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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Ryan Garcia will have a fight set up in late April or May when his suspension expires. He says he will only be a warm-up opponent and not a world champion, given that Kingry will have been out of the ring for a year.
Addressed to Teofimo and Ennis
After Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) takes a tune-up, the plan is to put him in a big fight, potentially against one of these two fighters:
– Teofimo López
– Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
If IBF welterweight champion Boots Ennis is still fighting at 147, he would be a good fit for Garcia. He has been seen as the best in his weight class. He doesn’t come with all the baggage that Teofimo has, with him looking poor in repeated fights and with several controversial wins.
“A fighter who has a layoff year is never good. So his comeback fight has to be kind of a warm-up fight, a tune-up fight that we call in boxing, somebody who’s not a champion of the world,” Oscar De La Hoya told Fight Hub TV on Ryan Garcia’s comeback fight when he returns to the ring in 2025.
“Right now in his division, whether it’s 147 pounds or between 140 and 147, there’s a lot of great names for him. Once Ryan gets back in action, once Ryan gets back on track and has a layup fight ready, possibly end of April or maybe beginning of May, I want to release it with the best.
“That’s what Ryan wants to do, challenge himself and fight the best, whether it’s Teofimo Lopez or Boots Ennis or whoever the best is. We still have Devin Haney, who wants that rematch against Ryan Garcia. who knows Maybe that will happen again, but again, I’ll sit down with Ryan and we’ll come up with a plan,” De La Hoya said.
De La Hoya doesn’t seem to think Ryan should give Haney a rematch, given how one-sided their fight was last April. During Oscar’s career, he would move on after defeating the opposition.
The only exceptions were against Julio César Chávez and Shane Mosley. Haney is not on the same level of talent and popularity as these two. So Ryan doesn’t need to give Devin a rematch unless he can stay popular and busy, which he isn’t currently doing. Looks like she’s just waiting for Ryan.
It looks like Haney will have to wait a while for a rematch with Garcia, which may never happen. The risk for Devin in having to wait is that he will have to stay busy with his career and have to fight good opposition to get the money he has become accustomed to getting for his fights.
Fighting a top contender or champion at 140 or 147 pounds will be risky for Haney because they punch harder than the guys he’s had fun with at 135. They’re not as big as Regis Prograis, who Haney defeated to capture his weight WBC light welterweight. title last year on December 9, 2023.
If Haney loses to someone while waiting for the rematch with Ryan Garcia to happen, that would likely permanently eliminate any chance of a second fight. Ryan won’t waste time helping a drowning man.
No haney rematch?
“I’ve never heard of a fighter suing a fighter for battery. We’re in the business of beating up opponents,” De La Hoya said of Devin Haney’s lawsuit against Ryan. “So, I’ve never heard that in my whole career as a fighter or a promoter. But yeah, it opens the door. It’s a great story.
“It’s silly, but the only way to fight is in the ring. Who knows? Maybe we could see another one, or maybe not. I think Ryan gave the performance of a lifetime. The way Ryan Garcia handled Devin Haney, for me personally, it doesn’t call for a rematch, but the back-and-forth is pretty intense,” De La Hoya said.
This Haney lawsuit could work against him in the long run, getting him the rematch he wants against Ryan. It’s unclear whether Devin and his father, Bill Haney, have seen the bigger picture.
It was a bitter pill to swallow losing to Kingry, but if they want a rematch, they’re going to do it the wrong way. Additionally, public perception of Haney is largely negative for his decision to sue Ryan, as fans see it as weakness on his part.
