[hip hop music]
- Hey GQ, it's Devin Haney,
the undisputed lightweight champ of the world.
And these are "My Essentials."
My gloves.
This is one of many, has my logo on them,
and it's definitely essential cause boxing is everything.
And these are the money makers.
These will keep my hands protected
and ready for fight night.
I go through a lot of gloves.
This is one of my newest pairs.
It gives me like Oakland A's vibes.
That's why I picked these colors.
I like to have different colors of gloves
just so I feel fresh when I go and fight.
I don't want to be fighting in the same thing
over and over and over again.
I like to have different flavors, different colors
to give me that extra push when I need it.
I do save all my gloves from my fights
just cause it's just legendary.
All my fights now are legendary.
They mean a lot.
And one day, I'm gonna give them to my kids.
Even my training gloves, they mean a lot to me.
So the next essential is my mouthpiece.
I always keep my mouthpiece in my backpack
just because you never know when you might need it.
Like, as far as boxing wise.
You can get gloves anywhere.
You can get a headgear, cup wherever, whatever.
You can't just go get a mouthpiece.
I don't like the mouthpiece that you boil and bite.
I just feel like they're not good for your teeth.
Well, they're not good for your teeth.
And I got nice teeth, so I gotta make sure
I keep this perfect smile.
But I have several different ones.
But this is kind of like a good luck mouthpiece
to me right now because this is the mouthpiece
that I used in my last fight.
So I won all the belts with this mouthpiece,
so it's been kind of staying with me.
Different mouthpieces say different stuff.
but most of my mouthpiece do say "The Dream."
My next essential is definitely all my belts.
It's something that I worked my whole life for.
Now, I finally earned them.
Definitely essential.
Couldn't bring them all today, but they mean a lot to me.
And I'm happy that I finally achieved the goal
of getting them all.
I can't say which one was more rewarding
cause they all mean equally to me.
I'm the youngest to ever win all of the belts,
to be undisputed, so it's legendary.
You know, I always wished to get one belt,
let alone five belts.
To have them all at the same time, it's a dream come true.
And I worked my whole life for it.
A lot of sacrifice, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears
it took to get to this point.
But truthfully, it wasn't a surprise for me.
It wasn't like far out, it wasn't a surprise.
It was something that I knew that it would happen one day.
Next is defending the belts.
They say is it's easy to get them,
but it's harder to keep them.
So now I look to defend them and be victorious
and put my name in the history books
with the greats who defended the belts.
The most important essential to me is the Quran.
I am a voice for 2 billion Muslims all over the world.
Allah has definitely advanced my boxing career.
I definitely pray and wish to be victorious.
It was kind of like a family thing
how I converted over to Islam.
But Islam, since I have converted, it changed my life.
And it changed a lot of people life around me as well.
You could be feeling happy,
you could be feeling thankful,
you could be feeling whatever.
Whatever it is, you could open up the Quran
it's something for you, for anybody going through whatever.
Whatever you're going through in life,
the Quran has the answers.
You know, it's important to have faith.
Allah just has given me so much strength
and so much drive to be a better person
and to be a better role model.
[Devin speaks Arabic] that's why I say it so much
because I'm thankful for everything
that He's blessed me with,
and all the lessons He's blessed me with,
everything that He blessed me with
to be the person that I am today.
Gallery Department Socks is definitely essential for me.
I don't know, it just makes fits look better,
it makes me fight better.
When I got the Gallery Socks on, it's just like,
I don't know, I just feel good.
Yeah, I like Gallery Department.
I like a lot of their street wear, a lot of their stuff,
but it's just a unique look that I like.
And I feel like not many boxers really wear Gallery Socks.
So now, I like to be known as the guy
who wears Gallery Socks.
What's crazy is I got so much Gallery Socks
that when I work out, sometimes I'll leave them in the gym,
or it's hard to just keep up with them.
So I try to just get like a lot of pairs, like 10 at a time.
To where pretty much I'm putting on a fresh pair every time.
Next essential is just a backpack.
I like different backpacks.
This is just the one that I'm wearing right now.
But it's important to keep a backpack with me
to carry all my essentials,
and always keep a change in clothes.
Like gym clothes.
This is probably one of my newest backpacks
that I've gotten.
I travel a lot.
I never know where I might be.
So traveling is one of my favorite things to do.
I love traveling, so I always keep my backpack with me.
Favorite places I've been to?
I recently just got back from Dubai.
I look forward to going back to Dubai.
They showed me a lot of hospitality there
and I look forward to going back.
Cologne is definitely essential for me
because you gotta smell good always.
I don't really like to wear a lot of the same cologne.
I like to switch it up, not always the same smell.
So this is one of my newest.
It's Bond Number Nine,
but this is actually one of my favorites,
Santal 33.
And I normally do the spray,
but I recently found the oil,
and the oil just lasts longer.
I like this around the nighttime.
It's more like a nighttime for me.
This more like a daytime, like smelling fresh
and getting my day started, going to go work out.
I wear cologne pretty much every day.
But I got this thing that a lot of people don't know.
But when, on the days that I have like sparring,
Sparring days, I don't wear cologne.
I don't know, it's just like a-
I wouldn't say superstitious,
cause I don't really believe in that,
but I don't wear any cologne in the ring.
I don't do it to the arena or nothing like that.
It's like a routine for me.
So if I'm sparring then I won't wear cologne.
But on my regular training days, then I'll put on cologne.
Candles are essential for me.
This is a Gallery Department candle.
It's one of my favorites right now.
It's one that I always keep in my house,
keep it like all over my house.
It's not like walking into your house and just it smelling
like you, like your unique scent.
I try to keep the same type of candles
just to keep it like,
you know my house when you walk in.
It smells like me, smells like my house.
I would go a while without lighting a candle,
but if I know my girl coming into town
or something like that, I want it to smell good.
I want it to like feel like homey.
Then I'll light a candle or two just to, you know.
But normally she's honestly,
she's the one that lights the candles.
My next essential is Fiji Water.
Water is very important cause I work out a lot.
But it's just something about Fiji water.
I just like the way that it tastes.
I drink up to a gallon of water a day,
so I gotta like the type of water that I'm drinking.
Fiji water is my go-to.
What's crazy is when I fight,
I'm not able to drink Fiji water.
I gotta drink the water that they supply,
to make sure it's not like tampered with
or anything like that.
When I'm cutting weight, I just crave anything to drink.
Like anything.
Like Fiji, that's probably the time
when I don't care what water it is.
If you really wanna make me happy, give me some Fiji water.
Next essential, gum.
Gum is important.
You gotta have some fresh breath always.
I don't know if it's true or not,
but I just heard that if you chew gum
like it makes your jaw stronger.
So my theory is you can be able to take punches better.
You know, that's how old fighters
would make their jaw stronger, by chewing.
Oh I just like this flavor right now.
Extra is like my flavor, my go to right now.
before a match, I'll probably pop a few pieces in
just to like I said, just to get like my jaw working,
and being prepared, like it's a little workout or whatever.
And when I'm starving, like when I'm super starving
before a weigh-in or something like that
when you're so thirsty, dehydrated, you need anything works.
But the gum replenishes you a little bit.
Listerine is definitely an essential.
Back to breath, you know you gotta have that fresh breath
and I heard that it was just good for your teeth.
Hygiene is very important.
You know, when you fresh,
when you having good breath, good clothes
you just perform better.
And I truly believe that when you feel good, you fight good.
So that's definitely essential for me.
Good hygiene.
Next essential, Takis.
I love Takis.
Like, Takis is just
my go-to chip.
The red ones are way stronger
but this is the same thing but it's just blue.
But I don't know, it just tastes different to me.
They say it doesn't, but it just tastes different.
I'm like a Taki, like I really eat Takis
so I will go through a few different bags.
Like I'll open 3, 4, 5 bags
to find that right bag
where it's super coated,
and super strong flavor.
So if you go to my house, you'll see a bunch of bags.
The ones that I actually like,
the super coated ones are probably in my room
cause I don't want anybody eating them.
One time I did the hot chip challenge,
and I never threw up before,
but when I say I was throwing up all over the house.
Like that was the hottest thing ever.
I would never do the hot chip challenge ever again in life.
[crunching]
What's crazy, my security, after every fight
he always buys me Takis.
After the fight he gives them to me.
It's a tradition.
My dad is my best friend, my everything.
You know, without my dad,
I wouldn't be here where I'm at in life and my career.
My dad has definitely set the blueprint,
and I'm just following.
We've been very successful.
So my dad is more than essential, he's everything.
It was amazing for my dad to-
I wouldn't say see me become undisputed
because, you know, we did it together.
It was a group effort,
and I'm happy that we was able to accomplish it together.
He wasn't prepared, but-
- I wasn't prepared.
This shirt okay?
- Yeah.
- It's amazing to see him accomplish all the goals
that he set out to do.
You know what I mean?
For him to be a real man's man, and stand on principle,
and dedication and hard work,
it's just amazing to see what he's turned into.
I mean, it's a job as being a parent
that you just take pride in.
It's something that's never over with,
you know what I mean?
Even if you, I'll play the back on the couch,
and I'm just inching it like I just say something, right?
Cause I'm always just trying to have his back.
- Thanks for watching GQ, and these are "My Essentials."