Devin Haney will wrestle at BLK Prime on March 25th

Devin Haney will wrestle at BLK Prime on March 25th. The streaming service posted a tweet informing its followers that Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) will fight at BLK Prime next. This suggests it will be a PPV.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Where is Turki Al-Shiekh to help this young star in this low period? It’s really going down the deep end.

Haney is not a pay-per-draw and would have to face someone prominent to get a respectable number of buys. He’s coming off an 11-month layoff, and it would be risky for him to fight a solid contender or a world champion at 140 or 147.

This is a move that will further cement the belief that Haney’s career is over and that he is just playing his rope. He’ll obviously still try to get the rematch with Ryan Garcia, but if he doesn’t, he may end up fading into obscurity.

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Boxing fans on social media are ridiculing the news of Haney fighting on BLK Prime, seeing it as a step back for him from his fights on DAZN and ESPN. Chances are you won’t be seen by many people fighting in BLK Prime unless the event draws a lot of interest.

It’s a big fall for Haney, who lost to Ryan Garcia via a 12-round majority decision last year on April 20, and hasn’t fought since. Devin’s stock has plummeted since that loss and his subsequent decision to sue Ryan for battery, fraud and breach of contract.

It’s unclear if this will be a long-term situation for Haney or just a one-off fight at BLK Prime. If he loses the fight, he might as well stay because his chances of fighting on a major network would be slim. Ryan Garcia won’t need a rematch with Haney, 26, if he loses to a tomato can.

It would be interesting to know if Devin’s father, Bill Haney, is behind his decision to fight BLK Prime.

Terence Crawford fought David Avanesyan at BLK Prime on December 10, 2022. The fight was rumored to have underperformed on PPV, but that was the only time Crawford fought on that network.

Two years ago, former four-division world champion Adrien Broner was supposed to fight Ivan Redkach at BLK Prime, but the match was canceled and never took place. This is another fight that probably would have done bad PPV numbers.

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