By\u00a0Graham Ilford: Trainer Kenny Ellis says the extra muscle that Devin Haney is \u201cputting on at one time\u201d for his fight with WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. might give him a \u201clittle bit\u201d more energy for their November 22nd fight.<\/p>\n
Too Much Muscle, Too Fast?<\/p>\n
Kenny says the extra muscle weight might not give Haney (32-0, 16 KOs) the energy that he needs to win because he\u2019s putting it on in one camp rather than slowly building up. In terms of weight, he says Haney is cutting down less weight, as he\u2019d already weighed above 147, even when he campaigned at 135.<\/p>\n
He would look huge after rehydrating for his fights at lightweight against naturally smaller fighters, like Vasily Lomachenko, George Kambosos Jr., Jorge Linares, and Yuriorkis Gamboa.<\/p>\n
Ellis is picking Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) to be victorious in his defense against the former two-division world champion Haney on November 22nd in their co-feature fight on DAZN<\/a> PPV at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n He believes that Norman Jr\u2019s power is going to play a part in this contest, because there\u2019s going to be exchanges between them. Haney can\u2019t move for 12 rounds without having to exchange with Brian Jr. That\u2019s where Kenny predicts he\u2019ll get in trouble because Norman Jr. has power in both hands.<\/p>\n Not Really Moving Up in Weight<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not moving up in weight. He\u2019s just cutting less because he always walks around heavier than 147. Instead of cutting down to 135, he\u2019s cutting down to 147,\u201d said coach Kenny Ellis to MillCity Boxing<\/a> about Devin Haney not really moving up in weight in his first fight at the limit of the welterweight division against WBO champion Brian Norman Jr. on November 22.<\/p>\n Many fans felt in the past that Haney should have been fighting at welterweight three years ago when he was at lightweight, and he looked humongous after dropping down to 135. He looked skeletal and zombie-like at the weigh-ins.<\/p>\n Middleweight on Fight Night<\/p>\n Welterweight is where he should have always been. It will be interesting to see how Devin performs now that he\u2019s at the full 147-lb weight, although he won\u2019t be weighing that on November 22nd. He\u2019ll likely be in the 160s after rehydrating.<\/p>\n Devin will be a full-fledged middleweight in size on the night and have a significant weight advantage over Norman Jr. He\u2019ll look massive inside the ring.<\/p>\n Why Norman Jr. Has the Edge<\/p>\n \u201cHe might have a bit more energy. But then again, he\u2019s putting on so much muscle at one time that he might have less energy because he\u2019s going to need it,\u201d said Ellis about Haney. \u201cI like to lean toward the puncher. Now, if Devin were a boxer-puncher, it would be different. But in this case, he\u2019s just a boxer.\u201d<\/p>\n Veteran boxing columnist Graham Ilford brings dry humor and long-earned perspective to the sport.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Trainer Kenny Ellis Warns Haney\u2019s Extra Muscle Could Backfire Against Brian Norman Jr<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/04\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By\u00a0Graham Ilford: Trainer Kenny Ellis says the extra muscle that Devin Haney is \u201cputting on at one time\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-263345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}