Former IBF junior welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins (pictured) is undefeated, but still looking for a big fight since handing his title belt back to the IBF rather than fight a mandatory defense. It looks like a fight between Hitchins and another undefeated former champion might be slipping away from Hitchins, who tweeted in frustration, "Keyshawn [Davis] outpriced himself to fight me. Like I said, I agreed to the fight going on two months ago. I was wondering what was the hold up but he was asking for $6 million to fight me, and mind you boy never even made more than $1M in boxing." About two months ago, Davis turned down over $2 million for a mandatory title shot at WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney.
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AUG. 5 2026: Former lightweight title holder Keyshawn Davis has officially ducked Devin Haney. Days after a WBO purse bid resulted in an offer that would have paid Davis $2,137,500 to challenge for Haney's WBO welterweight title, the WBO announced that Davis changed his mind. "The WBO received written notice that Keyshawn Davis has declined the purse bid adjudication and will not participate in the ordered championship contest against Devin Haney. The matter will now be referred to the WBO Championship Committee and Ratings Committee for the appropriate ruling under the WBO World Championship Rules and Regulations."
Davis' own promoter, Top Rank submitted the winning bid of $8,550,000 and announced the fight would take place on October 3rd at one of the following three locations: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the State Farm Arena in Atlanta or the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.Under the WBO's 75/25 purse split, Haney was set to receive $6,412,500 with the balance going to Davis.
Bill Haney, father and trainer of Devin tweeted, "I just spoke with WBO president Gustavo Olivieri. He told me Keyshawn Davis and [his manager] J Prince called him and set this whole thing up. So that story about the kid not knowing what he was getting into, or what was going on, is far from the truth."
