Devin Haney Signs Exclusive Deal With DAZN, Paro Unification Expected in December

Devin Haney has picked his new home. DAZN announced Friday that the WBO welterweight champion has signed with the platform, and The Ring reported it as an exclusive promotional deal.

DAZN followed up with a second post, "DEEBO IS COMING!", confirming the signing. The Ring called it "an exclusive promotional deal with DAZN," and BoxingScene also reported the signing. Neither DAZN nor Haney's camp has released the length or the money involved.

Paro looks like the first assignment

The Ring's Mike Coppinger said the opening fight under the new contract is already lined up.

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That lines up with what Boxbid reported Thursday: Haney and IBF champion Liam Paro have agreed to unify the WBO and IBF titles at 147 before the year is out. No date, venue or broadcast details have been announced yet, so treat the December timing as reported, not official.

How we got here

Haney (33-0, 15 KOs, 1 NC) hasn't fought since he beat Brian Norman Jr. by unanimous decision on Nov. 22, 2025, in Saudi Arabia to win the WBO title and become a three-division champion. The long-discussed Shakur Stevenson fight never came together, and Stevenson has since left Zuffa Boxing as a free agent. For a while it wasn't clear who was left for Haney at all, as we laid out in Who's Left for Haney?

Now he has a platform and, by all accounts, an opponent. Paro (28-1, 16 KOs) holds the IBF title, and the fight would be Haney's first defense of the WBO belt.

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