Ryan Garcia is assured he’ll make weight this Friday for his struggle in opposition to Devin Haney. He’s predicting a knockout that may depart the WBC 140-lb champion face-first on the canvas.
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The Preferrred Knockout
A face-first knockout by Ryan, 25, of Haney can be the perfect method for the younger Victorville, California star to win. Few followers imagine he’ll. In Haney’s final two fights, he’s turn out to be troublesome to hit and goes out of his strategy to keep away from taking pictures.
The draw back of Haney’s emphasis on protection is that his fights are unwatchable and utterly uninteresting. He wasn’t booed in his final struggle in opposition to Regis Prograis, however it was boring to look at Devin pulling again all night time as an alternative of staying within the pocket.
Ryan should be extra aggressive than he has been up to now to get to Haney and land a shot that sends him down face-first.
The sparring clip Ryan leaked just lately of him pursuing his retreating opponents signifies that he’s been engaged on going after Haney if he backs up on him.
Weight Received’t Be An Difficulty
“How am I going to overlook weight?! I’m simply on a mission and able to destroy him. If Devin doesn’t land face first, then I did one thing fallacious,” stated Ryan Garcia to DAZN, guaranteeing that he’ll make weight for his struggle in opposition to Devin Haney on Saturday.
With two days to go earlier than the struggle, Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) seems to be larger than he normally does earlier than his matches, and he’s not exhibiting the identical drained look that we’re presently seeing with Haney (31-0, 15 KOs).
If Ryan does are available in heavy, he received’t get the prospect to struggle for Haney’s WBC gentle welterweight title. That’s much less essential than Ryan profitable the match. The belt would possibly as properly be a trinket.
It’s unclear whether or not there can be any weight penalty that Ryan must pay, however that received’t be a giant deal given how a lot cash he’s getting paid for Saturday’s mega-fight with Haney.
A victory for Ryan is extra essential than him capturing Haney’s WBC belt. After all, Haney will use Ryan coming in obese as an excuse for shedding to him, however followers received’t take note of that.
They’ll be centered on Ryan pulling off the upset, they usually received’t care that he got here in a bit obese.
