Devin Haney is making it crystal clear who he’ll be cheering for Saturday when Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Showtime pay-per-view. 

“Ryan is much bigger, but Tank has more experience. I think he punches harder than Ryan, but I think Ryan has more speed. But we got to see. Styles make fights. You never know,” Haney said during a media workout preparing for his May 20 fight against Vasiliy Lomachenko. 

“Ryan has the size advantage but the rehydration clause. I don’t know how he’ll be under that, but I think it’s a good fight for boxing. I’m excited to see it, and I’ll be there to watch it. 

“I’m rooting for [Garcia]. I want him to win. With that being said, I want to make the biggest fights happen. [Garcia is] showing interest in wanting to fight me, so that’s the guy that I want to win … [Davis] hasn’t shown much interest in fighting me, but I don’t know.” 

The undisputed lightweight champion Haney (29-0, 15 KOs) and Garcia have a storied rivalry. They fought six times as amateurs and split the series with three wins each.

Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) has previously stated that his preference is to fight either Haney or Shakur Stevenson in 2023. 

Haney recently said that Davis is the safe bet to beat Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs), but added that Garcia can’t be counted out in their 136-pound catchweight bout. 

Haney also said that he would fight Garcia at either 135 or 140 pounds and would not demand a rehydration clause like Davis did. 

“We got to see [what weight the potential Garcia fight would take place at]. Probably 135 because it would be the undisputed fight if it was to happen, but I don’t know. I still have to see how I feel on May 19 with making weight and on May 20 with me in the fight, but we’ll see. We’re not ruling anything out. 

“I said this before, and I’ll say it again. I’ll never do a rehydration clause. Not where I’m at in my career. 

“There would be no point in me doing a rehydration clause, especially with me being the champion. Everybody knows how hard it is for me to make 135. Tank said I was a middleweight. He said something like that. Loma said I’m a heavyweight. So we know what it is.

“It all starts with May 20, with me being victorious there. That’s my main focus, being victorious because, without that, I don’t get the bigger fights that I want.” 

Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist, writer, and broadcast reporter. He’s also a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the MMA Journalists Association. He can be reached on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube at @ManoukAkopyan, through email at manouk[dot]akopyan[at]gmail.com, or via www.ManoukAkopyan.com.