{"id":721,"date":"2021-05-26T13:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=721"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:28:52","slug":"linares-this-is-a-different-level-for-haney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosportsandentertainment.co.uk\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"LINARES: THIS IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL FOR HANEY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Former World ruler confident of handing WBC king his first pro defeat<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Jorge Linares<\/strong> has warned Devin Haney<\/strong> that he is stepping up to a whole new level as he prepares to challenge the WBC World Lightweight champion on Saturday May 29 at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, live worldwide on DAZN, in association with Golden Boy Promotions.
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 Former three-weight world king Linares (47-5 29 KOs) is looking to kickstart the latest chapter of his storied career by picking up the WBC belt that he owned in 2014 to 2016 from Haney (25-0 15 KOs).
 
The 22 year old champion has admitted that the Venezuelan star is the toughest fight of his career and has vowed to prove that he\u2019s the man to beat at 135lbs, but Linares believes that he has the goods to end the rising star\u2019s title reign and return to the summit on Saturday.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s a big fight and a new challenge for me,\u201d said Linares<\/strong>. \u201cI have a lot of respect for Devin. He\u2019s a young guy, a World champion, but on Saturday the respect goes, and I am ready for an amazing fight, and I hope he\u2019s ready too. He knows who he is fighting – a four-time World champion. I have a lot of experience and that\u2019s the most important thing in this fight to win the fight. He doesn\u2019t have that. He has talent, he has youth and hunger, and the belt.
 
\u201cA fight with me is a different level. I can show so many styles, I\u2019m naturally fast and strong, I don\u2019t have a lot of KOs, but he knows I can punch. I think he will run all night, but I will be waiting for him, I will follow him. If he wants to fight inside, I am ready for him. He\u2019s going to have big problems on Saturday night, he knows I can do everything, and he knows I have to timing to put him down.
 
\u201cI know his style, I trained with him a long time ago in Vegas and we did some sparring. He was a baby then! But he\u2019s a champion now and I hope he\u2019s ready for a tough fight.
 
\u201cI don\u2019t need to say anything about what he\u2019s said. I just think about myself and what I need to do, not what he says or does. I don\u2019t like to talk too much, I don\u2019t need to talk to get fans or followers or anything, I just need to go out and do my job and put on a great fight.\u201d

Linares\u2019 clash with Haney tops a stacked card of action in Sin City, as Chantelle Cameron<\/strong> (13-0 7 KOs) will defend her WBC World Super-Lightweight title against Melissa Hernandez<\/strong>  (23-7-3 7 KOs) in more World title action.\u2028 \u2028

There’s a fascinating battle between two Golden Boy Promotions stablemates as Jason Quigley<\/strong> (18-1 14 KOs) and Shane Mosley Jr <\/strong>(17-3 10 KOs) go toe-to-toe for the WBO NABO Middleweight title and it\u2019s a huge night for Martin J. Ward<\/strong> (24-1-2 11 KOs) as he faces Azinga Fuzile<\/strong> (14-1 8 KOs) in a final eliminator for the IBF World Super-Featherweight title.
 
There\u2019s a professional debut on the card for Eddie Hearn\u2019s latest American signing, Khalil Coe<\/strong>, Reshat Mati<\/strong> (9-0 7 KOs) enters double figures in the pro game on the night, Ramla Ali<\/strong> (2-0) has been impressive in her two fights since turning pro in October and the first pro female fighter from Somalia gets an introduction to American fight fans on the bill, a card that is rounded off by Devin Haney Promotions\u2019 Amari Jones <\/strong>(1-0 1 KO) fighting in the paid ranks for the second time after his debut in April.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former World ruler confident of handing WBC king his first pro defeat Jorge Linares has warned Devin Haney that he is stepping up<\/p>\n

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