Talk of a showdown between Devin Haney and Keyshawn Davis has once again emerged, but should the fight take place, two-division world champion Zab Judah has admitted that he can only see one winner.
Davis called for a shot at Haney’s WBO welterweight world title after knocking out Jamaine Ortiz in January and whilst the champion seemed interested at first, whispers of their potential meeting soon went silent.
However, after Davis scored a unanimous-decision win in his rematch against Nahir Albright on Saturday, Haney took to social media to renew his interest in a clash with the Norfolk-born former WBO lightweight champion.
Although, speaking with MillCity Boxing, Judah, who is Haney’s godfather, declared that he cannot see Davis overcoming ‘The Dream’ up at welterweight, where the superior size of the champion would make him the favourite.
“I like Keyshawn, Keyshawn is a great fighter, I think that he had a great performance last night but Keyshawn can’t beat Devin. No way, not right now, not at 147lbs – no way.
“No disrespect and no side-eye to Keyshawn, that’s my little man, I rock with him, but based off what we seen last night, I don’t know [if he can beat Haney].”
“I wouldn’t say that is is easy work, but I would just say that it is food and we gonna eat.”
Haney had been linked to a rematch with Ryan Garcia, who is now instead poised to take on Conor Benn, making Davis the frontrunner for Haney’s first defence since becoming a world champion up at 147lbs.
