Ryan Garcia has closed the door on a rematch with Devin Haney after watching his interview at present. Haney set the situations for a second battle, saying they have to be on his phrases. Garcia says Haney should “stay that left hook nightmare” from their battle final April, which Devin misplaced.
If Devin can’t get the rematch, he could possibly be eternally haunted by the reminiscence of that horrible evening and reliving it each day, even into outdated age. That will be pure torture. He’d be like a conflict veteran having flashbacks from battle and unable to let go.
Ryan refers back to the left hook that he used to drop Haney six instances within the battle, though the referee solely counted three of them. The referee waived a further three within the seventh spherical.
That’s an enormous setback for Haney, shedding out on the rematch with Ryan as a result of it could have been an enormous payday. He’s not going to see that sort of cash preventing anybody else, and his profession could possibly be over quickly as soon as he faces somebody good.
With all that candy money from a rematch with Ryan, Haney and his dad, Invoice, may have moved to the ‘Platinum Triangle’ in Los Angeles, buying an exquisite mansion in Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, or Bell Air. Diddy has a mansion in Holmby Hills.
Throughout an interview with Andre Ward at present, the previous two-division world champion Haney appeared mentally damaged and close to tears as he mentioned the occasions of his loss to Ryan in Brooklyn, New York.
Should you had doubts about whether or not Haney had gotten previous that loss, that interview confirmed that he’s nonetheless in dangerous form and unable to let go of what occurred to him. Promoter Eddie Hearn was proper. Haney appears to be like emotionally damaged and is perhaps bodily damaged. We gained’t know that till he fights once more.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) tried to clarify away the loss, saying that he’d finished every little thing proper, however Garcia being on PEDs made him higher. He gave the impression of a textbook instance of a fighter in denial, nonetheless attempting to make sense of what occurred to him and utilizing defensive mechanisms to distance himself from dealing with the bitter fact.
“I’m aggressive. Every little thing has bought to be proper. Every little thing has simply bought to be on my phrases,” mentioned Devin Haney to the All of the Smoke Combat channel a couple of potential rematch with Ryan Garcia. “I attempted to do it in your phrases.”
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— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) September 19, 2024
It have to be exhausting attempting to twist actuality simply to keep away from admitting defeat. , not everybody will get a participation trophy in life. Possibly when you spent half the power on self-improvement that you simply do on excuses, you’d really get someplace. However hey, denial is a ability too, I…
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) September 19, 2024
