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“He made the highlight film”: Bill Haney Targets Floyd Mayweather for Creating Devin Haney vs Gervonta Davis Sparring Fiasco

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The lead-up to the fight between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney is filled with name-calling. The latter’s father-cum-trainer, Bill Haney, has now roped in Floyd Mayweather and his business aide, Leonard Ellerbe, accusing the duo of recording a controversial sparring video of his son, that went viral earlier this month.

Hostilities percolate deep within for the 20th April matchup. ‘Ry’ in his means of pulling down his opponent, leaked a video of Gervonta Davis causing serious damage to ‘The Dream’ in an old sparring session at the Mayweather Gym. While it looked like the controversy had died down in light of Ry’s other internet antics, it seems like senior Haney is still sore about it.

Bill Haney speaks up for his son!
When asked about the video that showed his son taking some major beating, a riled-up Bill Haney blamed Mayweather and his promotion company’s CEO Leonard Ellerbe for recording the video. He remarked to Fight Hub TV, “He didn’t leak the video, he made the highlight film and then gave it to Ryan Garcia to leak it.”

As per reports, the video dates back to when Devin, now 25, was almost 17 and ‘Tank’, now 29 was 21. In the video, Tank can be seen going hard at Haney, leaving him hardly any moment to recuperate. While it showed the 2-division champion under heavy pressure, he claimed that the fight was edited to omit the last few moments of it.

Why did they not release the entire video, though? Senior noted, “Same reason why Floyd didn’t show the video of Devin when he got in his a**. Imma tell you this one time, I guarantee you, after Floyd got in there with Devin, he rethought boxing from a professional standpoint and not an exhibition standpoint.”

In an earlier interview, Senior Haney claimed that when ‘Money’ and his son sparred, the former welterweight champion was not even close to making it equal to Devin Haney. He noted, “He should’ve showed the sparring video of him and Devin while he’s showing all those sparring videos. And it was 6-0, it wasn’t close.”

The Haneys and Mayweather are not on good terms. Post the ‘KingRy’ fight, if he successfully dominates it, Haney will strongly push for a fight against the WBA light titlist, Tank. While he is no longer associated with ‘Pretty Boy’, there are worries if his cordial relationship with the latter implicates the fight against Haney. To these concerns, Bill Haney has an answer.

Gervonta Davis vs Devin Haney - COUNTDOWN (FULL HD) - YouTube

‘Money’ cannot harm Devin Haney vs. Gervonta Davis
In the conversation, Bill Haney observed that his beef with Mayweather and Ellerbe would not jeopardise a fight between his son and Davis. After all, it is the audience that seeks this fight, and their wish is his command.

He explained, “No, the people pay the bills. Leonard don’t pay the bills. Floyd don’t pay the bills. The people, all you guys, pay for the fight. They can’t, we don’t dictate that. You guys put the bullseye on a fighter’s back. Leonard don’t dictate nothing.”

What do you think about the entire fiasco between the Haneys and Garcia-Mayweather? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Claressa Shields Keeps Personal Beef Aside in Support of Rival Alycia Baumgardner After Adrien Broner Crosses a Line

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Adrien Broner has ignited a social media firestorm by hurling vulgar insults towards undisputed super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner. This personal attack appears to be an escalation of an existing feud between Broner and Devin Haney‘s father Bill Haney.

This has even called for female undisputed champion Claressa Shields’ attention as she felt sorry for her friend-turned-rival. She talked about how her past shouldn’t have been spoken about and that Baumgardner has entangled with a man who has no filter.

Claressa Shields has a wholesome message
A potential future fight has been brewing between two American boxing champions, Claressa Shields and Alycia Baumgardner. Shields publicly taunted Baumgardner, promising a dominant victory if they ever meet in the ring. This challenge came despite Baumgardner’s current suspension stemming from an adverse finding in a drug test. Baumgardner maintains her innocence and claimed in November 2023 that independent testing exonerates her.

Since then, they’ve been going back-and-forth against each other, however the recent verbal altercation of Baumgardner with Broner had even the champion backpedal on her beef. Shields wrote, “I ain’t gone lie… I hate this for her. Only because she arguing with a person who has no filter…. I just hope he don’t post no footage. That’s not fair we all have a past and grow from that.”

This post came after Broner posted a video on Instagram talking about Baumgardner’s past relationships, in response to her Instagram Live with Bill Haney. Furthermore, to understand the context even better, it’s important to know the reason behind the debacle between Bill Haney and Adrien Broner.

Adrien Broner might replace Ryan Garcia
The upcoming super lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia on April 20th is facing uncertainty. Concerns over Garcia’s recent behavior has prompted Haney’s team to explore alternatives. Adrien Broner, a former four-division world champion, has emerged as a potential replacement. Bill Haney sees Broner’s experience and name recognition as a safer option compared to a lesser-known fighter.

With time running out before the DAZN pay-per-view event, a decision on Garcia’s participation and a potential replacement will need to be made soon. So, Bill Haney called out Broner and said, “If it was going to be on 4/20, is you going to be there? Is he going to be there if it was on 4/20? Can we depend on you, AB, because they say the last guy [Ryan Garcia] went crazy. Since you left without the dough, and want to step up on 4/20. Let’s see if everybody else [Ryan] said they were going to do and didn’t.”

Furthermore, he continued, “I do respect you, AB, so, I won’t be blindsided by your decision. I don’t know who is going to be fighting on 4/20. I know Devin Haney is going to be there. He’s got the date.” After this, they both participated in trash-talking with each other, and Bill tried to convince Broner to fight his son. What are your thoughts about this? Let us know in the comments section.

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Bill Haney Labels Gervonta Davis: Manufactured Fighter Lacking Confidence?

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Bill Haney says Gervonta Davis is a “manufactured” fighter that has brought along during his career against “slow-footed Mexican fighters,” and he feels he lacks confidence in himself.

Bill states that the three-division world champion Tank Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) has been matched against slower fighters throughout his career and has never faced anyone like Devin Haney.

Manufactured Fighter Claim

Although Bill doesn’t say what he means by mentioning his son, it appears he’s talking Tank, never having fought a slick mover who uses the pull-back style and clinches a lot whenever his opponents get close.

It’s valid that Tank has never fought a hit-and-run fighter, but many fighters haven’t. Those types of guys are avoided because it requires a lot of chasing around the ring, and Mayweather Promotions & PBC weren’t going to put Tank in the position of dealing with that type of opponent.

Bitter Motivation?

It’s obvious to some that Bill is still bitter about Tank Davis not being open to moving up to 140 and challenging his son, Devin Haney, for his WBC light welterweight title without any weight stipulations and a 50-50 split.

If Bill is harboring a grudge against Tank for not giving up his A-side privileges, it’s understandable why he’s lashing out. Without Tank, Haney’s options are slim and risky. Fight Subriel Matias and get roasted or move up to 147 and fight Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis” and get destroyed.

Bill states that the more he sees Gervonta, the more he’s convinced that he lacks confidence. That is to say, he thinks Tank is scared of fighting high-level competition, like Devin and other top guys.

Of course, one could flip it around and say the same thing for Haney, who left the 135-lb division without fighting Shakur Stevenson, who rehydrates to 165, which means he’s essentially fighting four divisions outside of his natural frame by melting down to compete at 140.

Lack of Confidence

“Who would have thought that would have been the toughest task for the former face of boxing [Gervonta Davis]. The more I watch him, the less confidence I see in the kid,” said Bill Haney to Shawn Porter’s YouTube channel, talking about Gervonta Davis.

“The kid [Tank] is built up and manufactured against slow-footed Mexican fighters. He’s never fought anyone that resembles Devin,” Bill continued with his criticism of Tank Davis. “The last time we were in the ring together, he got cooked.”

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