No matter how much Devin Haney make angry and patalee, reality has put him as the least influential champion of the lightweight division. No matter how much Floyd Mayweather want to present him as the fighter called to be the best pound for pound in the coming years, the truth is that fans are betting much more on Teófimo López, Gervonta Davis and Ryan García.
Then Haney would seem doomed to settle for what those others leave him. Teófimo López had already ruled it out and Higher rank, Assuring that he was not a fighter capable of summoning a crowd or generating millions of pay-per-event sales. Now it was Ryan Garcia what happened to him, despite the fight that has been ordered by the CMB.
In recent days, both Garcia and Gervonta Davis have given some clues about the fight between the two that would be simmering, leaving Devin Haney with no choice but an abrupt change of plans.
That’s where the name Javier Fortuna, Driven by its promoter Sampson Lewkowicz. “We ask the CMB to give him a chance against Devin Haney. Now we are waiting for the answer. At the end of the day, I’m pretty sure Ryan Garcia has other plans and Javier Fortuna is ready to fight for the title right now. “, He told BoxingScene.
Fortuna was first appointed as a mandatory challenger in November 2019, shortly after his knockout in the second assault on Jesus Cuellar in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The win came a week before Haney’s first title defense after being temporarily promoted to world champion, scoring a decision victory in 12 rounds over Alfredo Santiago.