PTSD Or Poor Game Plan? Mosley’s Concerns About Haney After Ramirez Fight

Shane Mosley says he was disappointed and surprised by Devin Haney’s performance in his fight last May against Jose Ramirez at Times Square in New York City. He’d helped Haney (32-0, 15 KOs) prepare for that fight against the former unified light welterweight champion Ramirez in Big Bear, California.

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PTSD or Haney’s Game Plan?

Mosley states that when he saw Haney running around the ring in that fight, he asked his father, Bill Haney, if that was the game plan to use movement. He believed that Haney could have knocked out Ramirez.

After watching the fight, Mosley questioned whether what people are saying about Devin is true. He has PTSD from his fight against Ryan Garcia last year. If Haney does have PTSD, this could continue to affect his performances well beyond the Ramirez fight.

“I thought he was going to move around and then try to put some sauce on him. I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’ I was almost like, ‘Bill, what are you doing? Did you tell him to run? He could beat this dude. He could knock him out,’” said Shane Mosley to Fighthype, talking about his surprise in watching Devin Haney’s lackluster performance against Jose Ramirez on the May 2nd card in New York.

Mosley says he’d seen Devin spar in Big Bear in a small ring against a lot of tough fighters during training camp for his fight against Jose Ramirez. Going into the fight, Shane believed that Haney would knock out Ramirez and beat anyone at 140 or 147. That’s why Mosley was surprised to see how Devin ran around the ring all night, not engaging the slow-moving, slow-handed Ramirez during the fight in Times Square. 

Haney’s “Running” Surprises Mosley

“I was like, ‘I don’t believe what I’m seeing right now.’ All the other people are saying, ‘Oh, PTSD.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know if I can disagree,’ because this is the first time that I seen that,” said Mosley about Haney’s timid performance against Ramirez.

Tim Bradley also mentioned that he felt that Haney showed signs of having PTSD that night, believing he’d been mentally affected from the beating he’d taken in his fight against Ryan Garcia in 2024. Devin had been hurt repeatedly in that fight, dropped three times, and an additional three times that the referee, Harvey Dock, failed to count. Haney was on the canvas six times and beaten as badly as a fighter could without being stopped.

“I didn’t see that character. He did what he did to win. I know he’s a better fighter than he showed that night. He didn’t show in that fight, but he can fight, though,” said Mosley about Haney.

Fans know Devin can fight, but not if he’s going to hold back like he did against Ramirez. If that wasn’t the game plan, you’ve got to be concerned for his future. That would tell you that something has mentally changed with Haney since his fight with Ryan.