SAN FRANCISCO — Devin Haney’s homecoming has a date. The three-division champion and WBO welterweight titleholder will face IBF champion Liam Paro in a welterweight unification fight Saturday, Dec. 19, at Chase Center, Top Rank announced Thursday.
The card will stream live on DAZN PPV beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. It is promoted by Top Rank and Devin Haney Promotions, in association with No Limit Boxing and TGB Promotions, and it marks Haney’s first fight under his new DAZN deal. Ticket information will be announced soon.
Haney (33-0, 15 KOs) won the WBO welterweight title in November 2025, dropping Brian Norman Jr. on his way to a unanimous decision. Dec. 19 will be his second appearance at Chase Center, where he stopped the clock on Regis Prograis in December 2023 to become a two-division champion at 140 pounds. Now he looks to unify titles in a second weight class.
Paro (28-1, 16 KOs), a native of Mackay, Australia, became a two-division world champion in June when he handed Lewis Crocker his first defeat by unanimous decision in Brisbane. He has made a habit of winning away from home. In June 2024, he outpointed Subriel Matias in Puerto Rico to capture the super lightweight world title.
“My resume speaks for itself. I’ve never been afraid to go into a champion’s backyard and put my record on the line,” Haney said. “I went to Australia, took George Kambosos’ belts, and became undisputed lightweight champion of the world. Now I’m bringing another Australian world champion, Liam Paro, into my backyard. This time, I plan to take his belt and become a unified welterweight world champion right here at home.”
Paro said he saw this one coming. “Three years ago, I was on the undercard at Chase Center the night Devin fought Regis Prograis. I said back then that Haney versus Paro rolls off the tongue. Now it’s here,” he said. “I’ve been the underdog plenty of times and I’ve made history before. December 19, I’m coming to unify the division and make more history.”
Bill Haney, whose Devin Haney Promotions is co-promoting the event, said the group is looking to build on its earlier Bay Area success. “We made championship history at Chase Center at 140 pounds. Now we’re returning at 147 for another opportunity to make history,” he said. “This is a championship unification, with the WBO and IBF welterweight titles at stake and the winner taking another step toward becoming undisputed.”
The 10-round welterweight co-feature pits Norman (29-1, 23 KOs) against Abel Ramos (29-6-3, 22 KOs). Norman, an Atlanta native, rebounded from the Haney loss with a second-round stoppage of Josh Wagner in May. Ramos, a two-time world title challenger raised in Casa Grande, Arizona, upset previously unbeaten Tahmir Smalls by split decision in February. Two additional fights will round out the broadcast.
“The historically prestigious welterweight division is heating up, and it all starts on December 19 in San Francisco when Devin Haney and Liam Paro unify their titles,” said Top Rank President Todd duBoef. With both the WBO and IBF belts on the line, the winner takes another step toward becoming undisputed.