{"id":799333,"date":"2026-10-11T17:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799333\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:20:21","slug":"oleksandr-usyk-picks-a-winner-in-devin-haney-vs-shakur-stevenson-super-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799333\/","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk picks a winner in Devin Haney vs Shakur Stevenson super fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oleksandr Usyk has revealed who he favours between Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney, with the two unbeaten world champions in talks to square off later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previously being linked to fights with Manny Pacquiao and Gary Antuanne Russell, it would appear that Stevenson is now targeting one of his fellow pound-for-pound stars.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the 29-year-old is set to make his Zuffa Boxing debut before long, entering his first outing since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/boxing\/news\/13501761\/shakur-stevenson-american-boxer-dominates-teofimo-lopez-to-become-four-weight-world-champion-before-calling-out-conor-benn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">unanimously outpointing and dethroning Teofimo Lopez<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than defend his WBO super-lightweight title, though, the four-division world champion has expressed a willingness to move up in weight and face Haney.<\/p>\n<p>Should their showdown come to fruition, it is likely that the pair will meet at a catchweight of 145lbs, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/details-for-haney-vs-stevenson-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the latest update from Bill Haney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the father and trainer of \u2018The Dream\u2019 has ruled out the possibility of a rehydration clause, while naming Atlanta, Georgia, as the destination for their showdown on November 28.<\/p>\n<p>If this proves to be the case then it will be over a year since Haney\u2019s last outing, against Brian Norman Jr, when he claimed the WBO welterweight title with a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>Even aside from inactivity, however, Usyk has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/1lokxV3Pzi8?si=0zBz5wRR0u5hwEN9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fighthype<\/a> that he believes Stevenson has the tools to defeat his naturally bigger opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Others, meanwhile, will argue that Haney\u2019s size advantage should make him a slight favourite, with the 27-year-old having fully acclimatised to the 147lb division.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of a rehydration limit would also be a tremendous benefit to the three-division world champion, who has agreed to face Stevenson at 145lbs via social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Usyk has revealed who he favours between Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney, with the two unbeaten world&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-799333","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\/799333","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=799333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}