Ryan Garcia insists that he wasn’t on PEDs when he thrashed Devin Haney last April, and he sees that as a case of him attempting to whitewash what happened to him that night. Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) explains that the REAL problem for Devin was his ineptness at blocking his left hook, which he hit him with all night.
Real Reason?
Haney’s chin proved fragile, as he couldn’t handle the heavy shots from Ryan, and needed to stand up off the canvas thrice. He was down twice more, however the referee Harvey Dock didn’t count them. That was within the seventh round, which was the start of the tip for San Francisco native.
Kingry wants to complete the job against Haney in October, but first things first. He’s got to handle Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on Turki Alalshikh’s May 2nd Fatal Fury event at Times Square in Latest York City. Unfortunately, Haney may not make it to the October fight against Garcia, as he’s got to beat former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez on the May 2nd card.
Ramirez was once the King of the 140-lb division, but losses to Josh Taylor and Arnold Barboza Jr, each close affairs, have dimmed his star power. The shots that Taylor and Barboza Jr. took from Ramirez would give Haney many problems.
I don’t think those sorts of punches will work, regardless of how much running and clinching he does. The negative style, nonstop holding game plan that worked for Devin against George Kambosos twice won’t be as effective against Ramirez. But assuming Haney does make it past Ramirez, he’ll have Ryan waiting for him in October, which could end badly for Dev and his dad, Bill Haney.
Why Blame PEDs?
“Because I do know I didn’t take steroids, it’s not going to be much different. The crazy thing is, they [Haney] need to carry on saying, ‘Oh, it’s due to the PEDs. I used to be fighting a man that was on PEDs,’” said Ryan Garcia to Ring Magazine, talking about Devin Haney and his dad, Bill Haney, mentioning during interviews that he was on PEDs in the course of the fight on April twentieth last 12 months.
“PEDs don’t assist you to block a left hook. He didn’t block any of it, and he got his a** handed to him. I suppose, for me, it’s just proving I’ll do it again. It was pretty one-sided,” said Garcia about his fight with Haney.
Last Updated on 03/11/2025
