By: Sean Crose
Looks like Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia are in respectable talks for a serious battle.
“I’ve advised my team to contact team Haney to discuss and make the fight happen between Devin and I #GarciaHaney,” Garcia posted on social media Tuesday. The well-liked 25 12 months previous went on so as to add: “The ball is in your court Devin I’ve made my move and I’m showing you and the boxing community that I’m committed to this fight. #GarciaHaney.” Suffice to say, Haney did certainly hear from crew Garcia. “These are facts,” he responded to Garcia’s preliminary put up. The story superior additional on Wednesday when Oscar De La Hoya, Garcia’s promoter, acknowledged that “the ball is rolling.”
A battle between the 31-0 Haney and the 24-1 Garcia would doubtless be an enormous occasion for the game of boxing. One which may even attract informal followers. While Haney would seemingly stroll into the match as an enormous favourite, Garcia can hit like a sledgehammer. What’s extra, he’s extraordinarily assured and enjoyable to observe. He could have seemed lower than stellar when he battled Gervonta Davis final spring in a battle the place he ended up being knocked out, however the man stays a preferred – and gutsy – commodity. Furthermore, based on talkSPORT’s Michael Benson, Garcia and Haney met occasions as amateurs, with every fighter successful three of the six contests.
There’s little doubt, nonetheless, that Haney has confirmed to be one of many prime skills within the skilled ranks. He lately gained the WBC junior welterweight title by utterly dominating Regis Prograis, a person who was broadly seen as Haney’s equal. Although there’s been a lot dialogue of Haney battling Gervonta Davis, it’s crew Garcia that crew Haney is having discussions with. “Nothing has really taken off,” Haney informed The MMA Hour of a potential battle with Davis. “His team hasn’t reached out to us or anything like that.”
Still, Haney is clearly desirous to have a respectable mega battle, and a throwdown with Garcia would greater than match the invoice. “The Gervonta Davis fight is the biggest fight in boxing today and Ryan Garcia is not too far behind, so one of those two fights for sure,” Haney informed The MMA Hour. “My thing now is I’ve accomplished everything in the lightweight division. I became undisputed, I got all the belts, I did all that. Now it’s about making the biggest fights happen for the most money and that’s a formality.”
