Photos: Devin Haney, Mason Menard - Ready For Battle

PHILADELPHIA – Undefeated lightweight prospect Devin Haney and veteran Mason Menard made weight on Thursday for their 10-round main event matchup tomorrow/Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT) from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. (photos by Stephanie Trapp).

Haney (19-0, 12 KOs), a seven-time junior amateur champion, is a highly-touted prospect from Las Vegas taking a major step-up in opposition against Menard (33-2, 24 KOs), whose only loss in nearly a decade came to current WBO Lightweight Champion Ray Beltran. Menard, who will appear on ShoBox for the third time on Friday, debuted on the series in 2016 in dramatic fashion when he brutally knocked out the previously unbeaten Eudy Bernardo.

Super bantamweight prospects Josh “Don’t Blink” Greer (16-1-1, 8 KOs) and Glenn Dezurn (9-1-1, 6 KOs) nearly came to blows at Thursday’s weigh-in before they meet in the 10-round co-feature. Greer returns to ShoBox for the third time after scoring knockouts in his previous two appearances. The once-beaten Dezurn, who fights out of Baltimore, also returns to the series for the third time. Light heavyweight prospects Alvin Varmall Jr. (15-0-1, 12 KOs) and Charles Foster (15-0, 8 KOs) face their toughest opponents to date in an eight-round featured attraction.

In the opening bout of the telecast, undefeated super bantamweight Arnold Khegai (11-0-1, 8 KOs) meets veteran Adam Lopez (16-2-2, 8 KOs) in an eight-round bout, which will be Lopez’s record-setting seventh ShoBox appearance.

Tickets for the event, which is promoted by Greg Cohen Promotions, Devin Haney Promotions & Hard Hitting Promotions, are priced at $125 for VIP, $75 for ringside and $50 for general admission and are available at the 2300 Arena Box office or online at www.HardHittingPromotions.com

OFFICIAL WEIGHTS: 

Lightweights – 10 Rounds

Devin Haney:  134 ¾ Pounds

Mason Menard: 134 ¼ Pounds

Super Bantamweights – 10 Rounds

Joshua Greer: 122 ¾ Pounds

Glenn Dezurn: 122 ¼ Pounds

Light Heavyweights – Eight Rounds

Alvin Varmall Jr.: 172 ¾ Pounds

Charles Foster: 174 ½ Pounds

Super Bantamweights – Eight Rounds

Arnold Khegai.: 120 ¼ Pounds

Adam Lopez: 121 ¾ Pounds

FINAL QUOTES:

HANEY:

“I feel like this is my breakout fight.  The world hasn’t seen me yet.  They’ve seen me on social but they haven’t seen me on national television.  This is my breakout.  I’ve had people who have believed in me from a pretty young age and it’s about to pay off

“A lot of top prospects have been turning me down and Mason Menard was the guy that stepped up and took the fight.  He’s the only guy that wanted to fight me.

“He has a lot of experience on paper.  He’s been under the lights before.  But my experience comes from in the gym.  I sparred (Floyd) Mayweather for (Conor) McGregor.  I sparred (Jessie) Vargas for (Adrien) Broner.  That’s where my experience comes and we’ll see tomorrow who has more experience.  He’s fought some pretty good guys but nothing like me.

“When I spar these top level guys they always say one more round, one more round, because they want to get me.

“Winning isn’t good enough.  It’s about going in there and looking good.  I want to go in there and show my full arsenal.  I want to show I’m a complete fighter and not leave any doubts.

“I’m just going to go in there and be me.  We’ll see how the fight plays out.  I know he’s watched a lot of film on me, but I have a lot of different styles.  I’ve learned from a lot of different people and come Friday night we’re going to show it.

“I need to take care of business tomorrow and hopefully I get a title eliminator next.  The belts are tied up at 135 and the way my weight cutting s going I could make 130.  So if given the right opportunity I could go for a title at 130.”

MENARD:

“There’s a lot of hype on Devin.  We have a lot of respect for him but we also think there’s a lot of hype.  He has good skill, good counterpuncher and is fast.  I just have to make him fight at my pace.  I have to make it a fight and hurt him.

“My only real loss was to a current world champion.  He’s stepping into a whole different world and that’s going to be the difference.  We want to see Devin in deep waters because we know he hasn’t been there before.

“A win here will catapult me back into the top contender ratings.  We have a lot of confidence, the shoulder has healed well.  It’s been smooth sailing in camp and we’re ready to go.

“Getting out of Louisiana has made a huge difference.  Training in Dallas and Los Angeles I’ve gotten the best work of my career.  For the (Ray) Beltran fight I had one sparring partner.  I’ve had plenty of sparring partners for this fight.”