Shakur Stevenson thinks that Devin Haney picks his opponents when they are on the way down.
Stevenson fights Edwin De Los Santos on Thursday night for the vacant WBC lightweight championship, which Haney left in order to move up to 140lbs for a fight with Regis Prograis.
Before moving up to lightweight, Stevenson was a unified champion at junior lightweight, and he is looking to add more to his name.
"It's legacy," the American told Sky Sports. "It'll be my third weight class I win a world title in, but I'm definitely trying to put on a performance and show the world that I'm here, that I am the top guy at 135lbs."
Stevenson believes Haney has ducked a challenge with him in order to go for an easier fight, and suggested past fights against Jamaine Ortiz and Vasiliy Lomachenko came when they were past their prime.
"He felt like the fight with Regis was an easier fight. If he's got me in front of him and Regis in front of him, he felt like a fight with Regis would be an easier option," he claimed.
"He's the guy that goes for a lot of easier options in his career. He'll fight a lot of people as soon as they have a bad performance, then he's ready to get in the ring with them. I think that's the type of fighter that he is.
"He fought Lomachenko right after Lomachenko had a bad performance against Jamaine Ortiz, Regis was just coming off a bad performance. I feel like that's what he likes to do. I honestly think that if you are a true champion and you have a close fight with somebody like he did with Lomachenko, you've got to run it back, instead of running away from the smoke.
"If you're a true champion and you're who you say you are, you'll fight people at their best."