BrianNorman Jr. he vows to bring down Devin Haney “in the dirt”, guaranteeing that he will knock him out on Saturday, November 22 during their main support slot at the ANB Arena in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KO) claims that there is no way he could knock out Haney (32-0, 16 KO). It’s when he does it.
Devin looked nervous during his DAZN Boxing bout with Norman Jr., stuttering and losing his grip as the Georgia native calmly told him he would utilize the victory against him to make a name for himself.
“Not if-when”: KO certainty
“The real fans come after Saturday when I threw that boy down the drain. There’s no such thing as an ‘if’. I’m going to do it,” said Brian Norman Jr. Boxing newswhich guarantees he will knock out Devin Haney on Saturday night. “Where will this lead me next? The world is mine.
“This is a pain coming. KO demolition work,” Norman Jr. said. when asked how his Saturday fight with Haney would go.
Haney’s chin: Still broken?
It doesn’t sound good to Haney that Norman Jr. promises “pain” and “demolition work” as they fight together in Riyad. If Devin’s impact resistance hasn’t improved since his April 2024 fight with Ryan Garcia, he won’t last long in Saturday’s fight with WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr.
Ryan’s rematch in danger
Haney has a lot to lose in this fight. He has a rematch with Ryan Garcia scheduled for 2026, as well as a possible huge payday against Conor Benn. If he gets knocked out by Norman Jr., it’s unlikely that Turki Alalshikh will go for it. He would probably focus on setting up fights between Norman Jr., Ryan and Benn. Haney’s career would be on slim ice.
It will be fascinating to see if Turki still wants to continue Haney’s rematch with Ryan Garcia, which saw Devin lose to Norman Jr. by KO. Fans will still be interested in this fight because of the drama that followed the first fight, in which Garcia’s positive PED test doomed his victory.
Clouding the water to survive
The key to making this fight happen would be for Haney to come up with a good excuse for why he lost to Norman Jr. If he can muddy the waters enough to lessen the impact of defeat, fans would be willing to overlook it.
Warning shot in the first round
“In the first round, I want to show you that you’re capable of this. People want to know how strenuous I punch. Just know that I punch a million times harder. I’m going to show you that in the first round. So you have to go back to your corner and say, ‘I’ve got 12 rounds to deal with this,'” Norman Jr. said.
If Norman Jr. connects with something significant in the first round against Haney, he could end up in the deck. The two right-hand shots he landed on Jin Sasaki in the first round would have been complex for Devin to take without falling. Sasaki showed a good chin, hanging on until the fifth round before Norman Jr. knocked him out with a left hook in a fight on June 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
“So let’s go back to my fight with Derrieck Cuevas. I made him quit after the jab. Something happened to him that made him change his mind,” Norman Jr. said.
The power punch that Norman Jr. used against Cuevas, caused him to trip over the ropes in the second round. In the third round, Norman Jr. he hit Cuevas with a combination and finished with a strenuous jab, sending him to the canvas.
A scarce flaw for Haney
If Haney decides to go the distance on Saturday, he’ll have to deal with Norman Jr’s jab because he has a one-inch reach advantage. It’s a scarce occasion in Haney’s career that he’s faced someone with longer range than him and a better jab.
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Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.
Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.
The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.
Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.
Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.
“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.
It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.
“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”
Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.
Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.
Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.
Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.
Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.
Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.
“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”
Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through.
Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 25, 2026
The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.
Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.
Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.
‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.
One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.
“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.
“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.
“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.
“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”
The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.
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