Comments Thread For: Hearn: Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia is The Natural Fight To Make, It's a Massive Fight

[El Flaco]

10 yrs 1 post, outstanding

Gracias amigo I finally had the courage to post after 10 years lol

[Apollo7]

There are literally world champions that would make for big fights with Haney. ***outta here with this tiktok boxer with 0 world titles who only faced one elite opponent and quit. Hearn thinks the American public is gonna buy his bullshyt as easily as many Brits apparently do.

Pretty sure the American public is the reason Ryan is a big name in the first place so...

[Bronx2245]

"And for me, that is a conversation really between ourselves, Golden Boy, and DAZN, that should be fairly easy to maneuver." -Eddie Hearn

Eddie needs to put more energy into a relationship with Oscar, because it makes no sense that they can't make fights like Haney vs. Garcia, but Oscar can work with Haymon for Tank vs. Garcia! 2 fighters, that fight on DAZN, that should be easy to do!

[Bronx2245]

If this can happen, then Haney vs. Garcia should be able to happen...

Teofimo Lopez vs Subriel Matias in talks for 2024
Teofimo Lopez wants it in February, while Subriel Matias wants it in March or April to let his hand heal up
By Patrick L. Stumberg

https://www.badlefthook.com/2023/12/...xing-news-2023

I'm gonna pray for both!!!

[Combat Talk Radio]

might be a more massive foit if cryin could rob rollys belt and make it a unification fight maybe

Agree, but for whatever ****** reason Haney is considering leaving 140 already instead of another bank robbery first.

[Bronx2245]

Agree, but for whatever ****** reason Haney is considering leaving 140 already instead of another bank robbery first.

Haney’s Super-Sized Secret: 25-Pound Rehydration Raises Eyebrows After Beating Prograis
12/14/2023 - By Tim Compton

Devin Haney’s lopsided win over Regis Prograis last weekend has been tarnished by a report of a massive rehydration increase from 140 to 165 lbs by Haney. Gaining that much weight after the weigh-in gave Haney an unfair advantage over the considerably lighter Prograis, who one would argue never stood a chance of winning against a behemoth of that size.

Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) reportedly weighed 165 lbs on the night of his title fight against WBC light welterweight champion Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs). Fans on social media are disgusted by Haney’s colossal rehydration amount, labeling him a “weight bully,” which is fitting.

It’s unlikely that the fight will be changed to a no-contest, but you can argue that it should or least have an asterisk next to it in the record books. It doesn’t make sense for a fighter to rehydrate 25 lbs to have a significant weight advantage over his opponent. Did Haney’s Weight Give Him An Unfair Advantage Over Regis?

If Prograis hadn’t been aware that Haney would rehydrate 25 lbs, that would have put him at a disadvantage.

At least if Regis had known that Haney would rehydrate to 165 and walk into the ring four weight classes heavier than the 140-lb division, he could have adjusted his size and perhaps come into the fight in the mid-160s.

Why isn’t Haney fighting in the proper weight class for his size at super middleweight [168 lbs], middleweight [160], or junior middleweight [154]? Why is Haney draining down to fight at 140 if he’s rehydrating to 165?

The day before, Haney had weighed in at 140 lbs last Friday, meaning he rehydrated 25 lbs overnight to come into the fight with Regis as a super middleweight. The upper limit for super middleweight is 168 lbs, and Haney was a mere three lbs away from the ceiling.

Prograis was none the wiser about Haney’s weight, and even if he knew, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

The rules allow fighters to rehydrate as much as they please as long as they make the weight limit, but that rule needs to be changed.

There has to be some kind of control to prevent fighters from rehydrating 15 to 25 lbs, as that’s not fair. Fighters have ways of rehydrating rapidly using a system.

Prograis rehydrated to 156.8 lbs on the night of the fight, which is a lot, too, but obviously considerably less than the 165 lbs that Haney weighed in at.

After the fight, Haney talked of wanting to move up to welterweight, which in light of the news of him ballooning up to 165, it’s understandable why he’d want to move up.

But even going up to 147 is too light, given how big Haney is. With his size, he should be campaigning at 154 at the very least, as he’d be in the ballpark in terms of the weight and being a fair fight.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...rograis/271995

Maybe that's why he's thinking of moving to 147?

[Combat Talk Radio]

Haney’s Super-Sized Secret: 25-Pound Rehydration Raises Eyebrows After Beating Prograis
12/14/2023 - By Tim Compton

Devin Haney’s lopsided win over Regis Prograis last weekend has been tarnished by a report of a massive rehydration increase from 140 to 165 lbs by Haney. Gaining that much weight after the weigh-in gave Haney an unfair advantage over the considerably lighter Prograis, who one would argue never stood a chance of winning against a behemoth of that size.

Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) reportedly weighed 165 lbs on the night of his title fight against WBC light welterweight champion Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs). Fans on social media are disgusted by Haney’s colossal rehydration amount, labeling him a “weight bully,” which is fitting.

It’s unlikely that the fight will be changed to a no-contest, but you can argue that it should or least have an asterisk next to it in the record books. It doesn’t make sense for a fighter to rehydrate 25 lbs to have a significant weight advantage over his opponent. Did Haney’s Weight Give Him An Unfair Advantage Over Regis?

If Prograis hadn’t been aware that Haney would rehydrate 25 lbs, that would have put him at a disadvantage.

At least if Regis had known that Haney would rehydrate to 165 and walk into the ring four weight classes heavier than the 140-lb division, he could have adjusted his size and perhaps come into the fight in the mid-160s.

Why isn’t Haney fighting in the proper weight class for his size at super middleweight [168 lbs], middleweight [160], or junior middleweight [154]? Why is Haney draining down to fight at 140 if he’s rehydrating to 165?

The day before, Haney had weighed in at 140 lbs last Friday, meaning he rehydrated 25 lbs overnight to come into the fight with Regis as a super middleweight. The upper limit for super middleweight is 168 lbs, and Haney was a mere three lbs away from the ceiling.

Prograis was none the wiser about Haney’s weight, and even if he knew, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

The rules allow fighters to rehydrate as much as they please as long as they make the weight limit, but that rule needs to be changed.

There has to be some kind of control to prevent fighters from rehydrating 15 to 25 lbs, as that’s not fair. Fighters have ways of rehydrating rapidly using a system.

Prograis rehydrated to 156.8 lbs on the night of the fight, which is a lot, too, but obviously considerably less than the 165 lbs that Haney weighed in at.

After the fight, Haney talked of wanting to move up to welterweight, which in light of the news of him ballooning up to 165, it’s understandable why he’d want to move up.

But even going up to 147 is too light, given how big Haney is. With his size, he should be campaigning at 154 at the very least, as he’d be in the ballpark in terms of the weight and being a fair fight.

https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-new...rograis/271995

Maybe that's why he's thinking of moving to 147?

Weight didn’t matter against Regis, the man was nullified by a stick jab and a straight hand.

Don’t agree that Devin “should” be anywhere but where the money is. Right now that’s 140.

Nobody except maybe Blair the Flair is going to fight him at 147. Crawford definitely won’t and Boots is trying to unify now.

[Jsmooth9876]

Ryan should fight Rolly first to get a strap then make this fight for a unification. Plus it's the only real chance Ryan has to ever win a title lol

[Jab jab boom]

Lol

Ryan Garcia is literally the best opponent financially for Devin Haney. There is no bigger fight for him between 135 and 147 lbs besides maybe Tank Davis. Maybe.

And Tank has baby nuts so we know he isn’t fighting Devin.

Ryan already quit in the ring, the amount of people that still buy into his nonsense isn’t what it was last year. From a boxing senses he doesn’t deserve the fight and from the financial sense it’s a risk because the curtain has been lifted.

[Bronx2245]

Weight didn’t matter against Regis, the man was nullified by a stick jab and a straight hand.

Don’t agree that Devin “should” be anywhere but where the money is. Right now that’s 140.

Nobody except maybe Blair the Flair is going to fight him at 147. Crawford definitely won’t and Boots is trying to unify now.

You're right about that! That's also how I feel about Crawford vs. Spence!