{"id":255021,"date":"2025-11-10T14:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/255021\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:39:26","slug":"devin-haney-believes-itll-be-tough-to-one-up-becoming-undisputed-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/255021\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Haney Believes It\u2019ll Be Tough To One-Up Becoming Undisputed Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devin Haney<\/a> has a formidable challenge on his hands when he steps into the ring to face undefeated WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr<\/a>. on Nov. 22.
The fight will feature on \u201cThe Ring IV: Night of the Champions<\/a>\u201d at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on DAZN PPV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But even if he can overcome Norman, Haney isn\u2019t sure if he’d view it as his best accomplishment in the squared circle. The former two-division champion still thinks becoming undisputed lightweight champion by defeating George Kambosos Jr. is his best achievement to date. He believes that could still hold true even if he upsets the hard-hitting Norman, though a win would still rank highly for him and fulfill a dream of his.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would definitely be a milestone for me,\u201d Haney said to The Ring<\/a>. \u201cI think becoming the undisputed champion, it would be hard to outrank because it was a crazy achievement, especially to go to Australia and win all of the belts like that. [But] this would definitely be a huge milestone for me and a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haney (32-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) defended his undisputed lightweight title twice, as he defeated Kambosos in the rematch by unanimous decision for a second time and won a narrow unanimous decision over former four-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. Haney made the trek up to junior welterweight in the following fight and nabbed the WBC 140-pound title in dominant fashion, as he won every round on all three judges\u2019 cards against Regis Prograis.<\/p>\n

Haney has struggled to recapture the momentum from his run to become a two-division champion. In the first of his two fights since then, Haney suffered a damaging three-knockdown defeat to Ryan Garcia before it was overturned to a no-contest after the latter failed multiple drug tests. He then returned and won a lackluster, safety-first encounter victory over Jose Ramirez<\/a> on May 2 on The Ring’s Times Square card.
In Norman (28-0, 22 KOs), Haney is up against one of the most formidable challenges of his career to date. Norman, 24, has quickly developed into one of boxing\u2019s ascending talents and is coming off a Knockout of the Year contender with his devastating fifth-round stoppage of Jin Sasaki on June 19<\/a> in his second title defense. Norman has won three straight fights inside the distance.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s no questioning the danger that Norman presents, it\u2019s also a golden opportunity for Haney to become a three-division champion and see a goal of his come to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve always wanted to be a welterweight world champion, and now this is my shot,\u201d Haney added. \u201cSo I’m very excited for it, and looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Haney has a formidable challenge on his hands when he steps into the ring to face undefeated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":{"0":"post-255021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-schedule","18":"tag-boxing-videos","19":"tag-boxing-results","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-unitedkingdom","37":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}