By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney has requested that he gets fair judges when he challenges IBF, WBA, WBO and WBC Franchise lightweight champion George “Ferocious” Kambosos on June 5 (June 4 in the USA) at the Marvel Stadium, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
“Here’s how I look at it,” Haney told Cigar Talk. “Robberies happen in the US. A lot of robberies. How many robberies? It’s too many to count. Robberies happen all over no matter where the fight is.
“Me and my team are doing the best to make sure that there’s fair judging, neutral judges, or if it’s not neutral judges, it’s gonna be a US judge and an Australian judge. We gonna make an even playing field. That was all I demanded. I just want fair judges. I wanted nothing else.
“You guys can have whatever you want. You guys wanted the bigger lump sum of the money, or you guys wanted to be there, whatever the case may be. I just wanted fair judges, I wanted a fair playing ground and that’s all.”
Haney is the far better boxer. Kambosos will swing and miss all night. Haney by one sided unanimous decision.
Kambosos knows distance well and will counter Haney at times. This won’t be a cake walk. I see a close UD.
Apart from Horn vs Pac (which was wrong but not terrible), I don’t think Australia has problem with bad judging for foreign fighters.
The most recent fight was Coolwell vs Luces. Fight could have gone either way and Luces (Venezuela) got the decision from 3 Aussie judges.
I think the Pac decision was wrong. And evidently I think Coolwell won that fight. But boxing can be an opinion game, I guess! I don’t think what Haney is asking for is unreasonable.
Just for everyone’s information,
No Australian Judges were judging the Horn Pacquiou fight, they were all foreign, NOT Australian, the referee was American, only the Ring Card Girl was Australian.
Hi Josh, All the judges at Horn Pacquiou were International, NOT Australian, Referee was from USA,
If you dig a bit deeper there have been a fair number of poor decisions in Australia over the years i.e. they are not immune to the scourge of bad scoring and officiating.
Never a good sign nor good for the production to announce before a fight that you expect to lose by unfair judges. Thing they will want to promote him again? Kambosis does nothing but present a super promotable product (him) and he does the press. He was everywhere after he beat Lopez. Haney does one thing consistently. Complain that he is getting screwed somehow. every facial expression, every grunt. Lomochenko could whine about decision losses but he does not. He says “this is boxing” which is what every proud champion has said over boxing times. You take it for what it is. If you are at your best , the film will vindicate any decision the judges render. Pernell schooled Chavez. Easy. Draw. The “draw” takes nothing away from Whitaker and actually put more eyes on his great accomplishment rather than less. If Haney wins every round and loses the decision he would be MORE popular than if he wins every round then talks third person and says something stupid like “Devin Haney is a superstar” Referring to himself as another person greater than the one you see before you. If he does that , he will be disliked as a knucklehead who is not in the real world. “Losing” to Kambosis could be the best thing that ever happened to him in boxing. Nuff said….
You compared a draw that Whitaker received to a potential loss he could get with unfair judging. And that loss set Paq back, he didnt get credit for an unjust loss. People were saying it was a good time for him to retire.
Also, He did not say he expects to lose by decision. You are adding words to this article.
Your proud champion – Lomo ducked Haney and asked for the WBC protection title. Why bring him up here?
The reporters are asking about the unfair judging in Australia and Haney responded it happens everywhere.
Your biased argument is not solid to include a “Nuff said” at the end.
Loma did complain and he got heat for it but not as much as he deserved. This protection nonsense is debatable because when he entered the lightweight division his goal was to acquire all belts. Both Haney and Lopez were calling him out but Lopez was the one that got the last belt so he chose him first. Loma’s resume speaks for itself he’s not afraid of anyone.
I THINK HANEY SHOULD JUST FIGHT AND STOP ALL THE WHINING… THAT’S ALL THIS GUY EVER DOES IS WHINE… HANEY JUST FIGHT AND KNOCK THE BUM OUT… YOU SAY YOUR GOOD JUST GO PROVE IT!!!!
Lomachenko vacated his belt so he wouldn’t have to fight Haney. Cut it out CHIP he’s good. Kam tried his best not to fight him. True, Haney needs to realize he’s not going to get fair judging. Knock this guy the hxxx out or do go over there.
I don’t see anything wrong with what Haney is asking for however he isn’t a puncher and Kambosos has a pretty good chin. So the chances of Haney getting a stoppage is under 10%.
Well he better increase it to 70% and fast. Its the one you don’t see coming that gets you. Body shots don’t care how great your chin is.
He’s right about the screwed up judging all around the world but the USA is KNOWN to have some of the worst robberies in history. We ALL know Whitaker and Felix Sturn easily beat the little girl Oscar.
Sweat pea won but it was close. I don’t know where you see that being easy. Same goes for Floyd vs Oscar. While I’m not a fan of his he has never looked bad in a any fight up until he faced Pacquiao and that can easily be attributed to the significant weight drain and $1 million bet for same day weigh in.
Fair judging is a legit expectation. Especially on foreign soil but Haney did what he had to do to get the fight. Now, he is gonna have TAKE THE TITLE meaning he’ll have to win emphatically. If he doesn’t stop Kambosos (which he probably won’t) he’ll have to be dominant. He can’t expect to be given a decision and the titles on foreign soil.
Pernell whitaker was dominant and Mayweather was dominate against Canelo and got a split decision. Haney has to get the KO. If he goes over there with that slick boxing sxxx then he deserves to be robbed. He must realize. By accepting a fight over there he has no choice but to get the KO. Its not fair but it is what it is.
Yeah right
Pernell Whitaker was robbed in San Antonio when he fought Ceasar Chavez. Manny was robbed in Australia against Horn. Haney better try his best to get the KO. That slick boxing sxxx will not work in Australia. He can dominate every round and get a draw. He must realize no matter how much he asks, he will NOT get fair judging there. Robberies have happened to better fighter than him. He better learn to sit down on his punches and try to keep it out of the judges hands.
Tough fight where a lot of people will be watching closely and judges will be under scrutiny it’s hard to imagine they could do something terribly unfair, something wrong like Taylor vs Catteral for instance, but Haney should be prepared to accept an adverse veredict if the fight is extremely competitive, extremely close, because if in such case the judges give him the fight I doubt they will leave alive the arena
As long as “I want fair judges” does not mean, I want to run all night and still get the decision.
Don’t whine about the judges Haney, you need to worry if they have good paramedics on scene…
The only way to get fair judging for this fight is to have judges and the referee with ZERO connection to Haney and his team.
He better come in at 100% because Kambosos is fighting at home for all the belts and that always gives you an extra gear.
Just like the fair judging kambosos got against teo to win the title. Remember that was somehow a split decision and he lost 3 rounds.
Haney is scared to lose the fight cause he will run like shakur chickenveson
There is no reason Haney should be talking about Judges. Where the judges and who the judges are should be negotiated in the fight contract
now the challenger is making demands? nope Kambosos should tell him to kick rocks
Chances are you won’t get fair judging if any are from there are close by.
So be prepared to get screwed over if so, you may have to ko him twice to win
Ha! Very telling comments from Haney. He’s already lost this fight. Given his ‘hype’ he should already know NOT to leave it in the hands of the judges. I thought I recalled him saying that this would be a cakewalk or whatever. So now I sense he knows what I already know. Kambosos is coming to smash his face…from all angles. I’ve seen the vulnerabilities in Haney. Kambosos by stoppage. Cash me out!
You just enjoy your time on the outside. Until you’re ready to close the distance.
Probably half way through round 12.