Ryan Garcia promised a wild night on Saturday, talking about beheading or biting WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney in their 12-round first bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Famous Golden Boy star Ryan will bring CRAZY to the ring and hope he doesn't live to regret it.
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Ryan says Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) isn't getting it and he'll show it by standing in the middle of the ring to land his best shot of the first round. He predicted he would knock out Haney in round one and then knock him out in round two. After that, he planned to go to the party.
“Crazy” Ryan or master strategist?
“He is not that kind of person. I know I will win. You can't play table tennis without water, let alone fight in front of millions of people,” Ryan Garcia told media. “I did something stupid. 'Oh my god, he's acting crazy.'”
Haney is beatable and is reportedly currently 30-1 thanks to his controversial win over Vasily Lomachenko, which most fans felt he lost. The fight between Loma, Jorge Linares and Joseph 'JoJo' Diaz shows that Haney can be beaten.
Haney has a fragile chin and that's the area Ryan needs to target to win on Saturday. He won't outbox Haney because he's too good. Ryan must hit Haney whenever possible with his left hook. If it's just his midsection then he needs to take advantage of that.
“You guys don't know how to act, just improvise. I can do any scene right now. People don't understand that. 'This due date thing is getting crazy.' The scene ends. I'm completely fine and normal. I would stand in the middle of the ring and take his hardest jab. 'Let's go,'” Ryan said.
The promise of a bloody quarrel
“Beheading. I'm fucking killing this mother. Somehow, somehow. I can get excited and say 'Fuck boxing.' I could go crazy. I could bite him. I'm not kidding. Everywhere,” Garcia said of Haney.
