WBC President: Devin Haney could win boxer of the year

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Two-weight champion Devin Haney could become the champion of the year following his excellent performances this year, according to the WBC President.

‘He’s a contender for champion of the year. Two great fights in 2023. A dominating performance. I’m very proud of Devin, he’s a great, great fighter. He moved up to super lightweight, knocked [Prograis] down, hurt him a couple of times, this kid is for real,’ said WBC President, Mauricio Sulaiman.

Haney carried his undisputed lightweight title into the super-lightweight division recently and dominated Regis Prograis who held the WBC title, succeeding in taking his belt.

Prograis reacted after the match: ‘I was just on the canvas and was like “what happened?” He doesn’t have power to where it’ll hurt you, but it’s the quick power. I was like, all right his dude does have it. You can’t just run in with him.

‘He’s definitely better than I thought he was … He has sneaky power for sure. He doesn’t have the concussive power to knock you out just like that, but he does have sneaky power to where he can run you into it.’

The next people Haney could fight were listed by Sulaiman.

‘Devin has so many options, Ryan, Gervonta, Teofimo Lopez. We see a great future for him.’

One could only wonder what is going on in their minds after hearing Prograis say,‘Man, I’m not gonna lie, I told all my people in the dressing room, they’re crying, I’m like “bro, pick your head up.” It’s a fight, you gonna win, you gonna lose.

‘For this fight, I trained my ass off. I trained for four months and it wasn’t good enough – that’s gonna happen in life.

‘You can train, you can do everything – it might not be good enough. But I’m gonna go back to the drawing board and get better. That’s what I do.’

However, Haney has a mandatory challenger in the person on Sandor Martin.

‘Sandor Matin is the mandatory contender,’ added Sulaiman. ‘He accepted the fight to take place so he is next in line. We will address that in the proper time.’