{"id":621239,"date":"2026-06-04T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621239\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:38:08","slug":"devin-haney-accepts-call-out-from-unbeaten-former-champion-for-world-title-defence-lets-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621239\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Haney accepts call-out from unbeaten former champion for world title defence: “Let’s do it”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devin Haney<\/a> got his hands on the WBO welterweight world title back in November but \u2018The Dream\u2019 has been unable to agree to a first defence.<\/p>\n

Now, it seems as though the American is willing to face an unbeaten former champion.<\/p>\n

Haney dethroned Brian Norman Jr back in November<\/a>, registering one of the standout performances of the year as he handed the Georgia-born operator a first career defeat, following a move up from the super-lightweight division.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward seven months and Haney has still not signed for a first defence of the belt or for a unification against his fellow 147lb champions, despite being linked to an in-demand rematch with fierce rival, Ryan Garcia<\/a>, and a clash with WBA titleholder, Rolando Romero.<\/p>\n

However, after being inserted as the WBO\u2019s number one welterweight contender, unbeaten former WBO lightweight world champion, Keyshawn Davis<\/a>, took to social media to call for his shot at Haney\u2019s belt.<\/p>\n

On X<\/a>, Haney responded to the call-out, publicly accepting the proposed all-American scrap by stating \u2018Let\u2019s do it KEYSHAWN\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s do it KEYSHAWN.. https:\/\/t.co\/plq9hqQpBP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Haney previously beckoned for the fight following Davis\u2019 triumph over Ortiz, but those talks soon went quiet when murmurs of a potential meeting with Romero emerged, only for that fight to collapse, reportedly because Haney was not offered a guaranteed purse.<\/p>\n

With Haney-Romero seemingly off the table, the door may now be open for Chorley\u2019s Jack Catterall to capitalise and secure a bid for Romero\u2019s \u2018WBA Super\u2019 crown, after winning the WBA (Regular) welterweight title last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Haney got his hands on the WBO welterweight world title back in November but \u2018The Dream\u2019 has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-621239","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\/621239","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=621239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}