Devin Haney is an American professional boxer who is the current undisputed lightweight champion. He has also held the WBC title since April 2020, and the WBA, WBO, IBF, and The Ring titles since June 2022. As of May 2022, he is ranked as the world’s fourth-best active lightweight by The Ring magazine, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, BoxRec, and ESPN. As an amateur, Haney won seven National titles. He turned pro at the age of 17 but he couldn’t compete in the United States due to age regulations and competed in Mexico for his first 4 matches. His stance is orthodox. He is nicknamed ‘The Dream’.
What is Devin Haney Famous For?
- Being an American professional boxer.
- Being the current undisputed lightweight champion.
Where is Devin Haney From?
Devin Haney was born on 17 November 1998 in San Francisco, the USA with the real name of Devin Miles Haney. His sun sign is Scorpio and his religion is Islam. He spent a lot of time in Oakland, California, and moved with his father Bill to Las Vegas at the age of 14. He started boxing at the age of seven. He converted to Islam in April 2021. His father is Willian Haney and his mother’s name is unknown at a moment. He holds American nationality and his ethnicity is Mixed. His present age is 23. His 21 birthday gift was a Lamborgini Urus which was bought as a gift by his father that cost around $250,000 dollars.
Devin Haney Career Timeline
- Haney won seven National titles during his amateur career.
- In January 2015, at the age of 17, he became the youngest boxer to win the Youth World Championships in Reno. He had an amateur record of 138–8 bouts before turning professional in 2015 at the age of 17.
- He turned pro at the age of 17 and fight the first four matches in Mexico.
- He won the WBC Youth, IBF-USBA, IBF North American, WBC International, WBO Inter-Continental, and WBA International lightweight titles as a professional.
- On 2nd February 2018, he was scheduled to fight Filipino Harmonito Dela Torre in an eight-round opening bout.
- On 11th January 2019, he dominated a very tough opponent in Xolisani Ndongeni on the way to a 10-round unanimous decision win.
- In April 2019, he signed a co-promotional deal between his own company, Devin Haney Promotions, and British promoter Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
- On 25th May 2019, he defeated Antonio Moran via a vicious seventh-round knockout, in his first match under the Matchroom banner.
- On 13th September 2019, he defeated Zaur Abdullaev (11–0) to win the vacant WBC interim lightweight title.
- In addition to this, he became the youngest (i.e. latest-born) world champion in boxing when he was elevated as the WBC lightweight champion after previous WBC lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko was promoted to “Franchise Champion” by the WBC in October 2019.
- After that, he fought against Alfredo Santiago, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Jorge Linares, and Joseph Diaz.
- Recently, he defeated George Kambosos by outpointing the Australian fighter in their Melbourne Australia fight in June 2022 to become the undisputed world lightweight boxing champion. The judges scored the bout 116-112, 116-112, 118-110, all in favor of Haney.
What is Devin Haney Net Worth?
Devin Haney has collected a huge sum of amount through his fighting career. The net worth of this professional boxer is estimated to have $5 million as of 2022. He is living a lifestyle at present. Further, he started his own promotional company Devin Haney Promotions and in 2019 signed a promotional deal with Eddie hearn and Matchroom Sports. Likewise, he has also signed a contract with DAZN. He made $1 Million from his fight in the KSI vs Logan Paul against Alfredo Santiago which was even higher than KSI and Paul’s fight purse of $900,000 which was held on 9 November 2019 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. He also receives sponsorship and brand deals that add value to his net worth. Haney is sponsored by WEDM Recovery. About his salary, he is making in millions annually. His source of wealth is from his boxing career and he is satisfied with his earnings.
Who is Devin Haney Girlfriend?
Devin Haney is currently dating his beautiful girlfriend, Lira Galore. He kept himself busy during the pandemic as he began dating the Instagram influencer. Devin Haney flew to Cabo with her and they were on a vacation in El Pedregal, Mexico, where they booked a mansion for themselves. They are enjoying their life a lot. His sexual orientation is straight. Previously, he dated India Love when the couple was in their teenage. In July 2021, Haney shared a video on his Instagram stating, “She been mine… I think I was bout 16/17.” The couple has since broken up. Moreover, he was also engaged to the mother of NBA Youngboy’s child, Jania Jackson. Later, they split. Next, he dated Kris Summers and Blac Chyna.
Devin Haney Height and Weight
Devin stands at the height of 5 feet 9 inches and his body weight consist of 71 KG. His other body size is still to get unfolded yet. His body type is athletic. His hair color is black and his eye color is brown.
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