{"id":557970,"date":"2026-04-30T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557970\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:21:11","slug":"tim-bradley-sees-only-one-winner-in-shakur-stevenson-vs-devin-haney-hes-going-to-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557970\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley sees only one winner in Shakur Stevenson vs Devin Haney: “He’s going to struggle”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hall of Fame inductee Tim Bradley sees only one man emerging triumphant in a potential showdown between Shakur Stevenson<\/a> and Devin Haney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was reported on Monday that preliminary talks had begun for an all-American clash later this year<\/a>, though Stevenson later denied any negotiations had taken place<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the two American stars do meet, several details would need to be resolved, including whether they would fight for Haney\u2019s WBO welterweight world title or at a 144lb catchweight.<\/p>\n

Stevenson has, after all, previously claimed that he would only be willing to meet the likes of Haney, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn at this particular catchweight.<\/p>\n

It would therefore appear that there is still plenty of work to be done, though both champions have at least expressed an interest in their possible clash.<\/p>\n

Stevenson claimed his WBO world super-lightweight title in January, jumping up from 135lbs to dethrone Teofimo Lopez with a dominant points victory.<\/p>\n

Haney, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision triumph over Brian Norman Jr, who he dethroned in November to become a three-division world champion.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old\u2019s most notable victory, however, came against Vasyl Lomachenko in 2023, when he retained his lightweight titles with a far more debatable unanimous decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based largely on this performance, two-weight world champion Bradley has claimed on his YouTube channel<\/a> that, against Stevenson, Haney would find it immensely difficult to get the job done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got Shakur. Shakur all day. Shakur is a pressure fighter\u2026 He puts that pressure on your ass.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Haney struggled with Lomachenko, he\u2019s going to struggle against Shakur Stevenson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told ya\u2019ll, [Stevenson\u2019s] the best fighter in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most would argue that Stevenson is more of a slick technician than an all-out pressure fighter, though his style is perhaps best described as versatile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame inductee Tim Bradley sees only one man emerging triumphant in a potential showdown between Shakur…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-557970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557970","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=557970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}