The youngest ever to win at a dispute title, the current WBC light welts away champion David Haney is on track in becoming a future Hall of Famer. The Las Vegas native has an impressive record of 31 fights, unbeaten with names such as Loma Shenko, Progras, Cambosis and Linares, being a few names that Haney has on his record. But let's go back in time and see how this fighter became one of Boxing's best today. Haney first came onto the scene as a young 12 year old progie, his hand speed reflexes are most importantly his boxing IQ made the boxing world think who is this future progie with a supportive dad in his corner, Haney moved to the boxing city of Las Vegas. Haney was already making some serious noise by uploading his sparring sessions at drop in experience pros. His amateur career was impressive, having won 130 fights and only losing 8 times. He had 3 impressive wins over the world famous Ryan Garcia. After winning multiple titles, Haney was the favorite to represent his country in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. But Haney took another route and turned professional at only the age of 16. Being 16, it was hard for Haney to get a license to fight in the US. So Haney had to fight tough seasoned pros in Mexico. Being a young teenager, Haney showed his class and outboxed every fighter that was put in front of him and earned himself a great reputation in Mexico. But every fighter's dream is to headlight in the States and that's what Haney was aiming for. It is fifth fight. Haney got the opportunity to fight in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Rafael Vasquez where Haney got the unanimous decision win. Haney then got the green lights of fight in the States and got a few more good wins onto his record. The big fight came in his 14th fight where Haney got a chance to fight for the WBC youth world title against Tuwala in Mexico. Haney made quick work of Tuwala by stopping him in 4 rounds to claim the WBC youth title. Haney then added the USBA lightweight title to his arsenal where he stopped base of men in nine rounds. Haney also added the IBF North American belt by Gany Ganyan's decision victory over Juan Carlos Bogos. But then in his next two fights, he also added the WBO in the Continental title of the WBA International lightweight title. At just the age of 20, Haney had already racked up numerous different professional titles. But the current unified lightweight champion Loma Shenko was who Haney was targeting. Loma Shenko had other plans though and with Haney being the number one contender for his WBC title, Loma had no choice but to face the 21 year old. Loma Shenko however was eyeing the youth dispute title so he went on to face the current IBF champion Tio Fimo Lopez. This gave Haney the chance to fight for the interim belt against a BULF and Haney made short work of their opponent by stopping him within 4 rounds. After this fight, the newly crowned dispute with champion Tio Fimo Lopez had to fight Haney. But he didn't choose to fight him which made Haney the legitimate WBC champ. Haney then went on to defend his belt against his banditries which included the Olympic gold medalist Kamboa. This was Haney's first fight against the name, the whole boxy world knew and Haney outpointed the more experienced and more technical boxer. Haney then went on to put on impressive performance against Linares and Jojo Diaz bought. This is a big boat in these fights. Haney didn't get rocked and got rocked quite badly and the boxy world was questioning the chin of this American protogy. After the wins over Linares and Jojo Diaz, Haney got the opportunity to fight for the undisputed crown against the newly crowned unified champion Australians very young, ferocious George Kambosas. Haney accepted all the terms Kambosas sent in the contract which included a strict way in policy. A rematch clause for Kambosas only and the rematch had to take place in Australia. Haney accepted all these challenges and the fight took place in the Marvel Stadium in front of 40,000 funds. Haney had little support but none of that matters when you're in the square circle. The fight was not even close. Haney's job was just too much for the ferocious aggressive boxer from Australia. Haney's ability to evade the punches, land his very own power punches and control the rig, gave him the unanimous decision victory against all the odds, against 40,000 funds. Haney showed his greatness and gained the undisputed title only the little age of 23. Haney achieved a few fighters after this generation and this win even got him on the pound for pound list. After the win Haney had to give Kambosas a rematch but this fight was just like the first fight but this time it was the right hand that gave Haney the victory. This punch was landing throughout the entire fight and it caused a lot of problems for Kambosas. Haney scored yet another 12 round unanimous decision victory over Kambosas in his hometown for this time not only did he win the fight but he actually gained a lot of funds as well. After this fight it was set Haney vs. Loma Shenko for the undisputed title in Las Vegas. This has to be Haney's hardest fight to date and why would it be? The one who he was going to face is a former 3 division wall champion who dominated early every opponent he has faced in the rig. The fight was set to take place in Las Vegas and the famous MGM Grand. The fight had us we closely contested with both and fighting success. Loma Shenko scored with clean combinations to the head while Haney counted consistently with solid body shots. Late in the fight Loma Shenko became increasingly dominant fighting particular success in the 10th and 11th rounds. However Haney railed to win the final round which then led out to Haney winning a very close year in early this decision but fighters such as Shakur Stevenson who came into the ring thought that this fight was a robbery. As well as the majority of the boxing world thinking that the fight with Haney and Loma Shenko was one of the biggest robberies they sport has ever seen. Regardless of the result and the accusations the fight and the performances of both men were widely praised. To the Loma Shenko win the boxing world didn't know if Haney was going to defend his belts or if he was going to move up to the 140 division but everyone knew that Haney was struggling to make the 135 limit and he looked very drained in all of his wanes so Haney made the smart decision to move up and face. Current 140 WPC champion the hard-hitting regiants progress. This fight took place in Haney's hometown of Auckland. In front of a song now arena Haney put on a boxing masterclass which included a knockdown as well as multiple scenes of progress getting rocked and stumbled. Moving to 140 was a great choice for Haney as he is now able to produce some serious power punches. Haney came out with a wide unanimous decision victory and became a two division world champion. And David Haney has proved to the boxing world time and time again that he is one of the best on the planet but there are still fighters out there such as Javonte Davis, Shako Stevenson and even Tia Femalopes who Haney will have to fight one day. Can David Haney continue his race to greatness or will one of these fighters finally beat him. We will just have to wait and see.