Comments Thread For: Ryan Garcia-Oscar Duarte Set For December 2 In San Antonio

[Bronx2245]

I figured he'd come back with a light touch! Hopefully his next fight will be against a Top 10 Jr. WW!

[Bronx2245]

‘He don’t have nothing in the lightweight division’: Devin Haney talks failed negotiations with Shakur Stevenson
Devin Haney says he took less than what he offered Shakur Stevenson for a shot at the belts, so questions why Stevenson didn’t accept.
By Wil Esco@wil_esco Oct 2, 2023, 11:29am EDT

Devin Haney is gearing up for his upcoming fight with Regis Prograis, but took some time to discuss his prior negotiations for a proposed lightweight championship fight against Shakur Stevenson and why that fight didn’t come together despite the trash talk between the fighters.

“The world seen what happened,” Haney said. “We sent him an offer, he countered the offer with 50/50...first we tried to give him a flat fee, he said he didn’t want that, he wanted a percentage.

“We offered him the 25%, he said he don’t want the 25%, then he said he wanted 50/50. Then he said I was a b****, right? But that’s the same thing he just offered Frank Martin. How?!

“And I’m the guy with all the hardware. I did the same thing to become undisputed. I took less, I took 22%. Not once but twice, and I had to go to another network, and I had to go to Australia. And I was champion. He don’t have nothing in the lightweight division. So, it’s like, what do you call it?

“If you feel like you’re levels above me and I’m a b**** and all that, then you would take it, right?”

https://www.badlefthook.com/2023/10/...xing-news-2023

[kiaba360]

Decent match-up. Duarte is big for 135, so he'll probably benefit not having to cut the extra 5lbs. Garcia is probably choosing Duarte because of the styles clash. Garcia demonstrated against Davis that he could be out-thought and showed a lack of patience/discipline. Duarte won't provide the same mental chess match. Garcia is thinking that he'll be able to use Duarte's aggression against him.