Highlights from last Saturday's fight between WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia paint an ugly picture of complete domination from start to finish, with Dev coming off the brakes in Central Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The blow was bad enough to make you wince.
Round 1: The moment everything goes wrong
Haney may have realized he had underestimated Ryan early in the first round when he was hit with a hard left hook and wobbled heavily from the blow.
It was too late for Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) to cut and run, and his efforts to fight the superior-armed Garcia (25-1, 20 KOs) proved futile.
After that opening round, Haney's legs looked weak, unable to move, he was forced to brawl with Ryan, and he had no chance of winning that type of fight.
— Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia
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Haney doesn't have a game plan that matches the power and speed that Ryan brings.
Plan B: “Run for your life!”
When Haney tried to switch to his plan B by running after round seven, it was to no avail as Ryan quickly went after him and hit him with hard shots wherever he went. in the ring.
After the way Haney was handled, his ego may no longer exist in this fight and he will have a difficult time rematching Ryan. The second fight would likely be much worse for Haney, and what remained of his faltering career would be lost forever.
“I told him in the locker room after the fight, 'I think you punched really poorly tonight. I don't feel like you seem to have your powers. I feel like you don't look sharp. How many times have you been hit with a left hook, because like you said, you know when you fought Ryan Garcia? '” Advertiser Eddie Hearn said fight about what he said to Devin Haney after his fight with Ryan Garcia last Saturday.
“Ryan is very smart with it, but how many times does he encounter it? Don't forget that when you get injured in a fight, the engine kicks in and you start making mistakes. That's one of the things that happened to Devin. That engine tricked him there.
“I want to know more about how he gained weight, how that process happened and how his game went because I just felt like it was his poor performance, but he fought a much bigger man there and it showed,” Heard said.
