‘You’re Cap’, Devin Haney Slams Shakur Stevenson for Weight Increase Claim

Fans might have to wait longer to witness the highly anticipated Shakur Stevenson (25–0, 11 KOs) vs Devin Haney (33-0, 15 KOs) showdown. While the fight isn’t dead, the talks have effectively collapsed, pushing the duo into a social media blame game.

On X last night, Stevenson claimed Haney pushed for a higher fight weight despite agreeing to fight at 145.

“DeeHoe had his lawyer email and say that he would only fight at 147.  Big waste of everybody’s time,” he wrote.

This time the dispute is over who moved the goalposts. Stevenson initially wanted the fight at 144 pounds, four pounds above the 140-lb division where he beat Teofimo Lopez, and also pushed for a 10-pound rehydration clause that would limit how much weight Haney could regain after the official weigh-in. Haney, naturally, resisted being dragged below his 147-lb division and being prevented from replenishing his weight. The compromise appeared to arrive last week when Haney offered 145 pounds with no rehydration clause.

Haney‘s version is very different; he says he did agree to 145, but that Stevenson’s side subsequently tried to reintroduce the rehydration clause. He argues that he had already compromised by coming down from 147 and doesn’t want another restriction that could neutralize his natural size advantage.

It could be said that these are two distinctly separate issues. At 145, Haney would already be giving up two pounds from his normal welterweight limit, while Stevenson would be moving up five pounds from 140. The rehydration clause would then determine how much of that lost weight he could put back on between the weigh-in and fight night. Stevenson believes that’s necessary because he doesn’t want to move into welterweight only to face a significantly larger Haney on fight night. The latter, however, sees it as an attempt to take away one of the biggest advantages he has over Stevenson.

Haney quickly took to X to respond to Stevenson.

“You’re cap..I agreed to 145 u went missing for days. Tried to put a rehydration clause on me. I wasted 6 months negotiating with you.. i been negotiating with u since i was gonna sign to Zuffa. Yall did every thing for this fight not to happen even tried to throw Keyshawn in my way,” he wrote.

So, in short, there is currently no signed fight, no confirmed date, and no finalized agreement. Which has pretty much put the previously discussed November 28 date in Atlanta in serious jeopardy. However, this isn’t necessarily an irreversible collapse. They’ve already gone through several rounds of “the fight is off”, followed by renewed negotiations and apparent agreement. So it is a waiting game to see what brews in the next couple of hours or over the next few days.

Joshua Ben Joseph

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