Promoter Oscar De La Hoya doubts {that a} rematch between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will happen in 2025. Oscar feels that Haney is washed up after his loss to Ryan final April. Haney took a beating in that struggle, and it’s questionable whether or not he can come again from the loss. De La Hoya doesn’t suppose so.
If Haney is washed, it’ll present when or if he returns to the ring to struggle somebody. Ideally, he must take a tuneup to ensure that his colleges are nonetheless intact. It could be a mistake on Haney’s half to tackle one of many high welterweights getting back from a beat down in opposition to Ryan.
Curiously, Haney hasn’t what division he plans on campaigning in when he fights subsequent, however given his huge dimension, he ought to think about competing at welterweight. The issues he had taking Ryan’s energy pictures final April may need had one thing to do with the large quantities of water weight he needed to trim right down to make the 140-lb restrict.
Life may be simpler for Haney if he competes at 147, as he wouldn’t must take off fairly as a lot weight. He’d nonetheless must lose a ton of water weight from the 160s, however it wouldn’t be such an enormous ordeal. For fighters that compete in divisions effectively beneath their pure dimension, finally, their physique can not deal with the huge shift in weight.
Clearly, Haney’s choice to sue Ryan has rather a lot to do with De La Hoya’s doubts a couple of second struggle occurring. Furthermore, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) hasn’t proven a lot curiosity in returning to the ring to bounce again from his 12-round choice loss to Garcia.
The previous two-division world champion Haney handed up a possibility to struggle Sandor Martin not too long ago, giving him a pleasant payday in a winnable struggle. When he selected to not struggle Sandor, that was a pink flag within the eyes of followers, and his loss to Kingry nonetheless haunts him. For a prideful fighter like Haney, who had issues his manner his whole profession, it was arduous to take care of mentally.
Ryan stated not too long ago that he has no real interest in combating Haney once more, however he may change his thoughts in 2025 if he’s provided sufficient cash. If that’s the best-paying struggle for Ryan, he’s not going to cross up on the chance.
The one different struggle that will pay extra can be a rematch with Gervonta Davis, however that’s uncertain. Tank is simply too busy deciding on straightforward choices, and he’s not going to wish to struggle Ryan once more with him at full energy at a catchweight of 140+.
“We now have to take care of this frivolous lawsuit that they slapped on us, however that’s all it’s, is noise,” stated Oscar De La Hoya to the media about Devin Haney’s choice to sue Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy. “That’s all it’s. How are you going to sue someone that beat the crap out of you? It simply doesn’t make sense.
“What I might do is name that fighter out, get again within the ring, and beat his ass.”
“I don’t suppose so as a result of I imagine that Devin Haney is a shot fighter,” stated De La Hoya when requested if there might be a rematch between Garcia and Haney.
