1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:06,320 I'm very pleased to bring into the podcast today one of my favorite guys to 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,400 interview. I've interviewed lots of boxers for a long time Regis program the WBC 3 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:13,919 Junior Well Delay Champion. Always fun to talk to. Regis. Thank you 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:18,679 for doing this. I appreciate you being here. Dan Man, glad to 5 00:00:18,719 --> 00:00:21,760 be your baby near screen. All right, well, we're here to talk 6 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,320 about a pretty significant fight, certainly a big fight for you, one of 7 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:29,600 the better fights I think that we've seen on the calendar for the calendar year 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:35,479 of twenty twenty three. You're defending your title for the second time against the 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,439 lightweight champion, Devin Haney, who's going to move up and wait, he's 10 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:40,920 going to challenge you. It'll be December, the night that Chase Center in 11 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,840 San Francisco live on his own pay per view in the United States. All 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,280 the lucky folks that don't live out in the United States, they get it 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,320 on the Zone as part of their regular subscription package. We'll talk about that 14 00:00:50,359 --> 00:00:54,799 in just a minute, but my first question for you is when you signed 15 00:00:54,799 --> 00:00:59,159 with Mattroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn, and there was a lot of possibilities of 16 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:03,039 different fights that you could have looked towards if you had signed with a different 17 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:07,000 promoter. At that time, Mattrim did not have Devin Hainey. He was 18 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,200 still going through his process with his previous promoter. Uh, now you have 19 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,439 this fight. So what was it about it that made you so confident that 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,400 that you'd be able to get this matchup? Man? Look Eddie. First 21 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,879 off, Eddie came to me, you know, he came to Houston and 22 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,040 talked to me. That was one of the differences between you know, Todd 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,400 Rank and Mattrum. You know, Matt Todd Rank flew me out to Vegas 24 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:33,879 and they didn't. They flew me on Southwest. And people know with me, 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,760 I'm I am kind of boogie, you know I you know, I 26 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:38,319 fly first class everywhere I go. You don't have to give me a private 27 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,000 jet, but I do fly first class. So they flew me and my 28 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:45,159 potet. They flew us on Southwest. I didn't really like that. But 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,840 then Eddie flew to me in Houston, and you know, Eddie pitched me. 30 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:49,680 He said, look, this is gonna be the plan. You know, 31 00:01:49,719 --> 00:01:53,400 we're gonna get your It's it's a brief fight deal. He said, 32 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,640 We're gonna, We're gonna, you're gonna get a defense in New Orleans. 33 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,280 First, he already had a date plan lined up and stuff like that. 34 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:01,200 Then he said Devin Haney's name. Nah. I don't know if he was, 35 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,000 you know, bullshit. I don't know if he was full of shit 36 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:06,719 or not. But he said Devin. He literally said Devin Haney would be 37 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:08,159 second. He said, Devin Haney or Ryan, we'll see all something like 38 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:12,039 that. It'll be a big fight in the second fight. And you know, 39 00:02:12,759 --> 00:02:15,039 it actually happened, and he wasn't yet. Devin wasn't with he was 40 00:02:15,039 --> 00:02:17,919 with Todd Rank at the time, you know, and it all just it 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,360 just kind of came true, just like he said it would, and it 42 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,759 is happening right now. So what was it then about Devin compared to any 43 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,879 of the other talented fighters that were already at one hundred and forty pounds that 44 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:32,879 made you want to go in that direction with him coming up away? Because 45 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:36,400 I mean, look, if you there was Tiafimo Lopez was there with top 46 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:38,479 rank Josh Taylor, we would have loved them sure to have a rematch against 47 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,800 him, handing you your only loss a super close fight. Uh, you 48 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,479 know, Josey Ramirez is with top rank. Still that's a fight I'd still 49 00:02:45,479 --> 00:02:47,680 love to see. At some point, you mentioned Ryan's area se So what 50 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:52,120 was it that made you so sort of like, ah, yeah, Devin 51 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:55,000 Haney, that's that's gonna be a great competitive was it? Well, it 52 00:02:55,039 --> 00:02:58,199 was just you know, Devin is a devon, is a big name, 53 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,520 you know, but it just wasn't the whole. It was just a whole 54 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,800 just the contract in general, just the whole thing. Because the top rank 55 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:07,400 deal was a long deal with the Eddie hearn did. It was a shorter 56 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:10,039 deal, and he promised me, you know, he did promise me of 57 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,599 Devin Hainey. He promised me, like a Ryan go see all Devin Haney 58 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,759 for the second fight. And with the top rank deal, you know, 59 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:21,199 I think it was I think it was the second fight would have been maybe 60 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,919 like a Ramirez or something like that. You know. So if you if 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,199 you compare a Devin Haney or Ryan, go see it to a Ramirez. 62 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,400 You know, it is big on that side. And you know, for 63 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,560 me, I'm still glad that I feel I definitely feel like I made the 64 00:03:31,599 --> 00:03:36,199 right decision. Well, and I watched the news conference that you guys had 65 00:03:36,479 --> 00:03:38,919 with each other that was out in San Francisco a few weeks ago, maybe 66 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:43,159 a month ago. Uh. I found it striking. Uh. You know 67 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,319 Devin Haney, you know, he likes to talk some smack and that's cool. 68 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,000 You do also, I think that's you know, it's good but not 69 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,280 too severe. But he actually said, and I quote, I'm going to 70 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:53,759 beat the living shit out of him, meaning he's gonna beat the living shit 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,520 out of you. When I heard that, I was a little surprised, 72 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,919 because as excellent of a fighter as Devin Haaney is, is everybody out of 73 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,360 nobody he can't beat. He can't, he can't. He talking about Isaac 74 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:08,479 Devin. Devin never beat the ship out of anybody. Yeah, he's a 75 00:04:08,479 --> 00:04:11,280 good boxer and stuff like that. But I feel like I, honestly, 76 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,879 I know I'm a better box to him. But I have power, so 77 00:04:14,199 --> 00:04:15,600 you know, I can box, but I can I can hear people really 78 00:04:15,639 --> 00:04:18,519 hard. Devin never beat the ship out of anybody's whole career. You know 79 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,360 who did he beat the ship out of nobody? You know, I can't 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,560 wait to y'all see that we had a face off with me and him. 81 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,079 I said, Devin, who who did you even knock out? You never 82 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,879 knocked out anybody? Like he just sat there and smile. He didn't know 83 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,319 what to say. You know, he had you know, he he fall 84 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,199 on the TANKO, he fought camp Bole says he fall Leonora's and he fought 85 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:39,279 Jojo Diaz. For me, all those fights was you know, he never 86 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:41,879 beat the shit out of any of those guys, you know, like he 87 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:44,279 he didn't hurt none of those guys or anything like that. Yeah, he 88 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:46,040 won, but he boxed for twelve rounds, so he didn't beat the shit 89 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,839 out nobody. So he's definitely not gonna beat the shit out. I'm gonna 90 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,600 I'm gonna hurt Demon. I know I'm gonna hurt Devil, like how Camp 91 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,600 is going right now, what I've been doing just even to SPA partners and 92 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,839 stuff like that. I know I'm gonna I'm gonna hurt Devin, you know 93 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:00,839 if it goes to a rounds and goes to a rounds. But I'm definitely 94 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,040 gonna hurt Well, you finish my sentence for me, because I was gonna 95 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:08,120 ask you like he doesn't He's a great boxer, but hasn't really beaten you 96 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,480 know his quote the shit out of anybody. But you've answered that question. 97 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:14,600 Uh, and what you thought of that comment? The other thing, as 98 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,759 I've noticed, you know, you guys have gone back and forth on your 99 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:18,360 social media. You went back and forth out of good back and forth out 100 00:05:18,399 --> 00:05:21,199 the press conference brought a little life to things. Uh, you've been talking 101 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:24,240 a lot of smack. And that's all good, like I said, But 102 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,680 I wonder, you know, and I don't know the I think I kind 103 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,879 of know the answer to this. But is there like legit animosity between you 104 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,000 two guys or is it like, look, you have a lot of steak 105 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,720 both you in this fight. You both have a real desire to win this 106 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,759 fight, so you know, the machismo comes out and you get your hear 107 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,480 you know, get your dander up a little bit. Or is there a 108 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,600 real animosity? I mean it's kind of both. You know, right now, 109 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,439 I can't respect him right now. We enemies right now, you know, 110 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:48,720 maybe after the fight of before. You know, I've been around him 111 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,920 before, I've been around bit I've been around Devin. You know, we 112 00:05:51,079 --> 00:05:54,319 never been friends or nothing like that, but I've been around him, you 113 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,519 know, say hey and stuff like that. To him. But you know, 114 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,480 that's all. But I don't, you know, I don't really know 115 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:00,800 them like that. That's not like an I never really hung out with him 116 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,920 before. I just been around him before at some you know, some events 117 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,199 and stuff. But no, like right now, it's no respect that it's 118 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,680 really no respect at all. Like we're going to wall and I want to 119 00:06:10,759 --> 00:06:13,199 hurt this man. That's that's what I want to do. So I don't 120 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,800 respect him. I don't respect the team. I don't respect nobody. That's 121 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,680 just, you know it is. We do have to fight. That's that's 122 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,000 how it has to be. So I know that this fight's taking place, 123 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,839 like I mentioned, in San Francisco city that has not had big time championship 124 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,360 boxing for a very long time. I think you got to go all the 125 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:31,040 way back to the I guess the early two thousands for a Floyd Mayweather fight 126 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:35,120 there that took place in San Francisco and certainly not in a big arena. 127 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,920 But and he's from San Francisco, even though he grew up in Las Vegas. 128 00:06:38,959 --> 00:06:42,920 I wonder what are your thoughts about fighting him in his hometown. It's 129 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,680 not even his hometown. That's the thing, you know, he's he's he's 130 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,560 just because he was born somewhere, that doesn't mean it's your hometown. You 131 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,879 know, he was he was raised in Henderson the Bad or something like that, 132 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:54,120 you know. So I mean that's not as you know, hometown, 133 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,600 I'm not. I'm cool with it. I don't feel like it's no hometown 134 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:00,120 favorite stuff going on, you know. Like me, I'm comfortable in California. 135 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,759 I trained here, I used to live in California. I won my 136 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,639 I became a two time world champion in California when I fought as the pata 137 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,240 Is from LA and I fought him in La in course, and it's the 138 00:07:10,279 --> 00:07:15,120 same thing. So I'm comfortable. I'm comfortable here, and you know it's 139 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,240 is for me. It's a better place to be here than anywhere else. 140 00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:20,120 I like California. Like I said, I live, I used to live 141 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,519 here. I try I train him, you know, so I'm here for 142 00:07:23,519 --> 00:07:26,800 a long time anyway, So I'm cool with it. So, as I 143 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:29,480 mentioned, of course, he is the lightweight champion. He's going up to 144 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,279 challenge you for your title at one hundred and forty pounds. So I actually 145 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:38,560 wondered what was your reaction to having the fight being billed as Hani program, 146 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,600 like they put you in the B side, Like some guys really care about 147 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,720 that. If it was me, I wouldn't really give a shit because I 148 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:46,800 always say, what's important is who's hand they raised at the end of the 149 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,800 fight. But what are your thoughts about having, you know, taking the 150 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,439 B spot, you know, being it's called called the Haini program. Yeah, 151 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:55,560 same thing. I don't care. Man. Look listen, I know 152 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,879 he's a you know, he is a bigger anatomy, but I don't care, 153 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,720 you know, like they can like they and do it really well. 154 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:03,759 My back is against the wall and I have more pressure on me like that, 155 00:08:03,839 --> 00:08:07,680 I actually performed better. So this training, like I said, man, 156 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,040 this training camp has been crazy, Like I it's been long and it's 157 00:08:11,079 --> 00:08:13,079 been hard, and I've been doing like super good and spawing and stuff like 158 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,560 that. So I don't man to answer your question, I don't care about 159 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,639 none of that stuff, you know, B side, A side, none 160 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,800 of that stuff, you know, And at the end of the day, 161 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,680 it's only like the results from the fight that count, and that's the only 162 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,600 thing that matters to me. So I don't care. You can say any 163 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,360 bro, you can say whatever you want, but listen, I'm a buzz 164 00:08:28,399 --> 00:08:31,559 handy ass. Well you mentioned it's been a tough training camp, and I 165 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:35,200 uh, people who are gonna hear our interview are going to hear it on 166 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,879 an audio, but we're doing a zoom call so I can see you. 167 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,480 And I was, I look at you. It looks like you had a 168 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:43,600 little bit some bruising around the left either left. It's crazy, man, 169 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:46,240 this is I went toward rounds to day. It was like literally the last 170 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,879 round and it was like just scratches and stuff like that. But y'all got 171 00:08:48,919 --> 00:08:50,960 a little bruising on my face right now, no problem. But yeah, 172 00:08:52,039 --> 00:08:54,159 but camp been, Yeah, camp been like super smooth man, like just 173 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:58,200 to a rounds today. I did it really easy, you know, it 174 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,120 wasn't hard, so spar with the guys out here in Keller. I went, 175 00:09:01,159 --> 00:09:03,840 you know, I did like a three puck. I was. I 176 00:09:03,879 --> 00:09:07,120 started a long time ago. I was in Houston training. Then I came 177 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:11,559 to California for like five weeks and I went back home. I went back 178 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,879 to Texas for about three weeks and I'm here until the rest of the time. 179 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,120 So yeah, man, it's just everything is been going real smooth. 180 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,919 Can I ask you who put that shiner on you? What's what's his name? 181 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,279 We we've been what's his name I've spoiled with to day? Oh Elijah? 182 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,799 What's Elijah less name? Flora, Elijah Flores. I think he is 183 00:09:30,919 --> 00:09:33,799 forty seven or fifty four pounder. Yeah, well, I can respect that 184 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,320 you're giving that guy a little shine. I'm gonna give everybody that shine, 185 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,039 man, no matter what I'm gonna give them, they shine I've been. 186 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,879 I'm for me. I'm just thankful that I get to like these dudes get 187 00:09:43,879 --> 00:09:46,720 to help me, you know, because the West Coast fighters they are different 188 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,279 from where I come from, the South fighters that the West Coast fighters are 189 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,600 different. Day they have you know, these dudes are fast, a lot 190 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,759 of skill even with a lot of power also, So you know, I'm 191 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:58,720 just glad to you know, I get to work with these guys and you 192 00:09:58,759 --> 00:10:01,960 know, they helped me out like a lot. In your when you won 193 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,159 the title, the vacant title that had been vacated by Jose Ramirez, you 194 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,480 look really sharp. That was last November. You scored an eleventh round knockout 195 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:13,480 against Jose Zepaida. As you mentioned, just a really good fight, and 196 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,360 you know, you look really sharp. Like I said, your first defense 197 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:18,639 in June was kind of like the opposite you fought dan Alito Ziria, not 198 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,919 the original opponent that you were supposed to fight, and Regis, you know 199 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,720 you don't bullshit when you talk about stuff. I'm not gonna bullshit you. 200 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,639 You look kind of rough in that fight, eking out the decision. Not 201 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:31,559 not your best showing. I know you said that after the fight. What 202 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,600 the heck happened in that fight? I just I think it's just a lot 203 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,799 of things piled up, you know, just having a hometown nervousness, just 204 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,840 going back to the walls. I mean, when you have a hometown stuff, 205 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:45,639 man, you got to deal with so much stuff, just doing things 206 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,879 at once supposed to do. Before the fight, you have fought in New 207 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,639 Orleans before. It wasn't your first rodeo. I thought when I I guess 208 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,480 what when I thought that, it was the same kind of thing that I 209 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:58,720 thought I fought in July twenty eighteen, I fall but last so yeah, 210 00:10:58,759 --> 00:11:01,679 I mean I stopped Molasko in the eighth round or something like that, But 211 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,799 it was it was kind of like the same thing I had my face looked 212 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:07,399 like this. I took too many punches. It just wasn't a good performance 213 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,639 at all, you know. I mean I stopped them. That's cool. 214 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:11,759 People look at that, but it just, you know, it wasn't me. 215 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:16,240 So, you know, I don't know the New Orleans curse whatever it 216 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:18,240 is, but yeah, I was just and yeah, it just wasn't a 217 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:22,200 good performance. And then you know, a couple with you know, he 218 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,840 was a last man to replacement, you know, so we was training for 219 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,480 Leam Powell for the whole time and then he came in three weeks later and 220 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,879 literally he just came just to run around. Yeah, you know, and 221 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,360 of course I'm supposed to do my job and cut them off and do stuff, 222 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,919 but just a lot of stuff going on. Yeah, I didn't know, 223 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,399 I know, I didn't look good. Well to say that, the 224 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,679 folks that would be backing Devin in this fight might say to themselves, if 225 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,360 a Regis program couldn't cut off the ring against Darria, how the heck are 226 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:52,200 you gonna do it against a boxer like Devin Hainey. Right, I want 227 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,320 them to say that. I want them to say that, you know, 228 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,120 I want everybody to say that you know, I'm this number two time champion. 229 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:58,600 Of course I know how to cut off the ring. You know, 230 00:11:58,639 --> 00:12:01,000 like I said, it just just that night. It was just off night. 231 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:03,879 You know. The thing is in boxing, you know, in every 232 00:12:03,879 --> 00:12:07,240 other spot you might have an off night, like you know, a basketball 233 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,120 player might have a off night, but they get to come back. In 234 00:12:09,159 --> 00:12:11,519 boxing, you have an off night that people think that's your identity. No, 235 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,600 it's not my identity. I just had an off night, that's all, 236 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,080 you know. So people look at us all he's done, and he's 237 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,159 this, and that what I mean for me, I embraced it. I 238 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:22,799 like that. It's cool. I hope that. You know, if they 239 00:12:22,879 --> 00:12:24,720 looking at any fight, look at that fight, you know, and try 240 00:12:24,759 --> 00:12:28,039 to study that, and you know, think I'm gonna be like that now. 241 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:33,200 Hainy said before that fight occurred that he was already looking your way, 242 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,360 thinking he might want to fight you when he moved up and went from lightweight 243 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:41,559 to junior walterway before you fought Ziia. But his father, Bill Haney, 244 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,559 who was also his manager or trainer, was ringside for that fight. Do 245 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:48,320 you feel like the bad performance or the shaky performance however you want to describe 246 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,919 it was a silver lining, because that's you know, whether he said he 247 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:54,399 wanted to fight or not. What maybe pushed them to really pursue the fight 248 00:12:54,919 --> 00:12:58,080 was thinking, you know what, we just saw the way he performed against 249 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,559 Syria, let's go for it. Do you think it was the overlying to 250 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,399 get you this matchup? Yeah? I definitely, for sure, for sure, 251 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,080 for sure. You know, if I would have went out there and 252 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:07,240 not zal one or two rounds, they would have came, know what close 253 00:13:07,279 --> 00:13:09,279 to me. I know that. You know, Devin Haney says, people 254 00:13:09,279 --> 00:13:11,879 say things like that all the time, but that really, you know, 255 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,480 that really put the candle on the cake. When at that performance, Bill 256 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,159 was there, he was like, all right, you know, I see 257 00:13:18,159 --> 00:13:20,960 it. You know he was coming a scout, So yeah, I mean, 258 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,480 that's exactly why he was there. That's exactly why he fighted me. 259 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,919 If I would knocked him out quick, this wouldn't even I would have been 260 00:13:26,919 --> 00:13:30,559 fighting my manager. Do either of you guys have a rematch clause in this 261 00:13:30,639 --> 00:13:35,639 fighting? No, No, for either one of you guys. I do 262 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:37,799 know that one. I don't. I don't, I don't I don't have 263 00:13:37,919 --> 00:13:41,159 I don't need one. I don't know what he is, but I don't 264 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:43,879 have one. I feel like I don't need one. So, as I 265 00:13:43,879 --> 00:13:46,639 said earlier on, there's this is like a a it's a good matchup. 266 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,799 I think every boxing guy is like, yo, that's a good fight. 267 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,759 Uh. There's been a lot of debate among the diehards that while it's on 268 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,000 a regular The Zone subscription around the world, in the United States, it's 269 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,720 a pay per view, and uh, I just wanted your point of view, 270 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,240 do you. I mean, because a lot of people are like I 271 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,120 subscribe to The Zone for classy fights like this, and now they're putting every 272 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,960 like real big time fight on pay per view. I wondered, what's your 273 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,960 perspective on it. Obviously, you know, you may be able to make 274 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:15,759 more money potentially if it hits, but maybe a lot less people might see 275 00:14:15,759 --> 00:14:18,279 it. I just wonder where you come down on that sort of back and 276 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,919 forth about this should be a pay per view or it shouldn't be a pay 277 00:14:20,919 --> 00:14:22,360 per view. Well, I mean, I think it is a big fight. 278 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:24,600 I definitely think it's a big fight as far as pay per view. 279 00:14:24,799 --> 00:14:26,639 You know, I don't run that stuff. You know, that's that's the 280 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:30,200 business side of people, you know, Eddie An on pay per view. 281 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,679 For me, the only thing I just hope it does good. You know, 282 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,360 hopefully a lot of people see that. I just hope it does good. 283 00:14:35,519 --> 00:14:39,759 Is it is a you know, it is a big fight for boxing, 284 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,000 So you know, I just hope a lot of people don't tune into 285 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,559 it. I want to just wrap up with this. I mean, I 286 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,519 don't want to look too far ahead. Obviously, you got a tough fight 287 00:14:46,559 --> 00:14:48,279 in front of you. Everybody's looking forward to it. Of course, if 288 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:52,799 you win the fight, I wonder what other big things do you want to 289 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:56,039 do? You mentioned you don't think there's a rematch clause? Is there some 290 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,600 other opponent that you look towards some of the guys that we just talked about 291 00:14:58,639 --> 00:15:01,159 earlier. Is it the possible of moving up to the welterweight division? Is 292 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,879 it just just putting on a long rain as a junior welterweight champion? What 293 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,320 is? What do you think is? Uh? This is for you down 294 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,639 the road? Well, really, I feel like I'm gonna stay at one 295 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,039 forty my rest of my creer. You know, somebody look up to his 296 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,759 like I always looked up to his marble Hagler say that one sixty his whole 297 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:20,960 career. You know, I have the discipline to do that. I've been 298 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,559 you know, I've been feeling good. I've been on my diet. I 299 00:15:22,639 --> 00:15:24,879 you know, I trained year round. So I definitely feel like I'm gonna 300 00:15:24,879 --> 00:15:28,639 stay at one forty. And you know, I want all the big fights. 301 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:31,039 That's that's the only thing I want. I want all the big fights, 302 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,000 if it's big money fights, if it's for the belts, whatever it 303 00:15:33,039 --> 00:15:35,840 is, I just want the big fights. You know, I'm at the 304 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,039 stage in my career. You know, I don't want no you know, 305 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,919 tune up type of fights. I don't want no homecoming type of fights, 306 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:43,840 none of that stuff. I want all for me, all big fights. 307 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,039 So whatever that means, that's that's just what I want. If it's you 308 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,559 know, and and right now, luckily I'm at the I'm at the weight 309 00:15:48,679 --> 00:15:50,559 right now. Well, it's it is a lot of big fights. You 310 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,759 know, I'm around that one thirty five want forty one forty range, one 311 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,000 forty seven range. And you know, for me, I'm gonna stay at 312 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,600 one one forty my rest of my crib. But you know, you do 313 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,120 have a lot of big names out there. You know, Roally has a 314 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,440 belt, Ta Fema has a belt. Ryan gonna see it. What's his 315 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:12,240 name, the other IVF champion, multi, Yeah, he has a belt. 316 00:16:12,279 --> 00:16:15,799 So for me, it's it's just you know, all the big fights, 317 00:16:15,799 --> 00:16:18,679 even like a Javonte Davis or something like that. Like just for me, 318 00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:21,759 all all the big fights, that's the only thing that I want, 319 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,080 you know, big, big, big money fights, big name fights, 320 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,440 and you know, just yeah, that's all. And I still want to 321 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,679 see the rams five years ago and Ramerors. Yeah, if it's a for 322 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,360 me, yeah, if it's a big fight, then Romeiro mirror is also. 323 00:16:36,399 --> 00:16:37,519 You know, even if like a Josh hillory match, you know, 324 00:16:37,559 --> 00:16:40,960 I don't I don't know how likely it is because I don't know if he's 325 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,759 gonna stay at one forty with one forty seven. But for me, I 326 00:16:42,799 --> 00:16:45,320 told you what I'm doing. I'm gonna stay at one forty you know the 327 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,320 rest of my curR. And so I plan on keeping my belt and just 328 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,720 defending my belt the rest of my current and maybe hopefully, you know, 329 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:59,159 become an undisputed champion if the politics allowed. Well, you have a big 330 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,080 fight coming up, Like I said, the beginning of this interview. That's 331 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,200 going to be December the ninth. You're taking on Devin Haney, Regis. 332 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,359 I wish you the best of luck in that matchup. I appreciate you doing 333 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,400 this and thank you so much. Thanks man, that was Thank you you 334 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,599 bet. I'm very pleased to be joined today on the podcast by none other 335 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,759 than the lightweight champion of the world, Devin Haney, who is moving up 336 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:23,680 in weight to challenge Regis Apprograate for the WBC Junior Walterweight world title December ninth 337 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,920 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, his hometown where he was born, 338 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,559 live on his own pay per view in the United States, diz Owne worldwide. 339 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,759 Devin, Welcome to the show. Thank you so much for doing this. 340 00:17:33,799 --> 00:17:37,160 I appreciate it here, sir, Thank you for having me. I'm 341 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,079 excited as well. My pleasure. So actually, I wanted to start off 342 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,440 with this. We were supposed to do this interview yesterday and I got a 343 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:48,400 note text message from your wonderful publicist Crystal right before we were supposed to get 344 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,240 on the interview, and she's like, hey, can we reschedule tomorrow? 345 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:56,039 The Vada testers showed up at the gym to do a drug test on Devon 346 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,839 and then he's got a train. So you know, what have you got 347 00:17:59,839 --> 00:18:02,079 me thinking about that? I mean, you've been a guy that's been committed 348 00:18:02,079 --> 00:18:06,079 to drug testing, I think for quite a long time. Uh, when 349 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,799 you're about to go in to get to a training session and they show up 350 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,200 unexpected, Uh, what is your take on that? I mean, what 351 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,799 is your feeling? You know what? You know what you're in forming? 352 00:18:12,839 --> 00:18:15,799 You sign up on a random I mean, you know, yeah, I 353 00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:21,079 mean it is good. I'm gonna makes me happy knowing that. You know, 354 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,599 I wasn't a big advocate for it. You know, it wasn't like 355 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,000 a common thing, you know, a few years ago. But I was 356 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,640 the one of those, you know, paying for it. You know, 357 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,960 I even out of my pocket to get it done. So you know, 358 00:18:34,039 --> 00:18:38,200 I'm happy to see them come. I'm happy to be tested. I probably 359 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,559 be tested as well. So with the even playing field, as I wrote, 360 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,640 I said, I can't even be mad about having the timing of the 361 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,880 interview get messed up because I'm a strong advocate for drug testing. So if 362 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,559 they're there to test the fighter and it disrupts my interview, schedule for a 363 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:55,400 little bit. You know what, no problem. So here we are doing 364 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,559 it today. Like I said, I'm looking forward to your fight, and 365 00:18:57,599 --> 00:19:02,319 I wanted to start up with this going back to uh your fight earlier the 366 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:07,559 year you you had an excellent victory, close victory against Vasilio Muchenko to retain 367 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:11,279 the undisputed lightweight title. Uh. Of course you became a free agent after 368 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:12,480 that fight, but you could have got a lot of different routes. You 369 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,279 could have given them a rematch. Perhaps you could have, uh, you 370 00:19:15,319 --> 00:19:19,519 know, have had the mandatory with Usher of course Stevenson. You obviously could 371 00:19:19,519 --> 00:19:23,720 have perhaps contacted the PBC folks to check in and see what kind of availability. 372 00:19:23,759 --> 00:19:26,240 Gervante Davis said that'd be a big fight to you. Fimo was with 373 00:19:26,279 --> 00:19:30,160 todp Rank, who you were with at the time. Uh, you opted 374 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,119 to go and look in the direction of Regis program and move up and wait, 375 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:34,559 I just and there're all these are all every match I just mentioned would 376 00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:37,880 be a very good fight for the fans, I believe. So I'm just 377 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,680 wondering what was your thought process in pursuing the program fight the way you ultimately 378 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,599 did. Yeah, it was it was a you know, another chance made 379 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:49,920 to history, but you know, becoming to the business problems all nan dream 380 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:56,119 of mind and you know which is you know, a chance for that. 381 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,160 So you know I'm going to be great going up the way, going up 382 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,799 the way. You know a lot of people saying I was gonna go out 383 00:20:00,839 --> 00:20:04,160 for a long time, and now I finally have the chance to go up 384 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,599 if you fight the champion, and that's what I'm doing. Did you consider 385 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,079 any of those other fights? And I say that because, like, you 386 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,000 know, if you wanted to go up, certainly Lopez was also a champion 387 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:17,519 one hundred and forty, the lineal champion, even uh, you know, 388 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:21,440 just wonder you thought about those other ones. Possibly, Yeah, you know, 389 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,039 we will run out of all our options and uh, you know the 390 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:30,839 fight that was the easiest to make, what was Regi's programs, and uh 391 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,200 it made the most just for me, you know. Uh, as a 392 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,200 business, you know, to to go get a title and then you know, 393 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:41,680 go back to the negotiating table and then you know it will be you 394 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,200 know, we have much more leverage making a fight with tp MO Lopez. 395 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:47,880 So that's a fight you'd like in the future that I take it as you're 396 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:52,160 saying, yeah, no, that's that's that's one of the of the future, 397 00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:53,599 you know, But like you said, it's it's a lot of big 398 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,880 fights still to be made, you know. It s alot of big names 399 00:20:57,279 --> 00:21:03,039 uh around around miss waiting the class. But just you know, with me 400 00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:06,960 having the title, you know, I got much more leverage. So in 401 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,839 Regis his last fight when he made his first title defense, this will be 402 00:21:10,839 --> 00:21:15,000 his second title defense of this one hundred and forty pounds belt. He you 403 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,519 know, even he's the first admit that he looked pretty pretty poor against Zuria. 404 00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:22,799 He won barely over the summer, and his thought process is sort of 405 00:21:22,839 --> 00:21:26,799 like, maybe that was a silver lining because your father, Bill and your 406 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:32,240 trainer and your manager was their ringside watching the fight. Regis was not impressive, 407 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:34,440 and at that point the way Regis says, you know what, that's 408 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,480 what said, Okay, let's go fight Regis because they think I'm a pushover 409 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,720 because I look bad in that fight, and that if he had looked good 410 00:21:41,759 --> 00:21:44,440 and knocked him out in one or two rounds or just looked great, you 411 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:45,960 know that Devin Haitty would have never fought him. What is your response to 412 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,319 that? Yeah, I mean, that's not true because you know, my 413 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,440 dad went to the fight to watch him, so you know, it wasn't 414 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:57,200 like he wasn't our radar. You know, we we we always had a 415 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:03,039 great relationship with Eddie. Eddie heard and you know he went to the fight, 416 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,000 and you know, just because he didn't look good didn't mean that. 417 00:22:07,279 --> 00:22:08,759 You know, he was interested in the fight. I had caught him out 418 00:22:08,759 --> 00:22:14,519 previous to that fight, and and then it just aligned for us to make 419 00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:18,359 the play happen. But I'm not I'm not a guy that you know, 420 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,240 it goes and tries to look for the easy fights. The guys are here 421 00:22:22,279 --> 00:22:25,240 that that that does that, but I'm just not one of them, So 422 00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:29,519 you know that doesn't apply for me. I agree with that. I mean, 423 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:32,359 the mere fact that you're fighting him, and you fought Loma, and 424 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,000 you went twice to Australia. I think anybody that's questioning that aspect of your 425 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:40,319 career is sort of kind of crazy. If you ask me, as you 426 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:42,119 get ready for this fight. You know, I watched the press conference that 427 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,839 you had out in San Francisco when to kick off the promotion. I've seen 428 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,240 your back and forth on social media. I've seen the Zone commercial that's run 429 00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:53,000 a thousand times. There's been some good smack talk between you two guys, 430 00:22:55,279 --> 00:22:56,759 and obviously that's good to sort of pump up the fight. I think I 431 00:22:56,799 --> 00:23:00,039 feel like it's sort of been not over the top trash talk the way some 432 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:03,920 guys get, but good enough. But I also wonder is it a matter 433 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:10,599 of that it's for the promotion or or is there serious animosity between you guys. 434 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,880 I get the impression that you're fighting each other, so there has to 435 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,400 be something. But when it's all said and done, you guys are pretty 436 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,680 chill with everybody. I see you guys talk to other fighters and that you 437 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,039 know, everything should be good after the fight. Where do you come down 438 00:23:22,079 --> 00:23:25,720 on that? Yeah, No, it's not no animosity. You know, 439 00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:27,799 at the end of the day in his business, I won't take done if 440 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:33,839 I personal none, none, nothing that none of these fighters say. You 441 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,279 know, it's it's it's all a sport and I want to go in there 442 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,759 and put on the best it's you know, of my career up to date 443 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,559 and a show to work out great. I am, you know, uh, 444 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,079 And he believed he believes in what he believes in. I believe what 445 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:52,880 I believe in So it was back and forth, but that's say it really 446 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,400 a lot of people look at the matchup Devin, they say, well, 447 00:23:56,839 --> 00:24:00,440 Devin Hainey, he's just definitely the faster fighter. He's a superior boxer. 448 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,279 He can outbox Regis. Others would look at and say Regis is a much 449 00:24:03,319 --> 00:24:07,160 bigger guy. He's a big, strong puncher. He's a southpaw heavy hitter. 450 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,720 Uh Reis says that he feels like he can also box with you. 451 00:24:11,799 --> 00:24:15,799 Also, what's your take on the style of the fight that will unfold? 452 00:24:17,279 --> 00:24:19,279 Yeah, well that's no life of time. Will he ever, you know, 453 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,799 be able to to box with me. But that's gonna be the show 454 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:30,680 him on he said for knife, you know, I feel like I do 455 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,359 everything better than him. He does topel like he does everything better than me, 456 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,279 So it makes for a great matchup. He believes in himself. I 457 00:24:36,319 --> 00:24:41,960 believe in myself and it's it's good. But I'm I'm I'm I'm the bigger, 458 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:45,039 faster and I believe I'm a stronger guy. So I feel like he 459 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,920 he you know, has a big punch, absolutely, but you know, 460 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,160 I to handicap him and to to you know, make a fight going on 461 00:24:53,279 --> 00:24:59,000 behind his back, right, okay? Uh so to make this fight possible, 462 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,079 Uh, you vacated the WBC lightweight title and now you're challenging, of 463 00:25:03,079 --> 00:25:07,359 course for the WBC title in the next way class up. But you're still 464 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,960 the champion in the lightweight division. You hold other belts, I don't know 465 00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:15,640 what's gonna happen those exactly. Well, I'm the champion the recess. So 466 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,640 if I was decided to go back down to one thirty five and then I'll 467 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,079 just get my belt back. So well that's what I was gonna ask you. 468 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,640 So like Shakur won the vacant belt the other day, you're fighting this 469 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,359 fight at one hundred and forty. You still have uh, like I said, 470 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,240 other belts. Do you think you'll whatever happens against program, do you 471 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:38,000 think that you'll ever fight at lightweight again? Yeah? If it doesn't make 472 00:25:38,039 --> 00:25:41,160 sense, you know, it would have to make sense, you know for 473 00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:45,319 me, you know, financially, it would have to be a massive fight. 474 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,160 But uh yeah, if it made sense, absolutely, you know, 475 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,720 I would, you know, take the sacrifice to go back down. But 476 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:57,039 other than that, all right, because I was I'm a little surprised to 477 00:25:57,079 --> 00:26:00,000 hear you say that. I don't know if you remember this, but back 478 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:03,440 when, back when you first signed with Eddie Hern and mattrom it was the 479 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,079 weekend of a big fight. I want to tell you. It was a 480 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,240 Canelo fight in Las Vegas. They did a press conference to announce your signing. 481 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,960 I was at that press conference, and I remember this is even before 482 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,559 you were a lightweight champion. There was already the questions from everybody, and 483 00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:18,720 you and your father spoke about it that you were only going to maybe have 484 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,759 a couple of fights that lightweight and you're gonna go up. Hevn't that press 485 00:26:21,759 --> 00:26:25,200 commerce for like five years? Aguess? Yeah, no, I do remember 486 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,319 that. And it's crazy, you know how long I was able to, 487 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,920 you know, last at one thirty five, you know, fight at the 488 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,200 top level and uh, you know, be victorious. But it's just so 489 00:26:37,279 --> 00:26:41,960 many big fights, so much money I want thirty five that it's hard for 490 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,559 me to leave. And that's why, you know, I was afty about 491 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:48,319 going to one forty because I wanted to stay and just keep proving myself at 492 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:52,559 one thirty five. But it was only a matter of time, like I 493 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,319 said, it would only it would have to make a you know, make 494 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:56,920 a lot of money, make a lot of sense to be able to go 495 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,640 to one thirty five. But other than that, one forties is the division. 496 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,680 That's a fair enough statement. And now I look at one hundred and 497 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,359 thirty five and I would not be able to do this interview without asking you 498 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,119 about everything that's gone on between yourself and Shaquare Stevenson. Yes, you're fighting 499 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:12,720 Regis, and you guys have had a good back and forth. But he 500 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:17,160 won your vacant belt the other night. Even he admitted that it was a 501 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:18,880 bad performance. We don't have to rehash how terrible it was. It was 502 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,319 abysmal fight to watch. Certainly he said he wasn't feeling so great. Whatever, 503 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,720 he was your mandatory, you elected to do this fight, and then 504 00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:33,000 he beat Edwin Delos Santos, and he's been taking a lot of criticism for 505 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:36,680 that performance. What do you say to the people that say that Devin Heeney 506 00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:40,200 somehow avoided Shaquarze Stevenson, especially coming off that type of showing that he had 507 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,039 the other night. I mean nobody, but you know, coming off of 508 00:27:44,039 --> 00:27:48,039 that type of performance stuff, buddy, whatever, dare even say nothing like 509 00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:52,039 that because the world knew that I set to my offer. And like I 510 00:27:52,079 --> 00:27:56,200 said before, you know, I'm not the type of guy that duncan dies 511 00:27:56,279 --> 00:27:57,440 any fights. You know. I want to make the biggest fights, best 512 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:03,720 fights happen. Uh So that that's the last thing you know, I ever 513 00:28:03,759 --> 00:28:08,880 would do is duck. But you know, and and Saturday, well Thursday 514 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:15,519 just proved you know that that right that you know, your core is not 515 00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:18,519 nothing extraordinary. You know, he's who? Who is he to duck? 516 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,000 You know? I just I just be arguably one even one of the best 517 00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:25,799 south paws ever in my last fight. So why would why would I be 518 00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:29,440 duck? Is your court? I listen, I agree with that. I 519 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:30,480 mean, to me, I looked at it like, hey, you had 520 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,559 the opportunity for two fights that we're both very intriguing for different reasons, and 521 00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:37,799 you can only fight one fight at a time, and you made this decision 522 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:41,839 to fight Regis, which I don't think anybody can blame you about. I'm 523 00:28:41,839 --> 00:28:45,720 interested in this factor to me, and I you know, because us media 524 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:47,799 guys do these sorts of things. We start thinking about, like, well, 525 00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:51,319 who's in the top level for in the running for say the fight of 526 00:28:51,319 --> 00:28:52,640 the Year and the Fighter of the Year and the different kind of awards, 527 00:28:53,319 --> 00:28:56,279 and I look down the landscape and I look at the different guys who've done 528 00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:02,960 the business this year. I see Devin Haney has to win over Lomachenko to 529 00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:06,160 retain the title undisputed at one hundred and thirty five. Now you have the 530 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,920 opportunity to win the title at one forty or a title one forty against Regis 531 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,920 Program, who I would say, to most people is like at worst, 532 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,279 like the second best guy in the division right now. Uh. And to 533 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:18,200 me, that says if you win the fight, and it's you know, 534 00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:22,759 not controversial all that that Devin Haney has stamped themselves as a really solid contender 535 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:26,000 on the on the certainly among the nominees to be the Fighter of the Year. 536 00:29:26,279 --> 00:29:27,920 Is that something that that you aspire to? Is that important to you? 537 00:29:30,279 --> 00:29:32,720 Yeah? I mean I want to just you know, keep people of 538 00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:34,559 uh, you know, keep eating whoever they put in front of me, 539 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,519 and you know, let the let the awards do what they do, lets 540 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:41,599 people choose. I don't want to get too drawn up on on you know, 541 00:29:42,119 --> 00:29:45,759 this award and that award and this and that, because I just want 542 00:29:45,799 --> 00:29:48,759 to go in there and put on the best show impossible, you know, 543 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:52,160 because what's your gat you know, emotionally involves match. You be upset if 544 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,240 you don't win, or you know, you be bad at the person that 545 00:29:55,319 --> 00:30:00,240 did win, or and stuff like that. But the main win is is 546 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:03,319 inside the ring, and that's my main focus. So this fight is going 547 00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:07,440 to be in San Francisco, where you were born, although you grew up 548 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,079 and I think are more identified, at least from fans as a Las Vegas 549 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:12,680 guy. Uh, And there hasn't but there hasn't been any kind of major 550 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,839 world championship boxing in San Francisco. Last I can see, it was in 551 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,359 the early two thousands and there was a card that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Paca. 552 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,759 Actually we're both on together in world title fights. And by all accounts, 553 00:30:25,839 --> 00:30:27,240 your fight against Regis is selling well at the gate, a lot of 554 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,880 tickets, a lot of people excited it. What does it mean to you 555 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,759 to go back to a place where you were born to do a fight, 556 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:37,279 And I'm not sure what connections you still have with San Francisco. Yeah, 557 00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:38,160 I mean this is a dream coming true of mine. You know, my 558 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,759 mom, My mom still lives in San Francisco, So you know, I 559 00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:45,920 saw a lot of family that still lived there and the Bay Area in general. 560 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:51,640 Mastister lives there. So it's, uh, it's gonna be a big 561 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,240 event for for for the Bay Area. It's something that that people can look 562 00:30:55,319 --> 00:30:57,440 too because it's not much, you know, outside of the episides. We 563 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,839 have the voyage, if you know, we have the A's on which the 564 00:31:02,079 --> 00:31:03,480 I think the A's is leaving now, yeah, they're going to Vegas. 565 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:08,359 Actually yeah, so we have some teams, but you know they're not really 566 00:31:08,519 --> 00:31:14,839 you know, it's not as it was back in the day. So uh, 567 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:18,799 now you it's something fresh for the people to come out to and you 568 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:22,279 know, wear their nice clothes and kids come out and uh, it's it's 569 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,640 it's it's a huge event and it's doing great, so and great and I'm 570 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,039 excited for it now. One of the things I was curious about and when 571 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:32,000 I asked regis this because I also have interviewed him. Uh, he didn't 572 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,680 really seem quite one hundred percent short, which I kind of found surprising. 573 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,480 I just asked, I said, you know, this is an optional defense 574 00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:40,519 for him? Is there a rematch clause on either side of this? Is 575 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:45,160 there. So straight up, whoever wins can just go on and do their 576 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:52,200 business. No, whoever wins wins and which and and if and Uh, 577 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,240 after this fight, are you still with Matchroom? Are you back to being 578 00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:57,640 free agent like and can go to hunt around for whatever the best deal is 579 00:31:59,759 --> 00:32:02,799 after this fight? Uh, I'm back to being a free agent. But 580 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,240 you know, we start to see, we gotta see, you know, 581 00:32:06,279 --> 00:32:08,519 I gotta get past it made focuses just you know, like I said, 582 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:14,200 going there, putting on this show and then uh seeing what snakes. What 583 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,000 would be the ideal way for this fight to unfold for you? I mean 584 00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:22,039 obviously besides getting the victory, you know, me putting on a master class, 585 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,960 me showing everything in my arsenal at and everything out or read his programs 586 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,440 and coming out victorys. However, he you know, stands it, He 587 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,480 stands it. But I be you know, be able to showcase you know, 588 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,279 uh, every game a little bit of everything and on fight night. 589 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,720 I'm looking forward to fight night. Devin. Thank you very much for doing 590 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,960 this. I greatly appreciate it, and I wish you nothing but the best 591 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,920 of luck come up with this big fight in the summer night yea, sir, 592 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,559 will you be there? You know what, it's unfortunately I will not 593 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:53,160 be able to make this strip, but you know what, you're gonna get 594 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,599 my money on pay for you because I got to buy it obviously. OA 595 00:32:57,279 --> 00:33:00,839 okay appcire But all right before I look forward to seeing you. Thanks a 596 00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:02,359 lot, Devin, I appreciate it. You have a good rest of the 597 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:02,880 training camp.