The first weekend of December saw Devin Haney put on his best performance in a decision win over Jo Jo Diaz to retain the WBC lightweight title. The following day, Gervonta Davis overcame an injured hand to beat Issac Cruz via unanimous decision.
Haney and Davis have been linked since their respective fights. But Davis caused a stir in his post-fight interview, saying that Haney, Ryan Garcia, and three-belt champion George Kambosos Jr. are 'easy work'. Since those comments, Davis has received criticism for the remarks because up to this point, "Tank" and his promotional team at Mayweather Promotions have remained steadfast in not matching him against anyone outside of their promotional outfit.
Haney (27-0, 15 KOs) had a fiery rebuttal for Davis and reminded him if he and his fellow lightweights were that easy, then make the fights.
"At the end of the day, he can say what he wants to say," Haney said on Thursday's edition of The DAZN Boxing Show. "But if we was easy work, then he would have fought us, just saying, when he said it was easy for him to fight (like) Issac Cruz. That fight was easy to be made. These fights will be easy to be made if the rest of the division was easy work."
Boxing fans thought Haney had a better performance than Davis following their fights. However, "The Dream" wasn't about to continue sandbagging the Baltimore native and felt considering the circumstances of the fight, Davis got the job done when it was all said and done.
"I thought he did what he had to do to get the job done," Haney said. "It wasn’t his best performance. The world can say he broke his hand in the fight, but he went in there and got the job done.
"It wasn’t my job to go out there and outdo this person and outdo that person because, at the end of the day, styles make fights," Haney said. "I’m not comparing myself to nobody. I can’t look at somebody’s success or somebody and feel like, ‘Oh, I can beat him, or now you see, I’m a better fighter because he struggled with him’."
In his last two fights, Haney garnered the most significant wins of his career over Jorge Linares and Diaz. The Las Vegas native doesn't view one better than the other.
"Every win is important because are big fights at the top level, so every win is satisfying," Haney said. "Every win I’m happy with. I can’t say if it means more or less. They mean about the same to me."