Devin Haney will face Yuriorkis Gamboa in a 12-round lightweight bout on Nov. 7, BoxingScene is reporting. The site will be included in the announcement, which the website indicated is imminent.
Haney (24-0, 15 KOs) hasn’t fought since he defeated Alfredo Santiago by a shutout decision last November in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old reportedly suffered a dislocated shoulder in that fight, which required surgery the following month.
Haney holds a secondary WBC belt. Vasiliy Lomachenko is the sanctioning body’s actual 135-pound titleholder.
Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics for his native Cuba and had a reign as featherweight titleholder a decade ago.
However, he’s now 38 and coming off a 12th-round knockout loss against Gervonta Davis in December. Gamboa went down three times and was losing badly in that fight.
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