[Boxing] Devin Haney vs Liam Paro - WBO & IBF Welterweight unification - Dec.19

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The winner will be in a strong position to pursue an undisputed championship, as Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez are also reportedly in talks for a unification clash. The victor of that matchup is expected to face either Haney or Paro, potentially setting the stage for all four welterweight world titles to be unified.

This is the best part of it, a potential Haney - Garcia match, I expect Haney to have a strong showing here, as this is going to be a big - tune fight for a possible rematch against Ryan.
I expect Haney to easily hurdle this match, but I'm not convinced that Ryan can easily do that to Teofimo, so it's exciting year ender news for boxing fans and a good prospect fight in the coming year.
The Welterweight is one of the best divisions in boxing.

Yeah, that is what i also expecting, a potential rematch between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney but this time for the unified belts. Devin Haney is avoiding Ryan Garcia as long as he can but should Ryan Garcia defeat Teofimo Lopez then Haney could no longer have any excuses but to face Garcia and prove that what Garcia did to him in their first fight was a fluke.

Not sure if Haney though is avoiding Garcia, maybe he just wanted to have a bargaining chip when they fight and so he needs more belt in his weight to shove to Ryan's face once they decided to go for a rematch.

For this match i don't think that Haney will have any problem disposing Liam Paro due to experience factor. Haney has been fighting popular fighters and he won every time when i least expected especially that fight against Lomachenko but again this would be a run and gun style of fight for Haney as he always do.

True, experience wise, Haney has the advantage here. And this could be a perfect tune up fight for him against Garcia in the future. If Paro can land on Haney's chin and didn't do any damage then perhaps Haney might have a blue print on Garcia's power left hook. So let's see how this fight goes and everyone is speculating that Haney should win this fight.

I don't feel what Ryan Garcia did to Devin Haney in the 1st fight was a fluke, as in lucky.  If anything, I would attribute it to the weight difference as Garcia was over the limit and the fact Garcia was taking a performance enhancing drug- a SARM call Ostarine now called Enobosarm, which is prohibited by WADA.  Ryan Garcia handed Devin Haney his ass in that fight, but one could argue that it would have went differently if he made weight and wasn't juiced up.

I really think this Haney vs Paro fight will go the distance but could go either way.  Don't be surprised if there is a controversial decision.

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The Welterweight is one of the best divisions in boxing.

Yes, it should be the best division, although we can argue about the heavyweight division as well. But if we go back to the history of boxing, welterweight could be the true king of boxing. This definitely should be a Haney win just because we wanted a rematch between Ryan and Devin.

It has been in works if I'm not mistaken, until Ryan was upset by Rolly Romero so they have to adjust their time table. So it's Devin's side to make the bargain here, if he wins then for sure they might go and fight during the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday as this is going to be a big rematch.

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I'm not sure about this, but Shakur said that he want all the smoke and then wanted to fight for a catch up against Haney, lol. But at least Haney is done with Shakur and it's good that they have settled down for a unification fight with Paro.

It would be nice if Haney and Shakur would fight but maybe promoters have realized that it would result in a boring fight. 2 runners in one ring, the fight will end without either of them getting hurt, so this one is better although based on their skills Paro is not at Haney's level but I love Australian boxers because they are aggressive, hopefully he can catch Haney and put him on the canvas and maybe win the fight.

Probably, but if ever this two fight, I'm expecting Haney to be the aggressor in this fight. Shakur said that he wanted to fight the champion but then have a lot of terms that he wanted so it's hard to make that fight with him.

So yes, this might be a blessing for Paro obviously as he will be the one facing Haney. But then, if we look at the odds and the poll here amongst boxing fans, it looks like majority of us are going to favor Haney to win this fight.

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From the looks of it their whole career they have the same weakness,,, but you cannot learn and improve everything right? In football team sports you keep adjusting when people find your weakness. Boxing the same?

Agreed, adjustment happen in boxing too. However this will not align with football. Oponent can exploit any boxer's weakness. But it is not possible to fix all technical problem in the middle of fight. In training camp, one can work on footwork, defensive reaction, distance management and counterpunching. But executing those thing under pressure on fight night is extremely tough.

In Haney vs Paro, what I am looking to see is whether Haney will just retreat and focus on defense? Or will he create angle by controlling Paro's lead hand? And will Paro go straight for chase or will he be able to cut off the ring and trap Haney near ropes?

Thanks for the explanations. In football it can be more complex,,, it is changing the mindset and stance of 11 players + subs, rather than 1 person alone. So in a way, sports like boxing seems way more possible for me to improve on specific areas, but I always remember my PE teacher talk about a peak, and that to improve to 81% from 80% takes 100 times more time than from 79% to 80%, and this is why we must invest our time in putting everything at 80% and not 1 thing at 85% while ignoring 10 other things.