Roy Jones Jr has offered some words of wisdom to Devin Haney over one potential fight.
Haney is the current WBO welterweight champion, having previously been undisputed lightweight champion and WBC super-lightweight champion in his career.
He looks set to return to action in the summer, and has been linked to a showdown against fellow unbeaten fighter Keyshawn Davis.
Multi-weight champion Jones thinks Haney would be wise to indeed take that bout next, explaining to All The Smoke Fight that the longer ‘The Dream’ waits, the better Davis will get.
“If Keyshawn comes up or if they even do a catch weight of 143 144, it’s going to be a very interesting fight because I think Devin has more tools and more IQ right now. But Keyshawn is different.
“So, you got to have that intangible about him where he can be a different guy when it’s time to be a different guy. You can never count him out. How if I was pushing Keyshawn, I would have another fight or two before I fight Devin just for experience purposes.
“And if I was Devin, I would try to jump on it right now before he gets those couple fights because the more experience he gets, the harder he going to become to beat.”
Davis won the WBO lightweight title last year but recently stepped up to 140lbs – after failing to make weight in what was would have been his first defence at 135 – to claim a stoppage victory over Jamaine Ortiz in January.
He called out Haney immediately after the win, seemingly happy to move straight to welterweight for the challenge, though has since also floated the idea of facing Lamont Roach Jr.
