{"id":683731,"date":"2026-07-10T06:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683731\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T06:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:01:14","slug":"tim-bradley-delivers-his-verdict-on-devin-haney-vs-keyshawn-davis-as-title-fight-ordered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683731\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley delivers his verdict on Devin Haney vs Keyshawn Davis as title fight ordered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Timothy Bradley believes Keyshawn Davis has the speed, power and mid-range capabilities to make Devin Haney feel \u201cuncomfortable\u201d.<\/p>\n

The two welterweights have been ordered to collide for Haney\u2019s WBO title, which the 27-year-old claimed with a unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

After flooring his man in round two, \u2018The Dream\u2019 produced a largely dominant performance and dethroned Norman to become a three-division world champion.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Haney may have put some demons to rest following his 2024 encounter with Ryan Garcia, where he suffered three knockdowns before losing a majority decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This result was then overturned to a no-contest after Garcia tested positive for ostarine, a banned substance, and received a year-long ban.<\/p>\n

Yet still, Hall of Famer Bradley believes Davis could replicate much of the success \u2018King Ry\u2019 enjoyed against Haney, who has cemented himself as one of the sport\u2019s most technically polished operators.<\/p>\n

In a bid to disrupt the champion\u2019s rhythm, though, Bradley has said on his YouTube channel<\/a> that he feels Davis must carry out his best work at mid- to short-range.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a tough fight for Haney. I definitely feel like Haney has more experience, but I have been watching both styles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing about Keyshawn Davis is that he\u2019s so good at mid-range. Keyshawn can be right in front of you, make you miss and be right there to counter you.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut not falling in with his counters \u2013 he lets his shots fly \u2026 similar to the way Ryan Garcia throws his combinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Garcia throws his combinations before his feet go with him \u2026 and that gave Haney issues. Haney\u2019s not going to like being uncomfortable like that, because Keyshawn is going to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bradley admits this could make for an ugly fight on the inside, but suggests that no-nonsense referee Thomas Taylor, for instance, would not stand for any excessive clinching.<\/p>\n

Either way, mandatory challenger Davis has been promised a shot at the WBO title following his unanimous decision victory over Nahir Albright in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timothy Bradley believes Keyshawn Davis has the speed, power and mid-range capabilities to make Devin Haney feel \u201cuncomfortable\u201d.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683731","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\/683731","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=683731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}