Devin Haney posted on social media telling his followers that he’s locked in with “tunnel imaginative and prescient” for his title protection towards Ryan Garcia 12 days from now, on April twentieth, on the Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York.
Followers are giving WBC gentle welterweight champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) flak for the tickets not promoting, and the state of affairs is trying dire with an empty Barclays Heart for his or her headliner on DAZN PPV.
The promotion relies upon totally on Ryan’s enormous 11 million followers on Instagram for this occasion to succeed. As fashionable as Ryan is, he can’t do it himself. He wants an opponent that the followers wish to see, and Haney ain’t it.
Haney: The Ticket Gross sales Kryptonite
If the state of affairs doesn’t enhance, the occasion organizers may have to chop ticket costs in a firesale and start making a gift of complimentary tickets to followers to try to fill the stadium. Haney is only a drag on the promotion.
The Actual Causes Behind the Flop
- Haney’s lack of recognition: Devin’s boring preventing type doesn’t make followers wish to rush out and purchase tickets or order his fights on PPV, irrespective of who he’s preventing.
- Skyhigh Ticket Costs
- Geography Fail: Staging the Haney vs. Garcia battle in New York was a silly thought, and organizers failed to grasp the place the fan bases of those two fighters have been positioned.
The followers blame excessive ticket costs for the issues, nevertheless it might have extra to do with Haney not being a well-liked fighter. Being a world champion doesn’t translate to recognition, and that’s the entire downside.
Haney is like lots of the world champions within the sport who don’t have a big following because of a boring type, doesn’t possess the charisma to promote fights, and will not ever be a well-liked fighter.
Haney’s Inspirational Quotes Are Falling Flat
“12 days.. tunnel imaginative and prescient,” mentioned HIaney on X.
“That is only the start. I’ve acquired years and years to dominate the game. They hold lining them up, and I hold knocking them down,” mentioned Devin Haney to DAZN Boxing.
“It’s for me to point out him that ‘You’re not on my degree. You’re not Devin Haney good.’ That’s for me to show, and that’s what I’m going to do. “
