Devin Haney said today that a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia is the “biggest fight” in boxing. He wants it to happen in 2025, provided it’s on “an even playing field.”
Haney-Garcia is a big fight, but certainly not the “biggest” in the sport because their previous fight was a mismatch. Ryan beat the stuffing out of Haney, putting him on the canvas three times. Devin looked like a human yo-yo, with the number of times he hit the deck in that fight, which was six times, not three.
The referee gave Haney a break by ruling three additional knockdowns as slips when he kept collapsing to the canvas after being badly hurt by Garcia in the seventh.
Former two-division world champion Haney is in London today to meet with Turki Al-Shiekh to see if he has a better deal to offer him than the one he received from BLK Prime to fight on their network in March. If Turki’s offer isn’t better than BLK Prime’s, it’s unclear whether Haney will keep shopping himself around.
A Level Playing Field
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) still blames his loss to Ryan from last April on him being dirty with Ostarine in his system. Fans don’t believe that, but Haney mentions it rather than owning the defeat. That would have been better on Devin’s part.
Still, it would be a bitter pill for him to swallow to openly acknowledge that Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) was too powerful and talented for him to stay on his feet in their April 20th fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“The biggest fight,” said Devin Haney to Boxing News, talking about a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia being the “biggest” fight in the sport. “He’s got to be clean. That’s the only way a rematch can happen, but that’s a fight that I would love to make in 2025. Maybe we can make it, but I just want to be on an even playing field.
“I’m here to meet with His Excellency Turki Al-Shiekh to try and make a deal happen. If not, I’ve got a deal with BLK Prime, who is willing to give me what I want. We can go that route. I’m here for a reason, and we can make it happen,” said Haney.
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