Devin Haney has denied a shock claim from his next opponent Regis Prograis that his boxing record is a lie.

The unbeaten 30-0 (15 KOs) American is emerging as one of the top names in the sport at only 24 years of age.

Haney has already become the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight world champion.

He is now moving up in weight to challenge Prograis for his WBC super-lightweight crown on Dec 9th.

However, as the pre-fight trash talk has got underway, Prograis has made a surprising claim.

The 34-year-old tweeted: "So I’m hearing Devin lost a fight in Mexico earlier in his career, but he paid to take it off his record.

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"IF that’s true that’s the weakest s*** I ever heard so far in boxing."

In the early stages of his career, Haney had ten fights in Mexico as he was too young to be obtain a professional boxing licence in many American states.

All of these contests took place away from the spotlight as the teenager learned his craft in bars and hotels in Tijuana.

As a result, it is very difficult to clarify whether Prograis' claim holds any real merit.

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Haney responded: "Only a dumbass would believe some s*** like that.

"This info is coming from Rolly Romero, that should tell you enough."

Prograis insisted: "I didn’t talk to Rolly about nothing. Matter of fact f*** you and him.

"More people know about your little secret than you think #Fraud 29-1 (15 KOs)."

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