
Devin Haney On Facing Ryan Garcia: I Think That’s A Possibility; That’s A Mega-Fight
When Devin Haney ran into Ryan Garcia while shopping in the Los Angeles area a few months ago, Garcia didn’t mention the possibility of them fighting.
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When Devin Haney ran into Ryan Garcia while shopping in the Los Angeles area a few months ago, Garcia didn’t mention the possibility of them fighting.

Tim Bradley wasn’t surprised when Ryan Garcia came up short in his showdown against Gervonta Davis earlier this year. The Hall of Fame former fighter always believed Garcia was good but great? He wasn’t quite sold.

Ryan Garcia is apparently very eager to get in the ring with newly anointed two-division champion Devin Haney. Haney, the former unified lightweight champion, thoroughly dominated 140-pound titlist Regis Prograis Saturday night

When it’s time to give credit, Ryan Garcia has no problem doing it. For several years now, the wildly popular super lightweight contender has wanted to get his hands on Devin Haney. He doesn’t loathe him, but the two have developed a rivalry that goes back to their adolescence.

Ryan Garcia and Derrick James seemed to gel quickly in their first fight together. The lone exception was the fighter’s odd use of the Philly shell defense in his eventual eighth-round knockout of Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. Among the different looks and techniques that came with Saturday’s win at the Toyota Center in Houston, that part will likely no longer remain in the rotation.

Shakur Stevenson spends a lot of his leisurely time in the Houston area. From training to quality time with family, H-Town is his home away from home.

Boxing always needs stars. It might need stars more than it needs great fighters. Stars put butts in the seats, generate press, and drive the most important question in boxing: what’s next? When fans are asking that question, when they care, especially the kind of fans who can only name a handful of boxers at any given time, boxing has someone to build on.

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - That Was Then. This Is Now. It was published 52 years ago as part of a series of coming-age novels by S.E. Hinton and later adapted into a movie starring Emilio Estevez in 1985. But for these purposes, its title illustrates a pivot point between weekends. Last weekend, it was Ryan Garcia’s turn.

Nothing about what Ryan Garcia had to offer seemed to take Oscar Duarte by surprise. The Mexican lightweight did his best to remain competitive in an eventual eighth-round knockout defeat to Garcia in their December 2 DAZN headliner from Toyota Center in Houston. Duarte trailed 69-64, 68-65 and 68-65 through seven rounds but closed the gap and seemed to time his opponent’s hand speed and movement.

Ryan Garcia had a startling revelation about his first fight following his lone career defeat. The 25-year-old boxing star knocked out Mexico’s Oscar Duarte in the eighth round of their DAZN headliner this past