Boxing champ reveals he stopped abstaining from sex ban before events due to intense wet dreams

On Saturday, Devin Haney will step into the ring in Las Vegas for the defense of his undisputed lightweight titles against Vasiliy Lomachenko. This bout will be the most significant one in Haney’s career thus far.

Haney claimed the belts against George Kambosos Jr last June and successfully defended them in an immediate rematch in October. Haney now faces the challenge of defending his WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles against Lomachenko.

Popular boxer Devin Haney has decided to break the age-old tradition of an eight-week intercourse ban before matches. Despite the prevailing boxing belief that avoiding relations builds up testosterone, recent studies have debunked this theory.

Haney learned the hard way that refraining for too long can have unintended consequences. In a candid interview on the Pivot Podcast, he shared his experiences of managing testosterone levels before match.

He revealed that as the event approached, he started experiencing frequent wet dreams—a natural mechanism for the body to release excess testosterone. Haney vividly recalled the day of a match when he had a wet dream, realizing that the prolonged abstinence was counterproductive.

Haney stated: “I used to do the eight weeks, the weight week thing. And I couldn’t do it cause’ I started getting like wet dreams when it got closer to my fight. One day I had a wet dream the day of the fight, so I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do it.”

“When you’ve got too much testosterone, like too much built up, then your body is going to find a way to release it. So when you go too long, it’s too long.”

Popular YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul also faced the repercussions of a wet dream before a crucial match. The 26-year-old partially attributed his loss to Tommy Fury to this occurrence.

 

Haney aims to showcase his dominance in the ring against Lomachenko. The young boxer is eager to prove his greatness, highlighting his strength and experience.

He stated: “I’m going to put on a dominant victory. I’m going to go in there and impose my will on Loma and show the world how great Devin Haney really is, how versatile, how strong, how young, and how experienced I am in that ring.”

“This is all a dream come true. I thank God for this every day. I watched fighters make their grand arrivals when I was a young kid. This is all a blessing, and I’m excited for Saturday night.”