Top Rank boss Bob Arum is never at a loss for words, and at 93, the Hall of Fame promoter can still fire a formidable fastball.

On Monday, a day after it was announced that his WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. would defend the title against Devin Haney in November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Arum pitched the promotion’s first punch on social media.

“We look forward to working with our friend, His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, as the best welterweight in the world, Brian Norman Jr., defends his WBO title this November in Riyadh against track star Devin Haney,” said Arum.

Once Haney (32-0, 15 KOs) got wind of Arum’s comment, he jabbed back at his former promoter by hitting a soft spot around Top Rank’s expiring ESPN deal.

“Shouldn’t this guy be worried about the fact he blew $90 million from ESPN and now has no TV deal?” said Haney.

Haney’s father, trainer, and manager, Bill, also joined the party.

“Bob’s senile, running his mouth and forgetting he’s no longer in charge,” said Bill. “Devin Haney ran to give Brian Norman the biggest fight of his career, while ESPN ran away from doing business with Top Rank. Is ESPN the real track stars running from Bob and his smoke and mirrors?”

The former two-division champion Haney’s stock has taken a hit in the court of public opinion following a unanimous decision win against Jose Ramirez in May. During the fight, Haney primarily circled Ramirez and rarely engaged as he landed just 70 punches in the 12-round fight. Following the dull dance, Arum told The Ring that Haney looked gun-shy in a terrible performance in what was his first right back since the controversial clash against Ryan Garcia. The fight was also one of several high-profile, lackluster affairs in recent weeks that prompted Alalshikh to call for an end to “Tom and Jerry” type tilts.

Norman (28-0, 22 KOs), meanwhile, will be coming into the Haney clash hot off a fifth-round knockout of the year contender last month in Japan against Jin Sasaki. The youngest male champion in the sport also knocked out Derrieck Cuevas in three rounds in March.

“Even if he’s gun-shy or whatever, you could never fault [Haney’s] heart,” Norman told The Ring a day after the fight was announced. “Why does he need to fight me? I just came off the biggest knockout of my career, possibly the knockout of the year. My momentum is going high. Why does he need to fight me? So, no matter what, I know he got heart, he got dog in him.

“Even in the Ryan Garcia fight, he was still stepping [to] Ryan Garcia. He wasn’t boxing. He was going at him. So, we can never fault his heart, we can never fault his determination. So, that’s why I just gotta work a million times harder.”