Devin Haney says a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia has to happen on his terms. Surprisingly, Devin treats his loss of Ryan last April as a victory, which suggests that he is out of touch with reality.
Despite the loss last April, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) expects to be the A side in the negotiations. In other words, Haney will not get a rematch. Haney, 25, is nowhere near Ryan’s level of popularity.
There’s only one way a second fight between them can happen, and that’s with Ryan being the star with the biggest cut and top billing. Haney was never popular to begin with, but fans see him as damaged goods.
Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) is the more popular fighter of the two, with his 12 million followers on Instagram and his ability to create great interest in his fights. With that kind of following, Ryan is the A side against almost everyone he faces.
“If it was right here, I would have returned it now. I tried to do it right, and you (messed) up. I did everything right; all my (tests) came back clean. Everything must be right; everything must be on my terms,” Devin Haney told All The Smoke Fight channel when asked about a rematch with Ryan Garcia.
Haney will not get the rematch with Ryan unless he accepts that he is the B-side and asks nicely for the second fight. Ryan is the one who has control over it, and Haney is the one who needs it. Devin won’t make the money he would in a rematch with Ryan against anyone.
There is no one at 140 or 147 with the kind of fame that Ryan has. Even Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, the IBF welterweight champion, is nowhere near as popular as Ryan Garcia. For Haney to get the kind of money he can get fighting Ryan, he would need to fight one of these two fighters:
– Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis
– Canelo Alvarez
Tank Davis would probably insist that Haney fight at a catchweight of 137 lbs for him to consider facing him, which is physically impossible for Devin to do. There is no way Haney could drop from 165 lbs to 137 for a catchweight against Tank.
Canelo won’t waste time fighting Haney because he would be an even worse mismatch than facing Terence Crawford. Haney would have a loss at 140 and move up four divisions to face Canelo at 168 if the Mexican star agrees to that celebrity-level match.
