Promoter Eddie Hearn believes that Devin Haney’s lawsuit towards Ryan Garcia for 50-100 million might act as a deterrence to forestall different fighters from utilizing performance-enhancing medicine to realize a bonus of their fights.
On Friday, Haney issued a lawsuit towards Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) from their April twentieth combat earlier this 12 months by which Garcia examined constructive for the PED Ostarine after. Ryan defeated Haney by a 12-round majority choice, which was later modified to a no-contest due to his constructive check.
“It’s an attention-grabbing case. I used to be speaking to my lawyer on the way in which up right here. He’s suing Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy in that swimsuit as effectively,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Boxing King Media, discussing Devin Haney’s lawsuit towards Ryan Garcia.
If the lawsuit is profitable, this might change the game, scaring cheaters from utilizing PEDs sooner or later. Whether or not Haney would get $50-100 million for the lawsuit is unknown. That may be extreme judgment.
“Typically, when somebody checks constructive after the combat, it’s fairly completely different than testing earlier than and never making it to the combat. However if you’re within the combat, and also you’ve cheated, and also you’ve had performance-enhancing medicine in your system, and it’s made you bodily win the combat,” mentioned Hearn.
The monetary penalties ought to be rather more extreme if a fighter checks constructive for PEDs after a combat reasonably than earlier than. Simply how a lot is unclear. The $50-100 million that Hearn is speaking about is likely to be out of this world and unrealistic, however it will rely upon the choose. If a choose feels that’s cheap, Ryan might be caught. Haney wouldn’t must work once more, and it wouldn’t matter if his profession fell aside.
Some really feel that’s what’s going to occur with Haney, however not due to his loss to Ryan and his constructive PED checks. They simply see Haney as being too weak and fragile to beat upper-echelon fighters at 140 or 147. His solely expertise at 140 earlier than preventing Ryan final April was Regis Prograis, an older fighter in his mid-30s, who Josh Taylor had already overwhelmed.
You might have bodily broken the opponent and mentally broken the opponent. You’ve stopped the opponent from incomes cash as a result of he’s misplaced the combat. It’s all the time one thing that individuals have talked about, but it surely’s by no means one thing that individuals have truly taken to courtroom. So, it’s going to be attention-grabbing to see the way it performs out.
Ima sue you for hurting my emotions with that tweet 😔😔😔
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) September 27, 2024
“It’s going to be good to discourage individuals from taking medicine as a result of in the intervening time for taking PEDs is Ryan Garcia bought a 12 months. Now, if Ryan Garcia will get sued for 50 or 100 million {dollars}, that’ll positively make individuals assume,” mentioned Hearn.
If Haney’s lawsuit is profitable for even a portion of the $100 million towards Ryan, it’ll make fighters assume twice about utilizing PEDs to realize a bonus.
The subsequent factor that should change with boxing is stiff mega-million penalties for fighters that rehydrate 20+ lbs to realize a bonus. Whether or not Hearn needs to confess it or not, weight bullies are simply as harmful as fighters who use PEDs, and that’s an issue that wants fixing.
The Commissions, the sanctioning our bodies, should change the foundations by making rehydration clauses necessary for all weight courses with a secondary weigh-in on the night of the combat. It’s not good that fighters solely weigh within the day earlier than a combat after which quickly rehydrate 25 kilos to crush their opponents.
Additionally, secondary weigh-ins on the morning of the combat are ineffective as a result of that leaves open the chance for some unscrupulous fighters to show to unlawful strategies like IVs to quickly add fluid to their system. That’s lots tougher to do if the secondary weight verify is on the night of the combat.
