{"id":804641,"date":"2026-10-16T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804641\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:18:18","slug":"shakur-stevenson-says-devin-haney-talks-collapsed-for-one-reason-wasted-everybodys-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804641\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson says Devin Haney talks collapsed for one reason: “Wasted everybody’s time”"},"content":{"rendered":"

With both sides having seemingly reached an impasse in negotiations, Shakur Stevenson<\/a> has offered his version of events and, unsurprisingly, blames Devin Haney<\/a> for the collapse of their all-American showdown.<\/p>\n

The two pound-for-pounds were in deep talks to collide later this year, or perhaps in early 2027, but it would now seem their hoped-for clash is dead in the water.<\/p>\n

Most would assume this could be explained by a money-related issue but, according to Stevenson, it is more to do with a disagreement over the proposed catchweight.<\/p>\n

Initially, the slick southpaw said he would only face Haney at a catchweight of 144lbs, while also insisting on a rehydration clause in their contract.<\/p>\n

During their negotiations, however, Haney seemingly convinced Stevenson to drop the rehydration clause and agree to meet at 145lbs<\/a>, where he would be fighting below his usual weight of 147lbs.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, meanwhile, would have been moving up from 140lbs following his wide unanimous decision and WBO title-winning victory over Teofimo Lopez<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

It seems plans have now changed, though, as the 29-year-old has taken to social media and explained his side of the story,<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the 11th hour, after agreeing to 144 and then 145[lbs], DeeHoe [Haney] had his lawyer email and say that he would only fight at 147. Big waste of everybody\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the 11th hour, after agreeing to 144 and then 145, DeeHoe had his lawyer email and say that he would only fight at 147. Big waste of everybody’s time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

With Haney no longer a viable option, Stevenson may struggle to squeeze another fight in this year after inking a long-term promotional deal with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n

As for WBO world welterweight champion Haney, the 27-year-old has not fought since dethroning Brian Norman Jr with a unanimous decision victory<\/a> last November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With both sides having seemingly reached an impasse in negotiations, Shakur Stevenson has offered his version of events…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804641","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\/804641","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=804641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}