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Bill Haney says Devin will take a full year off to rest his body and work on blocking the left hook before returning to the ring in 2025. Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) has been out of the ring since seven months ago his loss to Ryan Garcia on April 20 and seems shaken by that loss.
One year dead time
Former two-division world champion Haney’s decision to take a full year off means he will wait until Kingry’s one-year ban expires in April 2025 before fighting again. Devin’s decision to sit on his loss for an entire year, until Ryan is available, isn’t exactly brave, but there’s too much money at stake for him to risk it.
However, this is an expected move because it is too risky for Haney to fight someone and potentially lose. Getting defeated would ruin Devin’s potential big cash rematch against Garcia. So it’s smart for Haney to sit back and wait for Ryan because whoever he’s up against would be swinging for the fences, looking to take advantage of Dev’s vulnerable chin.
If Haney was one of the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age like JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller or Cornelius Vanderbilt, he would NOT sit for a year without being as busy as possible, using his popularity to make millions fighting the best. Haney is not ruthless like the super rich robber barons and lacks the guts and ambition to get every last penny he can be as busy as possible.
Playing it safe?
“All fights are options. I believe in Devin and I believe in his abilities. I also believe in doing things right. I believe in pioneering being compensated for the position you are in and having the right deal structure. It’s more about the structure of the deal than anything else,” Bill Haney told Tru Media, speaking of his son, Devin Haney.
“One thing we can do is let him rest his body. He’s a young guy. He’s been traveling, he’s been fighting and he’s been doing it. There was a lot going on in the (Ryan Garcia) fight,” Bill said of Haney.
“He’s the one who said he’s going to take off for a year, and I support his plan 100%. If he had said he wants to come back in four months, I would have supported that too. He said he wants to take a year off. He didn’t say he’s retiring. That year, we get a chance to see all the others.
“We can be fans. We can follow the sport. One thing I said is that they still want to see us. I appreciate you wanting to see us and following me, bro,” said Bill Haney.
