Devin Haney looks ready for a welterweight unification fight against Rolando Romero.

That’s according to his father and trainer, Bill Haney, who confirmed this week that the fight will take place on May 30 in Las Vegas. In this case, the 147-pound ranking will boost from four to three, and the winner will leave the arena with the WBA and WBO belts.

“Rolly” Romero was elevated to full WBA champion after defeating Ryan Garcia for the interim belt last year. Haney, in his debut in the division, easily defeated the uncompromising Brian Norman Jr., winning the WBO title and becoming a three-division world champion.

I’m talking to Fighting the noiseformer multi-weight ruler Roy Jones Jr was quite clear in his support for Haney, although he warned against Romero’s “abnormal” power, making a uncommon comparison to British enigma “Prince” Naseem Hamed.

“Rolly’s only chance is if he gets lucky and punches Haney, which I doubt he will. I think Haney beats him, but Rolly has a chance to punch him. People don’t realize that Rolly is not an ordinary, average boxer, but has abnormal punching power. He punches anyone, he can knock them out. He’s like Prince Naseem, only not as skillful as Prince Naseem. But this one same kind of impact force.

“His boxing IQ isn’t the best, that’s why they underestimate him, but his punching power is above the best. That’s abnormal… That makes it balance out.”

Romero’s confidence will be boosted by the fact that when Haney faced Garcia, he lost three times that night and suffered a points penalty. However, the result was later invalidated after Garcia tested positive for a banned substance.

The winner of this fight, if Bill Haney’s assurances are true, will arrange a rematch with Garcia, who won the WBC belt from Mario Barrios last month.

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Surprisingly, Barboza is listed as slightly weaker compared to Sims. On DraftKings, Sims is a -170 favorite and Barboza is a +135 underdog. This is Arnold’s first match since losing a unanimous decision to Teofimo Lopez in Novel York last May. Many believe Sims is the better boxer and will look to overtake Barboza by controlling the distance and boxing him to the outside.

However, Barboza has other plans. The extra weight was beneficial for Barboza because he didn’t have to cut as much weight as before. They can follow the diet in a more comfortable way and without having to make any effort to lose weight.

At yesterday’s weigh-in, he said: “I feel faster, stronger. As you know, last night I drank coconut water, I drank water and I ate three hard-boiled eggs before I went to bed. I’ve never done that before. So yes, I’ll feel better. I’ll feel stronger. You know, I feel rested, I feel good.” This could be another Arnold who used the losses and the time in between to get better. He said he learned a lot from the defeat and improved because of it.

As for Kenneth, we have a boxer who has fought in multiple divisions, on and off, fighting at both 140 and 147. His last match was in his hometown against Oscar Duarte last August in Chicago. He seemed much leaner and more muscular than yesterday. He didn’t look physically imposing, he seemed a bit cushioned in the middle of his body.

Although he fought at 140 pounds against Duarte, he physically looked more impressive. This may indicate his preparation for the match. Although he survived the match with Oscar, he suffered some punishment in the fight.

When asked how he can neutralize and counter Sims’ boxing abilities, Barboza replied: “Well, you know, I’m a good boxer too. Um, I’ve fought some really good boxers. You know, I just feel like we’re versatile, like he is. So we’ll be able to counter whatever he wants to bring.”

Barboza has faced mobile boxers in the past, against Sean McComb and Teofimo Lopez. And that’s what Kenneth will want to take advantage of. If Arnold, as he says, takes the time to improve and uses his three-inch reach advantage, he could cause problems for Sims when they get on the field.

He will need to utilize precise timing to catch him from the inside and attack the body to sluggish him down. Barboza has a better resume and is more experienced against top-level competition, having fought the likes of Jack Catterall, Jose Ramirez and Lopez. Victory is within his reach if he fights intelligently; can defeat opponents.

Terence Crawford has named one fighter he would never want to face, solely because of their sturdy friendship outside the ropes.

The former five-division world champion fought a selection of elite fighters, including Canelo Alvarez and Errol Spence Jr., but he rarely considered such opponents as “friends.”

It looked like Shawn Porter was the only friend he faced in the ring, and their 2021 welterweight clash ended in victory “Bud” won in the 10th round after the break.

But while Crawford and Porter had a completely amiable relationship, it wasn’t the same energetic that’s become increasingly apparent between Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis.

Despite both technicians competing in similar weight classes, they made it clear that regardless of media pressure, they would likely never face each other in the ring.

Instead, they would prefer to beat the competition equally, with Davis looking to become a dual-weight world champion at 140 or 147 pounds and Stevenson potentially considering a return to 135 pounds.

In a similar sense, Crawford insisted he would never fight Timothy Bradley Ring of Champions with Ake and Barak that their relationship is comparable to that of Stevenson and Davis.

“Keyshawn beats everyone – him and Shakur. They don’t have to fight each other; they can beat anyone else.

“I think Tim Bradley [and I] that would be it. I wouldn’t fight Tim.”

Former sparring partners Crawford and Bradley could have potentially come close in 2015 when they held the WBO world titles at super lightweight and welterweight, respectively.

Bradley, however, lost to Manny Pacquiao in his last fight in 2016, and Crawford became the undisputed champion before repeating the feat at welterweight and super middleweight.