By Ryan Burton

Earlier today BoxingScene.com was on hand at the Mayweather Boxing Club where blue chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney (18-0) held a workout for the media. 

Haney was scheduled to face Harmonito Dela Torre (19-1) on the February 2nd edition of ShoBox but Haney informed us that Dela Torre has withdrawn from the fight. The ShoBox quadruple header is headlined by super middleweights Ronald Ellis and Junior Younan squaring off in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds.

The search for an opponent is ongoing but according to Haney it is very difficult to find anyone willing to face him.

"We have offered the fight to at least 10 guys and they all turned it down. It isn't easy to find someone who will fight me," Haney explained.

The 19-year-old Haney has had a very fast start to his career.  He fought 9 times in 2016 - his first full year in the sport and another 7 times last year.

He said that the plan is to keep up his busy pace in 2018.

"Absolutely. I am young and want to stay active," Haney told BoxingScene.com.

Haney just turned 19 years old last November.  Trained and managed by his father, William Haney, he has been active with nine fights in 2016 and seven in 2017. In his last fight on Nov. 4, he scored a fifth-round TKO against Hamza Sempewo in Atlanta.

Raised in Oakland, Calif., Haney was a seven-time national amateur champion and compiled an impressive record of 130-8.  Haney is currently living and training in Las Vegas, where he sparred with Floyd Mayweather as the pound-for-pound champ prepared to face Conor McGregor, and Shawn Porter.  Haney turned professional when he was 16 years old in Mexico.

In the co-feature, former Dominican Olympian Wellington Romero (12-0-1, 6 KOs) will take on Philadelphia’s Sam Teah (12-1-1, 5 KOs) in a super lightweight scrap contracted at 141 pounds. Cleveland’s Thomas Mattice (10-0, 8 KOs) will face two-time ShoBox winner and Lancaster, Pa. resident Rolando Chinea (15-1-1, 6 KOs) in a lightweight matchup. 

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