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Lightweight contender Devin Haney is ‘right with’ fighting on the undercard of KSI vs Logan Paul‘s highly anticipated rematch.
The 20-year-old is just two weeks out from convincingly beating Zaur Abdullaev to become the WBC interim champion – making him mandatory to The Independent’s pound-for-pound king Vasyl Lomachenko.
Haney, first, will appear on the undercard of the two YouTube stars.
The event on 9 November is expected to be a sell out at the Staples Centre, but has drawn plenty of criticism for allowing two fighters who have never had a professional bout to headline a show with world champions.
Haney is excited to be on the card.
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“I knew who they were from the last fight they did,” Haney told The Independent at a media workout at the Rathbone Boxing Club in the heart of London.
“I didn’t get a chance to watch it but I knew who they were, the numbers they generated and how much buzz they get so I was with it right when he brought it to me.”
Before Lomachenko, it’s expected that the lightweight contender will face an opponent of relative ease to expose him to a wide audience.
“There was one opponent I was trying to fight, a guy called [Masayoshi] Nakatani. He was the opponent I picked but he turned it down, so we’re on to the next.
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