Devin Haney has confirmed negotiations for an all-American clash later this year, hoping to silence one of his closest rivals.
The 27-year-old comes off a dominant display against Brian Norman Jr, scoring an early knockdown before unanimously outpointing and dethroning the dangerous puncher in November.
Since then, the WBO world welterweight champion has expressed his interest in several matchups, including a rematch with former foe Ryan Garcia.
The pair first squared off in 2024, with Garcia claiming a majority decision victory, only for the result to be overturned to a no-contest due to him testing positive for banned substance ostarine.
Along with targeting a unification match against the newly-crowned WBC champion at 147lbs, Haney has also welcomed unified super-welterweight world champion Xander Zayas as a potential opponent, though there seems to have been no initial talks between their respective teams.
Conversely, ‘The Dream’ has now revealed that he is in negotiations to face Rolando Romero, the WBA welterweight champion, who has not fought since his unanimous decision victory over Garcia in May.
Back then, it was considered a major upset when ‘Rolly’ dropped and outpointed Garcia, before being upgraded from ‘regular’ to full world champion later that year.
Now looking to land a unification match against Haney, Romero took to social media on Monday to divulge several details around their potential showdown.
“Y’all just got the call, May 30 New York City at the Barclays on Amazon Prime. Balls in your court Ducky.”
In response, Haney claimed that his father, Bill Haney, has initiated talks with Romero’s manager Luis DeCubas Jr.
“My father spoke with Luis [DeCubas]. Rumours are true… Let’s see if we can get this done inshaAllah.”
It remains to be seen whether this fight has the legs to materialise, but both fighters are seemingly keen to collide for their respective WBO and WBA titles.
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