Does Devin Haney deserve a rematch? Despite being the massive favorite and a multi-division champion, ‘The Dream’ succumbed to Garcia’s left hook. More importantly, he lost to a boxer who was not ready, who was partying every day, and who had never held a proper belt. Considering all that, should Ryan Garcia give Haney a rematch?
After the fight had ended last weekend, Garcia seemed open to giving Haney a rematch! He claimed as much during the post-fight interview with Chris Mannix. However, he seems to have changed his mind since then. While appearing in the PBD Podcast with Patrick Bet-David, the Victorville puncher spoke about the Devin Haney rematch and why Gervonta Davis won’t fight him.
Ryan Garcia claims he barely tried against Devin Haney
Speaking to Garcia, David quickly brought up the possibility of a rematch with Haney, even highlighting Garcia’s own admission to the same. However, Garcia was adamant as he said, “I did but, it ain’t no rematch. This dude got clowned up. I barely tried, bro.” To justify his lack of effort for the fight, Garcia went on to detail his routine in the lead-up to the fight.
“I was drinking every day. On Monday, I was at a nightclub. Tuesdays, I was at Little Sister [Lounge]. [On] Wednesdays, I went out. Thursday, I went out. Friday, I was drinking, I was doing whatever I wanted the day of the fight. I drank a blue moon, I was chilling, bro, I’m untouched,” said Garcia.
When asked about whether the goal was to face Gervonta Davis again, Garcia agreed! He said, “Yeah, I want to fight Tank. But Tank is not going to fight me. 100%.” However, Garcia hasn’t given up hope on a rematch with Davis, as he called out the undefeated Baltimore native on social media.
“King Ry” Garcia wants to fight Gervonta Davis at 144
Last year in April, Davis and Garcia fought at a catchweight of 136 in Las Vegas. Interestingly, Davis used a rehydration clause that limited Garcia from gaining weight back before the fight. So, after seeing his performance against Haney at 140, or 143 lbs in Garcia’s case, people started speculating about the duo’s fate in the upper weight class.
As far as Garcia is concerned, he would dominate Davis at his current weight. In a X post on the same day as the podcast went live, Garcia wrote, “Everyone wanna talk about the little Stupid Tank. Let’s fight, [enough] of that funny talk. Come see me at 144 and let’s stop the talk. If you beat Frank, let’s run it @Gervontaa.”
With a spectacular win over Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia now holds all the cards. Not only has he fought the two best boxers in the world, he defeated one of them by a mile. However, will another big pay cheque be enough to entice Gervonta Davis to risk his zero against a juiced-up Garcia? Do you think Garcia can beat Davis at 140 or above?
