you are a female commenting on this man’s looks
Obviously you don’t know shit about boxing. He gave Kambosos a boxing lesson.
This comment you just delivered smells really bad.
You mix up “Fights like a scared little bitch” with ring IQ and smartness.
Haney completely neutralized a world boxer. In his own backyard. In front of his home crowd. Wow! I am truly and honestly impressed.
Kambosos did not make any excuses after the fight. Respect! And Haney proved that he is a very tough opponent for anyone.
Congrat Haney! Hats off for both boxers!
There are takeaways with this fight. There are as follows:
1. Speed kills when used effectively
2. Lateral movement can offset your opponent’s counters
3. The jab is very effective when utilized on the outside
4. Slipping punches makes your opponent work harder to hit you
5. Hug less, slip more and counter
6. Following your gameplan can pay dividends
Would love to see Loma VS Haney. now that would be interesting.
Lomo and Davis and after Shakur unify 130 and move up are the only fighters that can actually give Haney a helluva fight
i think both loma and davis are a bit too much for haney right now at 23 years old. they have a bigger bag of tricks and haney is just a tad bit vunerable right now. but who knows. Loma hasn’t fought in a bit and who knows when he will fight again, hopefully soon but he needs a tuneup before haney.
Agree.
that was the most dullest boring fight ever. both dudes were scared from the get go. kambosos is a third rate club fighter. loma would wipe the floor with both of these clowns.
You wa comfortable and we was bored as hell watching.
It’s called boxing, not rock’em sock’em robots. Haney clearly gave him a boxing lesson.
Congrats to Haney, but I think the jury is still out on most of 135 lbs superstars . Looking back at everybody’s last three fights , well they had some concerning flaws and they still have some convincing work ahead of them. Loma may still be the true champ without the belts.
It’s crazy how Lopez did not give Lomo a rematch. That was some coward mess.
Know the facts Teo explained Loma didn’t want a rematch clause that’s why there wasn’t one in the contract and once he lost he wanted a rematch. So don’t blame Teo it was Loma’s confidence or arrogance that cost him the rematch. As a fan stop making excuses for your favorite fighters any fighter can be beaten on any given day nothing’s a guarantee!!!
Had López granted the immediate rematch to Loma (after Loma’s shoulder healed), he’d have been stripped of his IBF belt, which he wanted to keep because that is the one he lifted from Richard Comey for his first major world title.
So he took the Kambosos mandatory, that Top Rank didn’t want to pay for, and Triller won the bid but defaulted, and he lost on DAZN and now is moving up to 140 where he is way bigger than Loma.
Can’t be the “true” champion because he LOST the belts. smh
He was simply saying Loma could beat them all and I too believe that is likely.
Loma gave up the WBC belt to avoid fighting Devine. Now, the tables have turned and Devin will not shy away from the challenge. Oh, by the way, let’s nor forget that neither Loma, Teo or Kambosos were undisputed . Devin is the true and only undisputed champion at lightweight since The late great, Pernell Sweet pea Whitaker. ESPN trying to push that false narrative.
First Stevenson and now Haney, yeah they can be champs but Meh theh are still two boring AF fighters to watch that won’t sell too many tickets in the future. Need more fighters like Tank who bring on an actual show (Real Price Fighting) with spectacular knockouts and boxing prowess! Out of all the African American fighters out there probably the best combined package of skill, speed and power is Crawford then Tank.
Some of actually enjoy seeing boxers box. For the record, I would probably pick Boots as the best combination of skill and power.
Everyone isn’t a K.O. artist that’s why boxing is more of a chess match, if you don’t have the arsenal as your opponent you use what you have to negate their strengths.
Haney’s got the style to go undefeated for several years. Age will have to slow don’t his reflexes so he gets caught. Not very entertaining much of the time. He’s got a classy look about him. Leonard’s gifts but fights more like Davis Jr. (Howard)
Haney stuck to the game plan. His jab disrupted everything Kambosos attempted to deploy, he also fought a near perfect fight. However, if he would have taken a little more risk and walked him back, he would have been able to dominate the fight in spectacular fashion.
Unfortunately, Kambosos is one dimensional, very predictable. When he won the title Lopez thought he was going to blow him out and when it didn’t happen he had no Plan B. Kambosos will not win another title.
Just sharing my opinion…
Solid boxing plans, skills and IQs were displayed by Haney and by Fulton, Jr.
Thank goodness boxing involves a variety of fighting styles (liked or disliked) because the burden is on each fighter to find ways to impose his or her own style for a victory. Being a boxing warrior also includes maximizing your plans/strengths/blessings for victory. If an opponent clinches as a plan, a fighter must find a way to overcome the clinching plan.
Boxers blessed with solid reflexes, fast muscle twitches in arms/legs (for offense & defense); high boxing IQ and a solid jab usually do not pursue a slugfest or take unnecessary risks, unless an opponent finds ways to negate their boxing blessings.
This blessed boxing style also allows for better short term/long term health and for better boxing longevity ($$$). Historically, I believe such boxing blessings have produced the most champions and the most HOF members, while maintaining a warrior spirit.
This is why I love boxing so much…a battle of wills, hearts, skills, tactics and strategies. I believe such varieties will keep boxing alive for the next 100 years.
It was more a case of Kambosos losing the fight Haney didn’t do much and didn’t win any rounds big he just squeaked through on most of them
Tank will flatten him and probably Garcia will as well
You known what they call a fighter who jabs, defends and tactically holds to prevent his opponent from fighting on the inside?
The Undisputed Lightweight Champion of the World.
Boring Fighter and also a Muzzie so no way this dude selling tickets lol
i tried to watch these cards on showtime and espn this weekend….but it was near impossible…..the 2 main fights were basically point fights…slap fights…..the announcers were falling all over each other trying to force some enthusiasm for this mundane fare their network forced them to shill for….
if this continues.boxing will indeed die…don king gets a horrible wrap but as i recall,he put on exciting shows with exciting fighters who were in the ring to do more than dance and throw jabs….
keep it up….we already have mma…bkfc is becoming more interesting than what these horrible promoters are trying to foist on the public….
sitting throughj 24 rounds of main events (the outcomes pretty much already decided) is not a good business model…
keep digging…what a shame…
This was a boxing lesson plain and simple. He gave up 4inches in reach I believe and was standing in range to get hit by his jab. Bradley was 100% right. What was his game plan???? He needed to rough him up in clinches and do more work on the inside. It was his only chance and even that was a longshot because he looked smaller in the ring. He was super predictable as he said trying to land the overhand right. Which by the way still landed on Haneys face, so he should be ashamed of that LOL. Just a bad matchup for Kambosas but hats off to Haney for a smart fight. Congrats
The ref would allow zero clinch fighting. That hurt George badly.
A rematch for Kambosos is the last thing we need. I don’t see how he can turn around Haney’s clear superiority in just a few months.
To me Lomachenko is still the best in this division, but he won’t be the best for a long time at his age. Haney vs Lomachenko needs to happen this year or never..
Yes, I think Loma beats them all for now. But he is aging quickly.
Haney is boring, the sad part is this “excessive clinching” is allowed in prize fighting cause of the dumb ref! A universal rule in boxing should be for fighters to be penalized for excessive clinching and SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIGHT INSIDE AS WELL! If you’re great you should be able to fight inside and out! This is prize fighting and all that amateurish boring bs should be out the window. Arum on the other hand was smart, no one wants to see this rematch, no one cares to watch haney sad part is he became undisputed by fighting the lowest tear guy of the division that happen to have a good night and edged Teofimo. Haney was rating on Teo cause he knows he would not have a chance against them and is funny how people are so quick to dismiss that! He is a bum, got handed that WBC title and didnt have to fight anyone to get belts but a C+ guy at best with one decent night vs Teo! But arum played chest now top rank got control of the lightweight division and he is got Loma over there to regain the titles.