High Rank trace at Stevenson super-fight for winner of Haney vs Lomachenko
The 24-year-old defends his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO light-weight titles in Las Vegas through the early hours of Sunday morning within the greatest struggle of his profession.
‘The Dream’ (29-0) has loved a fast rise since making his skilled debut in 2015 and unified the division by beating George Kambosos Jr little over a 12 months in the past.
Haney then defended his titles against Kambosos Jr in October and gears up for his hardest take a look at up to now.
Lomachenko has recovered from his loss to Teofimo Lopez by profitable his final three fights and carries a legacy few can match within the sport.
While DuBoef stresses that Haney can not overlook the Ukrainian, he believes a mouth-watering assembly with former unified super-featherweight champion Stevenson.
“With Devin Haney, he’s so big, can he stay at 135lb? Or does he jump up to 140lb? And we’re loaded at 140lb as well and there are opportunities there,” he said.
“So I believe from a pure boxing perspective, to see Devin and Shakur is a pure, pure struggle.
“It would have been like Mayweather and Mosley in their prime, which we didn’t get.
Huge fight: Stevenson could await the winner of Haney vs Lomachenko
/ Getty Images“It’s that kind of struggle, and so they know one another nicely. Love to do these kind of fights, however we’ll see what occurs with the end result and the way each fighters really feel, and the way Lomachenko feels.
“We have to read the room a little better and decide to make moves with the fighters, rather than force something they don’t really want.”
Lomachenko tipped the scales at 136lbs, whereas Haney got here in at 134.9lbs throughout Friday’s weigh-in.