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    Default Re: What's next for Haney, Lomachenko & the Lightweight division?

    lightweight would be a great division right now for a wbss type tournament
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    Default Re: What's next for Haney, Lomachenko & the Lightweight division?

    as much as i would love Haney, Tank and Shakur to mix it, I think Haney's time at 135 is up. He's gonna have to move up in weight , but with Boxing politics being what they are , and Haney , in my opinion not being universally liked, I'm not sure he's gonna get the fights he wants or deserves at LWW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
    as much as i would love Haney, Tank and Shakur to mix it, I think Haney's time at 135 is up. He's gonna have to move up in weight , but with Boxing politics being what they are , and Haney , in my opinion not being universally liked, I'm not sure he's gonna get the fights he wants or deserves at LWW.
    If that is true then Haney should stay at lightweight. There are bigger fights at the division.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
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    as much as i would love Haney, Tank and Shakur to mix it, I think Haney's time at 135 is up. He's gonna have to move up in weight , but with Boxing politics being what they are , and Haney , in my opinion not being universally liked, I'm not sure he's gonna get the fights he wants or deserves at LWW.
    If that is true then Haney should stay at lightweight. There are bigger fights at the division.
    He can't mate. he has been at 135 since he was a teenager , he's outgrown the weight . If he fights Tank or Shakur and gets beat because he's drained at the weight , everybody will cry "Excuse" and to a degree , fair enough.
    Only he knows if he can do the weight safely and keep his strength. and if he can't , he's got no choice but to move up.
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    Default Re: What's next for Haney, Lomachenko & the Lightweight division?

    It's going to a bit tough for both I believe. Haney is in a pickle as he's been talking move up for last couple of fights and honestly needs to if for nothing else but for the health factors of boiling down to 135 again. But I really need to see Haney vs Tank or Shakur off of an extremely disputed win vs Loma. And it sounds life there's no hope for a rematch. He jumps now it just feels he's leaving too many legacy challenges undone. Then again I don't fancy his chances with Tank tbh. He doesn't have the fire power and under pressure he does not strike me as complete and confident. The left eraser of Tank is a different animal to that of Lomas. Favor Shakur over him right now. But in fairness, what has Shakur done at 135? You can have all the talent but jumping divisions matters as a proven ground. Shakur vs Haney needs to happen. 140 is a shark tank right now but should Teo win that also looks like an easy match to make with Haney. But Haney better pack his lunch at 140.

    Or we could see the belts fracture now and mandatories thrown at Haney.

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    Default Re: What's next for Haney, Lomachenko & the Lightweight division?

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    with Tank tbh. He doesn't have the fire power and under pressure he does not strike me as complete and confident. The left eraser of Tank is a different animal to that of Lomas. Favor Shakur over him right now. But in fairness, what has Shakur done at 135? You can have all the talent but jumping divisions matters as a proven ground. Shakur vs Haney needs to happen.
    i see devin v tank as an even fight going in. tank has struggled to pin down opponents before but his power can turn the fight at any point. to be fair to shakur, isaac cruz, william zepeda & george kambosos turned down fights with him, shuichiro yoshino accepted the fight as shakur went down the ratings
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    with Tank tbh. He doesn't have the fire power and under pressure he does not strike me as complete and confident. The left eraser of Tank is a different animal to that of Lomas. Favor Shakur over him right now. But in fairness, what has Shakur done at 135? You can have all the talent but jumping divisions matters as a proven ground. Shakur vs Haney needs to happen.
    i see devin v tank as an even fight going in. tank has struggled to pin down opponents before but his power can turn the fight at any point. to be fair to shakur, isaac cruz, william zepeda & george kambosos turned down fights with him, shuichiro yoshino accepted the fight as shakur went down the ratings
    Tough for Haney as staying as close as he did with Loma or Kambosos II will be to his detriment with Tank. He simply does not have the firepower to detour an also defensivley improved Tank. The inside downward clinching up on a squat Davis, getting caught up in too many exchanges, not good. Shakur was fine with Yoshino. Didn't expect Cruz or Kambobos for a 135 debut really, he just literally only has half a dozen months and 1 fight at 135. Jumping divisions matters.

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    Default Re: What's next for Haney, Lomachenko & the Lightweight division?

    Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
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    as much as i would love Haney, Tank and Shakur to mix it, I think Haney's time at 135 is up. He's gonna have to move up in weight , but with Boxing politics being what they are , and Haney , in my opinion not being universally liked, I'm not sure he's gonna get the fights he wants or deserves at LWW.
    If that is true then Haney should stay at lightweight. There are bigger fights at the division.
    He can't mate. he has been at 135 since he was a teenager , he's outgrown the weight . If he fights Tank or Shakur and gets beat because he's drained at the weight , everybody will cry "Excuse" and to a degree , fair enough.
    Only he knows if he can do the weight safely and keep his strength. and if he can't , he's got no choice but to move up.
    You are probably right that Haney will move up to the next weight class.

    However I get the feeling he can make the weight and using it as a negotiating tool for making the big fights against Tank and Shakur. If he had extra time to rehydrate inserted in the contract he will stay in the division.
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