Gary Russell Jr. says it is a sign of weakness for Devin Haney to use Jose Ramirez as his opponent back in May in his first fight since his defeat against Ryan Garcia.
The former Weight Champion Welter WBC and WBO Ramirez is the warm -up fight to prepare Haney for his revenge match with Ryan in October. The former world champion with two divisions Haney (31-0, 15 KB) will earn a lot of money in his revenge match with Kingry and a fight in February 2026 against Teofimo Lopez potentially.
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It is always a risky fight for Devin because Ramirer is better than anyone he beat except Vasily Lomachenko. Russell Jr. thinks of the choice of Ramirez (29-2, 18 KB) while Haney’s opponent indicates that his management tries to “preserve” His career.
It is an intelligent decision of the Haney team because it suffered a lot of punishment during its loss of majority decision at 12 rounds against Garcia on April 20 of last year at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Devin was abandoned three times and has undergone a jaw injury.
It would be reckless for Haney to jump directly with sharks Immediately at 147 after 13 months of the outgoing ring. The fight against Ramirez will be at the start of Welter and Devin weight in this weight category, even if it is rehydrated in the 160s.
The 2012 American Olympian Ramirez was a fairly good puncher at 140, and it can be even more powerful at 147. Russell focuses on the recent unanimous decision of Ramirez de Ramirez at Arnold Barboza Jr. on November 16.
Barboza Jr Surbaré Ramirez, but he did a good job to close it in the end with his relentless pressure. The scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 96-94.
“With what happened with Ryan, he’s not the guy to come back and fight,” said Gary Russell Jr. Millcity boxing About Devin Haney who returns against the former Welters WBC and WBO Jose Ramirez weight champion in May. “Now we assume that I fight now. Anyone can get it.
“Now it looks like:” I lost. Very well, I will try to fight this one there. They try to preserve his career. This is what people do. I understand it. I understand that you are trying to preserve your career, but from the inside who looks, Devin Haney and them, you are supposed to do what is best for you. “”
Russell Jr. does not give any example of whom he thinks that Haney should fight at 147 for his return. There are not many options for the pretenders available in the division. Jose Ramirez would beat most of the contenders in the 147 LB division.
The only decent fighters in the division are Eimantas Stanionis, Jaron Ennis, Brian Norman Jr. and Mario Barrios. Ramirez would all cause him problems. Ennis would probably be too much for him, but he would have an excellent shot to beat the other three champions.
“If this is the route that you all think that you must all take, then do it. There is a setback of this. People say to themselves, “Shit, he just lost. He lost and he ran. I want him to come back, but he was able to come back hard now. Now you come back with that [Jose Ramirez]. It doesn’t come back hard. You have to choose your poison and do what suits you best, ”said Russell Jr. about Haney.
“Sometimes,” F *** what these people think. It depends on what you look at. If you plan to be the big dog, then Nah, “said Russell Jr. when asked if he was in favor of Haney Fighting Ramirez. “But if you plan to keep your head. “I’m going to go ahead and get what I can get.”
Haney essentially ignores what people think of him because if he was focused on them, he would face someone really dangerous and probably loses.
Last update on 02/13/2025
