The ‘Business of Boxing’ appears to be pulling the rug on yet another proposed fight, as a long negotiated meeting between Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson appears to be going to the wayside. Our staff recently weigh-in with our thoughts on the matchup even despite it not being formally announced — that’s how close it seemed — but easy come, easy go.
The poor state of the negotiations were revealed online when Shakur posted a message on X.
“At the 11th hour, after agreeing to 144 and then 145, DeeHoe
had his lawyer email and say that he would only fight at 147,” Shakur wrote. “Big waste of everybody’s time.”
Haney would quickly respond, pointing the finger at Shakur instead.
“I agreed to 145, [you] went missing for days,” Haney replied. “Tried to put a rehydration clause on me. I wasted 6 months negotiating with you. I been negotiating with [you] since I was gonna sign to Zuffa. Ya’ll did everything for this fight not to happen, even tried to throw Keyshawn in my way.”
Whomever is to blame, the biggest takeaway seems to be that the fight won’t be happening in the immediate future, after all.
