Devin Haney says he will use the aggressive pressure style that Jose Ramirez uses against him when they meet on May 2nd in their 144-lb catchweight fight, at the welterweight at Times Square in New York City.
In keeping with Haney’s past fights against pressure fighters, he’ll use these tactics to deal with the former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Ramirez’s pressure:
– Frequent clinching bordering on excessive
– Jabbing
– Moving
– Staying low when throwing punches
– Wrestling: Holding & hitting in clinch
Must-Win Scenario
Haney says he must win this fight against Ramirez to get the rematch with Ryan Garcia. If that’s true, Devin is going to have a ton of pressure on his shoulders.
I just wonder how his dad, Bill Haney, will handle this. He’ll be having kittens and stressing out watching Devin struggle against Ramirez. That big money fight against Ryan riding on the outcome of this fight. Bill will be a nervous wreck. The move upwards to the swank neighborhoods in the Hamptons on billionaires row, Beverly Hills, the Platinum triangle, all at stake. If Haney loses this fight, where does he go?
Potential For Ugly
It could be a very ugly fight if Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) doesn’t know how to deal with these negative tools that Haney will use to negate his pressure. Jose possesses the power to finish what Ryan Garcia started against Haney last April when he dropped him three times.
The only question is, can he get to him to land without being jabbed, held, and mauled. If there’s a good referee working, he’ll force Haney to fight by warning, and taking points off, but that’s unlikely to happen. Even Haney hadn’t fought Garcia, Ramirez is a tough fight for him with his fragile chin.
These are tactics that the former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) used effectively in his toughest fights of his career against Ryan Garcia, Vasily Lomachenko, Regis Prograis and Jorge Linares. The clinching that Devin used against Ryan and Kambosos arguably should have resulted in points being deducted, but the referees chose not to do anything about it.
“He is a rugged opponent. He’s not an easy fight on paper, but it’s for me to make the fight easy,” said Devin Haney to Ring Magazine about his May 2nd undercard bout against former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez.
“I want to use his weaknesses against him, use his pressure against him. We know he’s coming in there to pressure,” Haney continued about Ramirez. “Just showcase all my skills against a tough fighter that comes forward to show the world I’m an even better Devin Haney than I was.
“If I don’t win this fight, I don’t get to those fights [Teofimo Lopez, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Ryan Garcia], especially the Ryan fight,” said Haney.
Last Updated on 03/05/2025
