Ryan Garcia believes that Devin Haney will lose against WBA welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero if he fights in the identical timid way he did against Jose Ramirez.
Haney (33-0, 15 KOs) and his dad, Bill, have been pushing for the unification fight against Rolly (17-2, 13 KOs) all week since they won the WBO belt from Norman Jr. on November twenty second.
Rolly’s Power Changes Every thing
Ryan says that Haney will “run the entire fight.” He could also be right because Rolly is just too powerful to be clinched 10+ times per round the best way Haney was doing in his ugly, clinch-filled victory over Brian Norman Jr.
The concept is to alleviate the erratic, flawed, sometimes chinny Romero of his WBA belt. Then coming to the negotiation table with Kingry (24-2, 20 KOs) able of power to get a much bigger purse split of the loot.
Garcia Still Holds All of the Leverage
I doubt that having two belts will likely be enough for Haney to get the larger slice of the pie against the more popular Ryan or perhaps a 50-50 deal. Bill must feel that it’s value a try. If this backfires on him with Rolly knocking out Haney, Bill goes to be kicking himself afterward and laughed at by the fans for steering Devin into this match-up.
Let’s be honest, Haney didn’t look that good in his 12-round unanimous decision win over Norman Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs). That fight was hard to observe with all of the holding that Devin was doing, and the way mentally lost Norman Jr. was. Pick your poison.
Each fighters were absolutely horrible. Norman Jr. didn’t need to take probabilities of getting dropped again after suffering a second-round knockdown. And Haney was his usual self, holding, not engaging, and fighting like a man who had confidence in his chin.
If I were Devin’s dad, I might even consider him fighting Rolly. He hits too hard, and he’d like an old, rusted landmine that had been buried in the bottom for 40+ years. It still could go off if messed with. Haney can just wait for the smoke to clear from Ryan’s fight with WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios on February 21, 2026.
The chances are high, Garcia will win, and Devin can then fight him afterward. If he loses, that’s the issue. It still wouldn’t be the tip of the world. So long as Garcia doesn’t disappear for a yr or get popped for a PED, he can return quickly, beat a ham-and-egger, then face Haney. The fight wouldn’t be as appealing as it might have been, however the match-up has lost much of the appeal that it might have.
The Clinching Problem Devin Can’t Fix
Things can’t get an excessive amount of worse than they at the moment are. Haney has looked so bad in his last two fights that the performances are seen as losses in the true sense. The one individuals who enjoyed them were Haney fans or those that like watching excessive holding. They call it ‘Smart boxing.’ Unfortunately for Devin, there aren’t lots of them. So, his stock has dropped like a rock since his fight with Ryan.
“How do you’re thinking that Devin does against a puncher like Rolly? I feel he runs the entire fight,” said Ryan Garcia to Fighthype, questioning how Devin Haney would do if he fought Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero in a unification fight at welterweight.
Why Rolly Would Walk Devin Down
It will be a mistake on Haney’s part if he didn’t run against Romero, because he doesn’t have the dimensions or the facility to nullify him in that way. Rolly is just too powerful to be nullified by holding, and he’s not going to go limp and permit Devin to carry without clubbing him with a free arm.
Norman Jr. fought like an entire novice against Haney and never adapted. Rolly would have a whole camp to organize for Haney’s holding tactics. That will leave him with one option, and that’s to run all night as he did against Jose Ramirez.
Devin’s Running Won’t Save Him Here
“No, I don’t think he [Haney] knocks [Rolly down]. But when the identical fighter that fought [Jose] Ramirez shows up, I don’t even think he wins. He [Rolando] was definitely more patient with me because if he would have gotten caught, it might have been trouble,” said Ryan.
“I would like to see him fight Devin Haney. Why don’t you fight him? That’s a free belt. So, why don’t you simply fight him. I don’t think he [Haney] likes that style match-up,” said Garcia about his belief that Rolly has the mistaken style for Devin. “The Haney’s love getting the belts. Why don’t you call out Rolly? If that’s really easy, go get it.”
Last Updated on 11/30/2025