Via Vince D’WriterBoxing: Boxing is an individual sport fueled by intense competition and remarkable rivalries. Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney is all about competition, but he’s unimpressed with a man mentioned in a similar conversation with him and a few other big boxers .
Back in the early 1980s, sweet science was in dire need of a spark during the post-Ali era. Four talented men in a lighter division step onto the plate and channel a spark of energy into the sport of boxing. Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran are all boxers in high form and most importantly a quartet of boxers going head-to-head in the squared circle. To reflect their success, the Hall of Fame group inherited the name ‘The Four Kings’.
Decades later, in January 2021, the label The Four Kings was reborn as it was used to link Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Teofimo Lopez and Ryan Garcia. Current undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney has a history of verbal conflict with each of his three partners, but it seems he was least impressed with Ryan Garcia. Due to his popularity on social media and his barking but not biting tactics where he calls out big name boxers but never fights them, it seems like Ryan Garcia is not being taken seriously. by the undisputed lightweight champion.
In a recent interview, Devin Haney had a few words for Ryan Garcia regarding his bark but don’t bite strategy. “Ryan Garcia just uses the names of other fighters to sell his fights, and then after his fight, he fights no one. In fact, he calls all these boxers, he calls Pacquiao, he calls me, he calls tanks. The list went on and on, over and over, and he never fought any of them. The best on his résumé is Luke Campbell, and Luke Campbell has never beaten anyone. So what are we talking about? The fact that we’re still talking about Ryan is incredible.”
Garcia has shown he has good boxing skills in terms of punching power and lightning speed, but due to the level of competition he faces, Haney does not acknowledge Garcia’s achievements in the boxing ring. After a recent knockout win over Javier Fortuna, Ryan Garcia taunted Haney by scanning the crowd, then staring and pointing at Haney.
When you look at the history of Haney, Davis, Lopez, and Garcia, they’ve all gone head-to-head, but the relationship between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia seems more personal. The two have exchanged words with each other on social networks, backstage at boxing events and in the center of the ring. All talk between the two is about to come to an end, and the most logical thing for them to do is put on gloves and settle their differences inside the squared circle.
