Andre Dirrell questions whether Devin Haney has PTSD going into his fight against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. this Saturday, November 22nd, at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He wants Devin (32-0, 16 KOs) to come clean and admit that he has a problem, and tell the fans that he\u2019s fixed what\u2019s wrong with him.<\/p>\n
Is Haney Mentally Shaken?<\/p>\n
Can Haney fix something that is broken mentally in just six months since his last fight against Jose Ramirez on May 2, 2025? If it\u2019s chronic PTSD that\u2019s causing the problem, that\u2019s an issue that could exist for years or even a lifetime.<\/p>\n
\u201cDevin Haney, does he have PTSD. Is he gunshy? If you fight like you fought Kambosos, if you don\u2019t fight like you fought Linares, if you\u2019re not fighting like you fought Regis [Prograis], then, brother, something is going on. We can\u2019t get that same performance [against Norman Jr.],\u201d said Andre Dirrell to Fight Game Analysis<\/a> about Devin Haney\u2019s state of mind going into his fight this Saturday against Brian Norman Jr.<\/p>\n The Ramirez Red Flag<\/p>\n Haney definitely looked timid and terrified at times in his last fight against Jose Ramirez on May 2, 2025. That was Devin\u2019s first fight back after suffering a loss to Ryan Garcia in 2024, and he did not look capable of engaging. We saw a lot of movement and diving in at waist level to hold from Haney.<\/p>\n Does he have PTSD? That would suggest that his fighting style has changed. As far as I can tell, it\u2019s the same Haney as always. The main difference is that his last fight against Ramirez had more eyes watching him, as it was on Turki Alalshikh\u2019s Riyadh Season card.<\/p>\n Pre-Garcia vs Post-Garcia<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d rather see the pre-Garcia Devin Haney than the post-Garcia Devin Haney. Post-Garcia Devin Haney is a totally different Devin Haney. He\u2019s dealing with an insecurity there, and you can\u2019t tell me otherwise,\u201d said Dirrell. \u201cJust simply not bringing it up and acting like everything was cool, and acting like you\u2019ll do the same thing with [Jose] Ramirez. It tells me there\u2019s an insecurity there.\u201d<\/p>\n Even if there was a bold Haney that existed pre-Ryan Garcia, which there wasn\u2019t, he couldn\u2019t return to that form against Norman Jr. He would get obliterated within five rounds if he stands his ground against him next Saturday. It would be just as fast as Norman Jr\u2019s fifth-round knockout of Jin Sasaki on June 19, 2025, or likely quicker.<\/p>\n Some of the shots Brian Jr. hit Sasaki with in the first four rounds would be devastating for Haney, as they were vicious punches thrown with better power than Ryan\u2019s shots that had Devin in serious trouble in their fight on April 20, 2024.<\/p>\n Turki\u2019s \u201cNo Tom & Jerry\u201d Rule<\/p>\n \u201cTurki let the world know how disappointed he was in your performance,\u201d said Dirrell about Haney\u2019s performance against Jose Ramirez last May.<\/p>\n After Haney ran around the ring for 12 rounds, beating Ramirez in front of a completely silent crowd at Times Square in New York, Turki Alalshikh came out with his now famous \u2018no Tom and Jerry\u2019 mandate for his Riyadh Season cards.<\/p>\n The only one that has turned in a Jerry-esque performance since on Turki\u2019s cards is Terence Crawford in his win over Canelo Alvarez. He was a special case because he\u2019s one of Turki\u2019s favorite fighters.<\/p>\n A Walking Guillotine on Saturday<\/p>\n If this is something that Devin can actually change, he\u2019s a doomed man heading toward the walking guillotine on Saturday. Norman Jr. is going to chop his head off if he stands his ground because he doesn\u2019t have the chin.<\/p>\n Dirrell sounds like he hasn\u2019t watched Haney\u2019s past fights. If he had, he\u2019d have known that he\u2019s always been a mover from day one in his career. Before he fought Ryan Garcia and was drilled, he was moving just as much in fights against Regis Prograis, Vasily Lomachenko, and Alfredo Santiago as he did against Ramirez.<\/p>\n Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb \u201cDevin Haney\u2026 Does He Have PTSD?\u201d \u2013 Andre Dirrell Questions Whether Post-Garcia Devin Is Gunshy, Broken, and Ready for Brian Norman Jr.<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/16\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andre Dirrell questions whether Devin Haney has PTSD going into his fight against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-289641","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\/289641","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=289641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}