Haney: Ryan Garcia Rematch bigger than any fight right now

Devin Haney said today that a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia is the “biggest fight” in boxing. He wants it to happen in 2025, as long as it’s on “A level playing field.”

Haney-Garcia is a great fight, but it’s certainly not the “biggest” in the sport because their previous fight was a mismatch. Ryan beat the stuffing out of Haney, putting him on the canvas three times. Devin looked like a human yo-yowith the number of times he hit the deck in that fight, which was six times, not three.

The referee gave Haney a break by ruling three additional takedowns as slips as he continued to collapse to the canvas after being badly hurt by Garcia in the seventh.

Former two-division world champion Haney is in London today to meet with Turki Al-Shiekh to see if he has a better deal to offer him than the one he received from BLK Prime to fight on his network in March. If Turki’s offer isn’t better than BLK Prime’s, it’s unclear whether Haney will continue to buy.

A level playing field

Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) still blames his loss to Ryan from last April on being dirty with Ostarine in his system. The fans don’t believe it, but Haney mentions it instead of owning the loss. That would have been better of Devin.

Still, it would be a bitter pill for him to swallow to openly admit that Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) was too powerful and talented to stand in their April 20 fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn , New York.

“Biggest fight,” Devin Haney said Boxing newstalking about a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia being the “biggest” fight in the sport. “It’s got to be clean. That’s the only way a rematch can happen, but that’s a fight I’d love to do in 2025. Maybe we can get it done, but I just want to be on an even playing field.

“I am here to meet with His Excellency Turki Al-Shiekh to try to reach an agreement. If not, I have an agreement with BLK Prime, who is willing to give me what I want. We can go that way. I’m here for a reason, and we can make it happen,” Haney said.