Haney seems like a promising fighter but he is lagging behind the rest of the division. He is fighting the weakest competition right now and nobody takes him seriously as a world champion because he did not win his title in the ring. First he won an interim title and then he was elevated to regular champion, then he got injured and lost his title but then he was reinstated. We know that Teofimo Lopez is the real champion of this weight class and all these secondary titles are unnecessary. Hopefully they all fight each other and we get to see who is the best out of Lopez, Haney, Garcia or Davis.
This is just another step up on the competition, how can you say that he is fighting weakest competition when Davis fought Gamboa as well. He maybe one step behind, but for sure, just like what Davis this, after winning a fight against Gamboa, he level up, fighting Leo (but I don't know if you could consider it leveling up, as Leo is also a weak champion). Being said that, those young and talented players are just being set up by their managers to fight a cherry pick fighter, to look good. But we have to wait till everyone of them fight each other, boxing politics, and of course the money in the table could be a big factor.