Trash Talk Gone Wrong: Devin Haney Feat. Bill Haney Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney
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Ryan Garcia's fitness to fight
Ryan Garcia's fitness to fight was questioned in the lead-up to his bout with Devin Haney, a turbulent promotion that was highlighted by Garcia's erratic comments.
Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) was a major underdog and virtually counted out entering Saturday evening. His blinding, powerful left hook turned the tide as Garcia scored three knockdowns to pull the upset via majority decision at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
One judge scored the bout 112-112 but was overruled by scores of 114-110 and 115-109 for Garcia. However, Garcia wasn't eligible to win Haney's WBC junior welterweight title after he weighed 143.2 pounds Friday for the 140-pound contest. Haney remains the champion in defeat, but it's Garcia who scored the career-best win by knocking off ESPN's No. 6 pound-for-pound boxer.
"I don't give a f--- what people say about me. I walked through the fire and still held it down and still beat f---ing Devin Haney and still drink every day," said Garcia, 25. "Not necessarily am I proud of that, but I'm just saying it was a statement to show you, you guys can't really f--- with me."
Haney was a -900 favorite earlier in the week, according to ESPN BET, but he closed at -575. Garcia pretended to drink a beer at Friday's weigh-in and paid Haney upward of $600,000, sources told ESPN, as part of the deal for the fight to proceed.
One day earlier, Garcia had made a bet with Haney and agreed to pay him $500,000 for every pound he weighed in at above 140. Haney later said Garcia honored the bet, which would mean Garcia paid Haney a total of $1.5 million.
In the opening minute of the fight, as a harbinger of what was to come, Garcia was the one who made Haney pay with a ripping left hook that rocked the champion.
Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) quickly recuperated and went on to outbox Garcia over the next four rounds. He even wobbled Garcia in Round 3 with a right hand while Garcia boxed off a back foot and looked for another counter left hook that would change the fight.
Ryan Garcia’s win over Devin Haney on Saturday night has people talking about a rematch with Haney, but also some about a rematch with Gervonta “Tank” Davis, who knocked Garcia out last year. #tankdavis #ryangarcia #kingryan #kingry
Garcia (25-1, 21 KO) says he doesn’t expect it to happen, saying that he’s not even going to try fighting at 140 again, and will be moving up to welterweight officially.
Davis fights at lightweight, and is slated to face Frank Martin — who is trained by Derrick James, Garcia’s current trainer — in June.
Garcia found it in Round 7 as he floored Haney -- the first time he has been on the canvas in 32 pro fights -- but Garcia didn't capitalize. Moments after the knockdown, as the crowd erupted, Garcia crushed Haney with a right hand on the break and was deducted one point by referee Harvey Dock.
"It was a horrible ref," said Garcia, who fights out of Southern California. "[Haney] was holding me for dear life, and I felt an opportunity to keep swinging while my hands were free and I cracked him. And then he took a point away when I cracked him, but [Haney] held me and then I should have knocked him out in that seventh round.
"They stole that from me. ... And Devin was holding and holding and holding. ... That was ridiculous. That was crazy. I never seen some s--- like that."
What should have been a two-point advantage for Garcia was nullified. It didn't matter. Garcia floored Haney again in Round 10, this time with a tremendous right hand, the same punch he used to wobble Haney in Round 6.
The following round, Garcia landed his money punch again, a counter left hook that rolled Haney's eyes as he was launched backward to the canvas. Somehow, he sprung back up, his cheeks badly swollen, his mouth bloody.
Garcia went for the finish, but Haney was able to stave him off and heard the final bell in one of the most surprising and dramatic fights in recent memory.
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