Ryan Garcia got hurt too against Luke Campbell

[ShoulderRoll]

As Devin Haney pointed out.

That doesn't take away from King Ry's great performance in that fight. Just like yesterday shouldn't take away from Haney's great performance either.

As long as he keeps the things that worked...and fixes the things that didn't...he should be an improved fighter going forward.

[_Rexy_]

lmfao. I literally just said the same thing in another thread. I'll move it here.

"He looked great for the first half though, that's the thing. You know how I'm a believer of how fighters can look great in a loss and have their stock raise from a "good loss?" well, this was a "bad win." And because of how boxing is, had he gotten rocked at the beginning, held for the first three rounds and them dominated the last half of the fight, nobody would even remember it in a few weeks."

[lieutenant]

Difference is Ryan ended up knocking Campbell out. He also recovered quickly. He wasn't clinching or holding on for dear life.

[ShoulderRoll]

This was his first real step-up opponent. There was bound to be some weaknesses exposed, that's the whole purpose of pressure testing.

The more you do that and make corrections afterwards the better you are going to get. That's the process that creates great fighters.

[baroidi]

Garcia's recovery from the knockdown wasn't bad, Haney needed 1-2 full rounds just to recover, never saw a boxer lung to hug so much like Haney did last night. Too bad Jorge didn't uppercut him.

[Eastlos]

Yup, as the old saying goes “it’s not how you start but how you finish”. Unfortunately for Haney, what people will remember most from his performance last night will be the last 3 rounds of the fight not the first 9. Yes, Haney won but also took an L with the casual fans who didn’t appreciate all that hugging he did during the championship rounds. I mean the kid was booed after the final bell in his adopted hometown of Vegas out of all places just not a good look

[ShoulderRoll]

Yup, as the old saying goes “it’s not how you start but how you finish”. Unfortunately for Haney, what people will remember most from his performance last night will be the last 3 rounds of the fight not the first 9. Yes, Haney won but also took an L with the casual fans who didn’t appreciate all that hugging he did during the championship rounds. I mean the kid was booed after the final bell in his adopted hometown of Vegas out of all places just not a good look

You're supposed to clinch and hold when you're hurt.

I have no problem with him doing that, until his head cleared.

[champion4ever]

As Devin Haney pointed out.

That doesn't take away from King Ry's great performance in that fight. Just like yesterday shouldn't take away from Haney's great performance either.

As long as he keeps what worked what great...and fixes what didn't...he should be an improved fighter going forward.

Sho ya right! King Ry definitely was. Not only was he was hurt but he was dropped to the canvas as well.

[ralex]

Difference is Ryan ended up knocking Campbell out. He also recovered quickly. He wasn't clinching or holding on for dear life.

that and also Luke isn’t an older fighter on his way out. Luke is still in his prime and Linares isnt

Truth is that prime Linares probably finishes Haney last night.

Ryan recovered and knocked out a prime Luke that had never been knocked out.

[War Room]

Difference is Ryan ended up knocking Campbell out. He also recovered quickly. He wasn't clinching or holding on for dear life.

Well said. And Ryan took a big shot, this wasn't a big shot. The way Haney was running at Linares to hold was embarassing.