Promoter Eddie Hearn is looking to present the most lucrative fight option to newly crowned WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney.

And the British promoter believes the best option to make, at this moment, is a showdown with Ryan Garcia.

Haney made his 140-pound debut last Saturday night, with a one-sided beating of Regis Prograis to capture the WBC title.

Garcia, who also campaigns at 140, is looking for a big fight.

“Remove the politics, the Ryan Garcia fight is the natural fight to make,” Hearn said on The MMA Hour. “Ryan should be looking to fight the champions at 140 [pounds]. He’s on DAZN, obviously with Golden Boy. There’s a conversation that, for me, should happen and evolve very quickly. I think that is the fight for us and Golden Boy and Garcia and [Devin] Haney to make.

“For me, you want momentum, you want an ability to move swiftly to make a mega fight. And for me, that is a conversation really between ourselves, Golden Boy, and DAZN, that should be fairly easy to maneuver. And I think that’s a massive fight.”

But, there is some ongoing legal tension between Garcia and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy.

In the leadup to Garcia's recent knockout of Oscar Duarte, words were exchanged - in interviews and on social media - between Garcia and his promotional team.

“It was definitely the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen,” Hearn said. “Ryan Garcia is obviously their number one fighter, so that is really like me standing behind Anthony Joshua at a press conference [making faces], and then tweeting 48 hours before his fight, saying that I’m concerned about the mental health of Anthony Joshua going into his fight. For me, that’s almost dangerous. How can you expect this kid to prepare properly mentally? You’re questioning his mental state — that’s not doing anything to help his mental state.

“Listen, it’s none of my business really, but surely you just get in a room, you either part ways and say that this is toxic and not good for anyone, or you say to each other, ‘This has to stop. We’re going to be professional, we’re going to be effective, we’re going to be constructive until the end of our tenure and our partnership. But until then, let’s act accordingly.’ Or you say, ‘Guys, we’re never going to see eye-to-eye, I think maybe we should look at a deal to move away.’ But I can’t believe it. I mean, honestly, I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s the most bizarre thing ever.

“And props to Ryan Garcia, because I thought he might lose to Duarte. I watched that press conference and I thought, ‘How do you expect this kid to be focused on his fight when his own promoter is pulling faces behind his back and telling him he’s mentally not in a good place 48 hours out? So big props to Ryan Garcia. I think that was a really dangerous fight for him. Duarte, he’s not an elite guy, but he can punch and he’s dangerous, and if you’re not mentally switched on, you can lose that fight. So well done [to] him.”