Devin Haney not happy with lack of purse bids

Devin Haney has moved on from the Ryan García fiasco, trying to put paid to the whole thing by saying that García’s cheating with the weight and the ostarine nullified the outcome. The best way to come back from falling off a horse, they say, is to get right back on it.

The WBC immediately ordered Haney to fight Sandor Martín for the light welterweight title which Haney managed to keep due to García’s missing weight.

The fight went to purse bids and it was revealed that Top Rank turned out to be the only bidder for the bout, picking it up for a paltry $2.42 million.

Haney was incensed and immediately expressed his frustration that nobody else even entered the fray. Singling out Matchroom Boxing, Haney tweeted, “Wow Matchroom.. nasty work” before following it up with “I should’ve bid myself..”

Matchroom not interested

When Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn was asked why they didn’t bid for the bout, Hearn replied, “We don’t have a contract with Devin. It’s not an appealing fight, it wasn’t a fight DAZN were motivated by or one that had any value. Devin is a free agent and has his own promotional company.”

The truth of the matter is that this fight is not an interesting bout for the public. It is an albatross of an event, with low ratings written all over it. The real issue is that it is simply not a PPV worthy matchup and the money is simply not there for any promoter. In effect, Haney should be grateful that Bob Arum and Top Rank have decided to promote the bout, because nobody with any business sense would touch this with a ten foot pole.

Sandor Martín is simply not known in the US. The 42-3 southpaw from Barcelona has only fought outside of Spain six times in his career, and in the US only twice. The first was a majority decision over Mikey Garcia and the second was a split decision loss to Teófimo López. Martín is crafty and slippery with enough power to cause Haney real difficulty, but after the loss to García, Haney would need an emphatic KO win to begin to rebuild his shattered reputation.

Break from boxing

Doubling down on his indignation, Haney later tweeted out another morsel, implying that he would take a two year hiatus from the sport.

Backing this hypothesis is the fact that Haney’s father Bill confirmed to several media outlets that his son would not negotiate any future fight until the García fight is removed and his record changed to undefeated.