Devin Haney left quite a bit to be desired in his return to the ring.
‘The Dream’ beat Jose Ramirez through unanimous choice, however in doing so, he and his adversary set the report for the bottom output 12-round battle of the yr to date.
In keeping with CompuBox, the 2 combatants landed simply 110 punches between them – the fourth fewest within the punch counter’s historical past for a 12-round battle.
Haney outlanded Ramirez by 30 punches by 70 to 40 general, whereas neither boxer discovered a house for greater than 8 pictures in a single spherical.
He could have received, but it surely was hardly the assertion efficiency Haney would have needed from his first battle again since his controversial encounter with Ryan Garcia final April.
Haney appeared hesitant to let his fingers go all through as he pot-shoted from vary whereas Ramirez adopted him across the ring aimlessly.
His gun-shy method prompted Corridor of Fame commentator Jim Lampley to insist that he was nonetheless feeling the results of his dust-up with Garcia.
“An entire yr has passed by, and I believe it is a hangover from the Ryan Garcia battle,” stated Lampley.
“He’s flinching, he’s nonetheless having nightmares about Garcia’s left hooks.”
Because the motion laboured on, Lampley was no kinder together with his phrases.
“If ever there was a battle able to inducing a nap in Occasions Sq., it could be this one,” he added.
The decision was simply as harsh on social media, with esteemed boxing journalist Dan Rafael branding it the ‘worst battle he has seen shortly’.
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Conor Benn was additionally unimpressed.
“The judges received’t have a scorecard as a result of they’re all asleep,” he tweeted.
Boxing followers have been in settlement over the shortage of motion.
One supporter wrote: “Haney-Ramirez was a painful watch.”
One other added: “Devin Haney actually put town that by no means sleeps to sleep.”
A 3rd tweeted: “Devin Haney ought to sue himself for this battle.”
In the meantime, any person else remarked: “That is simply the worst battle of the yr to date.”