Written by Things are heating up between former UFC champion Sean O’Malley and boxing star Devin Haney.
O’Malley wasn’t going to stay quiet about Haney’s recent comments on his bantamweight title loss to Merab Dvalishvili earlier this month at UFC 306. Haney posted on X, “O’Malley’s b*tch ass lost..” after the fight and in a recent video, O’Malley finally addressed that remark.
“Boxers are f*cking pussies,” O’Malley said on his YouTube channel. “Devin Haney is a b*tch. If David Haney really wants to fight, I’ll put a million dollars me vs. him, no time limit, and we can fight. MMA rules, just a fight, or we can do no rules, so if you wanna eye poke me you can. Let’s do a real f*cking fight. You wanna talk sh*t on Twitter? Really, really actually fight or just don’t talk sh*t.
“Either don’t talk sh*t or let’s actually fight. I would box and put $1 million of my money. Boxing rules just to protect him. I would just simply box him, but he wouldn’t just simply fight me. Don’t talk sh*t.”
Haney appeared to be all in on the challenge as he issued a response Monday on X. However, Haney is only down if the purse was higher than $1 million.
“I don’t fight for a million dollars like you.. @SugaSeanMMA let’s do a boxing fight & give us a shot at making real money!”
I don’t fight for a million dollars like you.. @SugaSeanMMA let’s do a boxing fight & give us a shot at making real money! https://t.co/6smx6Ibt5p
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) September 23, 2024
O’Malley is expected to undergo hip surgery on Oct. 3 to address an injury he sustained during camp for his title defense against Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC). He expects to be out of competition anywhere from six months to a year.
O’Malley has expressed interest in the past to take his skills to the boxing world in potential fights with Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia, and now Haney.