5/29 DAZN: Devin Haney Vs Jorge Linares (WBC Lightweight Title)

[Agent Mulder]

Report: Devin Haney vs. Jorge Linares Set For WBC Title Showdown | FIGHT SPORTS

Report: Devin Haney Vs. Jorge Linares Set For WBC Title Showdown
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Devin Haney is set for perhaps the toughest fight of his pro boxing career.

Back in February, Mike Coppinger of The Athletic reported that Haney and Jorge Linares were in talks for a a potential title fight. The initial date proposed was April 17. While the date has been switched up, it looks like the bout is indeed set.

Coppinger updated his report to reveal that Haney vs. Linares has been agreed to for a May date.



“Sources: Devin Haney and Jorge Linares have agreed to a lightweight fight that will headline a DAZN card in May.”

Haney last competed back in November. He put the WBC gold on the line against Yuriorkis Gamboa. “The Dream” turned in a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Gamboa. This was Haney’s second successful WBC Lightweight Title defense.

Linares has won his last two fights. “El Nino de Oro” has beaten Carlos Morales and Al Toyogon in that span. Linares is a former three-division champion. His last major title bout took place back in May 2018 against Vasiliy Lomachenko. Linares was able to knock Lomachenko down but he was ultimately stopped via 10th-round TKO.

Up to this point, Haney has a perfect pro boxing record. “The Dream” holds a record of 25-0 with 15 of those victories coming by way of TKO.

 

[FreedMind]

Does Devin knock out Linares?

 

[Agent Mulder]

Does Devin knock out Linares?

If Cano was able to KO in Linares in 1 round, the “next Floyd” shouldn’t have a problem doing so.

 

[King P]

Does Devin knock out Linares?

I could see him stopping Linares via cuts. I think he'll really beat him up either way even if he doesn't get the KO

 

[patscorpio]

If Cano was able to KO in Linares in 1 round, the “next Floyd” shouldn’t have a problem doing so.

That doesn't matter.. linares has 3 early knockout losses

 

[patscorpio]

Devin Haney-Jorge Linares Set For May 29 At Mandalay Bay In Las Vegas

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Mon Mar 29, 2021, 01:21 PM EDT


Devin Haney lives and trains in Las Vegas, but he hasn’t fought in his adopted hometown in almost five years.

That’s about to change. BoxingScene.com has learned that the 22-year-old Haney’s WBC world lightweight title defense against Jorge Linares has been scheduled for May 29 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

The unbeaten Haney’s bout with Linares will mark the emerging 135-pound champion’s first fight in Las Vegas since May 2016, when he was just 17. DAZN will stream Haney-Linares worldwide as a main event on the Saturday night of Memorial Day weekend in the United States.

In accordance with the state of Nevada’s COVID-19 restrictions, Mandalay Bay's Michelob ULTRA Arena—formerly known as Mandalay Bay Events Center—will be limited to 50 percent of its full capacity of approximately 12,000 for the Haney-Linares card.

Haney-Linares will be the second boxing event in Las Vegas for which capacity limits will be increased to 50 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jose Ramirez-Josh Taylor, a 140-pound title unification fight for Ramirez’s WBC and WBO and Taylor’s IBF and WBA belts, will be held May 22 either at Mandalay Bay Events Center or MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The Haney-Linares fight initially was targeted for May 15, but it’ll take place nearly two weeks later.

The 35-year-old Linares (47-5, 29 KOs) has lost by technical knockout five times, including a first-round TKO loss to Mexico’s Pablo Cesar Cano (33-7-1, 23 KOs, 1 NC) in a 140-pound bout two years ago at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York. Cano knocked Linares to the canvas three times before their scheduled 12-rounder was stopped 2:48 into it.

Venezuela’s Linares, a former WBA and WBC lightweight champion, is still considered a step up in competition for Haney (25-0, 15 KOs). Haney, an Oakland, California, native, has beaten Russia’s Zaur Abdullaev (12-1, 8 KOs), the Dominican Republic’s Alfredo Santiago (13-1, 5 KOs) and Cuba’s Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-4, 18 KOs) in his three lightweight title bouts.

Gamboa has won world titles in three weight classes, but he was 38 when Haney easily beat him by unanimous decision in their 12-rounder November 7 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

 

[malbaker86]

This is such a shyt fight....and I’ll be watching it

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

This is such a shyt fight....and I’ll be watching it

Linares is passed it, but he’ll always be a world class, skill level boxer.

 

[patscorpio]

 

[patscorpio]

 

[thewiseman]

Haney should be able to comfortably outbox Linares.

 

[Ziggiy]

Haney by KO

 

[EBK String]

Another Haney snoozefest. His father needs to get him better fights.

 

[Champ_KW]

This is such a shyt fight....and I’ll be watching it

What's wrong with this fight?

 

[Champ_KW]

Another Haney snoozefest. His father needs to get him better fights.

Well his mandatory opted to fight another title eliminate against a guy who openly ducked Haney. The franchise champ opted to go to Australia instead of getting the real belt. What is he to do?