Lamont Roach says Brian Norman Jr. will have to “worry” about Devin Haney’s move on November 22. He claims he never saw Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KO) had to “hunt” a fighter who was moving earlier.
Lamont notes that the fighters WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr. faced during his career were willing to exchange words as he pursued them.
Haney won’t trade with the killer
Devin (32-0, 16 KO) is not expected to trade with Norman at all, especially after the way he looked in his last fight against Jose Ramirez on May 2. He looked like a shell-shocked veteran who had just returned from the war front and was completely mentally devastated.
A soldier in a bad war
Can he get back to it in just six months? If this continues, Haney will be fodder for Norman Jr. Devin must look like a soldier with PTSD fighting 24-year-old Norman Jr., because he’s a straight-up killer who has no qualms about what he does to his opponents when he gets them in trouble.
“Who said he wasn’t a shooter?” Lamont Roach asked Ring Masters on Devin Haney on how he could go against Brian Norman Jr. “I think he will come there confident, especially after his performance against Jose Ramirez.”
Devin was gun shy against Ramirez and we saw the same from him against Norman Jr. He would have to have a forceful camp to break this addiction. Lithe hitter Troy Isley was one of Haney’s main sparring partners, preparing him for Norman Jr. He’s the wrong guy who was grooming him to be Brian Jr.
Norman’s first test as a real mover
“Brian Norman is a regular pressure player and he comes into play the way he does. Personally, I haven’t seen him have to do that hunt down another person who is moving. He preys on other guys who are willing to trade or sit who don’t have the best legs,” Roach said.
Norman Jr. he will have plenty of practice in training camp dealing with moving and clinching players. These two things are the main strategies Haney uses on defense to avoid getting hit. It moves and holds.
If Brian Jr. trains well enough to cut off the ring, he can trap Haney and force him to fight. When Devin gets trapped, he immediately grabs his opponent in a clinch. We witnessed him do this multiple times against Jose Ramirez. It worked because Ramirez didn’t fight in the clinches or hit him while he was in the hold.
“One thing Devin can do, Devin can move. That’s probably one thing they’ll have to worry about. I see him [Haney] I try to replace it and it breaks. This can change the fight,” Roach said.
Haney’s fear of being shot
If Roach watched Haney’s last fight with Ramirez, he would have noticed that he waited until overdue in the fight to trade with Ramirez. This lasted for a brief time and then he resumed running. There were only a few instances when Devin took the risk of being traded because he looked scared.
It is unrealistic to predict that Haney will even decide to exchange words with Norman because he is risky at any time.
Even when he tired in the later rounds against Quinton Randall and Jesus Antonio Perez Campos, Norman Jr. he still threw with great force. These fights took place two years ago when Norman Jr. he was only 22 years ancient. Now he is 24 years ancient and punches harder and harder than when he fought these guys.
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