Haney is “worried about getting beaten” after Garcia’s loss

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn today confirmed what many fans already suspected about Devin Haney: he is “Worried about being hit” Since his fight against Ryan Garcia.

Hearn mentions that Devin’s father, Bill Haney, has concerns about his son “Resist punch.” So, he expects Haney (32-0, 16 KOs) to be on the move to avoid a shot in his title fight against WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs) on November 22, 2025, because this is a great boxer with power in both hands.

Logic says he’ll run again

Hearn says he doesn’t think Devin will run away from Norman Jr. like he did against Jose Ramirez earlier this year on May 2. It is believed that this was just a one-time situation as Haney needed to be careful as he had been hurt badly several times in his previous fight against Ryan Garcia on April 20, 2024.

“Devin and Bill (Haney) in particular are worried about getting hit, which is a really bad situation to be in when you’re fighting, especially when you’re fighting someone who’s skilled,” promoter Eddie Hearn told . Media.

It’s unclear why Devin didn’t run more against Norman Jr. than he did against Ramirez. It doesn’t make sense for Haney to suddenly fight as hard against a much bigger player than Ramirez in his matchup against Norman Jr.

If he’s going to run for the hills against the slow, old Ramirez, why not run more against a younger, stronger fighter with one-punch power like Norman Jr.? I don’t think Hearn thought this idea through.

Can Devin stay in the pocket?

Logically, you have to assume that Devin will run non-stop for the entire 12 rounds, turning into a classic example of Jerry-style fighting. It would not be in Hani’s interest to do so because Turki Al-Sheikh will be in attendance and is clearly well paid. What Turk needed was to get Non-operation Condition included in the contract With Hani. So, if he chose to give a Jerry-like performance against his mandate not to use Tom and Jerry, he wouldn’t get the full amount of money.

The public may not boo Hani because the event is in Riyadh, but people are watching the event On DAZN PPVs at home in the US would be mad to pay to see that kind of performance.

“He’s Bill’s son, and Bill doesn’t want to get beaten up. They are concerned about his resistance to punches. This is the truth. And if you’re worried about resisting punches, I think it’s a dangerous game. “So, Devin is going to ride his bike against Brian Norman, and he’s going to try to beat him,” Hearn said of Haney.

Clinch trap

With Norman’s punching power, it wouldn’t help that Haney ran around the ring, hoping he wouldn’t get hit. He’ll get to him often enough to drop his bombs, which will be harder than the ones Ryan repeatedly dropped on Haney.

Norman Jr. has power with both hands, not just his left hand. However, this will be the hand that Norman should focus on using because Devin has shown that he cannot block Garcia’s left hook. He’s been getting hit on by it all night.

Haney’s habit of over-grabbing will put him within punching range of Norman Jr. when he reaches out to catch him in a clinch. That’s how Kingry was able to beat him. He just waited for Devin to dive forward to catch him, and he was scoring him. He didn’t last long in his last fight against Ramirez, but he didn’t have to.

Ramirez was too slow to cut the ring to trap him in the ropes like Ryan did. Had he done so, we would likely have seen Hani overly consolidate, as this is the strategy he has used in the past to neutralize his opponents’ attacks.

Written by Ken Woods, a Ringside boxing analyst who has been covering world title fights since 2018.