Unified world champion Xander Zayas has responded to Devin Haney and his father, Bill, who said during an interview last week that the Puerto Rican is merely \u201cfood to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zayas unified the super-welterweight division last month, claiming a split decision victory against Abass Baraou to come away with the WBO and WBA titles.<\/p>\n
Immediately after his career-best victory, the 23-year-old called out Josh Kelly who, earlier that evening, had dethroned Bakhram Murtazaliev<\/a> to become the IBF world champion at 154lbs.<\/p>\n Since then, both fighters have expressed an interest in their potential unification match, though Kelly has not entirely welcomed Zayas\u2019 offer of a clash in Puerto Rico or New York.<\/p>\n Instead, \u2018Pretty Boy\u2019 is eager to headline a card at Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light this summer, but would likely agree to fight overseas if the money makes sense.<\/p>\n As for Zayas, who is fiercely pursuing a showdown with Kelly, a possible opportunity to defend his titles against Haney has suddenly presented him with an alternative option.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old comes off a dominant points victory over Brian Norman Jr in November, when he claimed his WBO welterweight title, but is now flirting with the idea of becoming a four-division world champion.<\/p>\n And after Bill Haney labelled Zayas as \u201cfood\u201d in an interview with thaboxingvoice<\/a>, the unified super-welterweight champion simply had no choice but to respond. Haney caught win of a video with the translation, which refers to Haney\u2019s lawsuit against Ryan Garcia in 2024, \u2018The Dream\u2019 threw down his gauntlet on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey say everything but let\u2019s fight\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/ceToThwgco<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n