Ryan Garcia closed the door on a rematch with Devin Haney after watching his interview today. Haney set the conditions for a second fight, saying it must be on his terms. Garcia says Haney will have to “live through that left hook nightmare” from their fight last April, which Devin lost.
If Devin can’t get the rematch, he might be forever haunted from the memory of that terrible night and reliving it every day, even in old age. It would be pure torture. It would be like a war veteran having flashbacks from the battle and unable to let go.
Ryan is referring to the left hook he used to drop Haney six times in the fight, although the referee only counted three. The referee gave up three more in the seventh round.
It’s a big upset for Haney, losing the rematch with Ryan because it would have been a huge payday. He won’t see that kind of money fighting anyone else, and his career could end soon once he faces someone good.
With all that sweet money from a rematch with Ryan, Haney and his father, Bill, could be moved to the “platinum triangle’ in Los Angeles, buy a beautiful mansion in Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, or Bell Air. Diddy has a mansion in Holmby Hills.
During an interview with Andre Ward today, former two-division world champion Haney appeared mentally broken and close to tears while talking about the events of her loss to Ryan in Brooklyn, New York.
If you had doubts about whether Haney had passed that loss, that interview showed that he is still in bad shape and unable to let go of what happened. Promoter Eddie Hearn was right. Haney seems emotionally broken and may be physically broken. We don’t know how long he will fight again.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) tried to explain the loss, saying he had done everything right, but Garcia being on PEDs made him better. It sounded like a textbook example of a fighter in denial, still trying to make sense of what happened to him and using defensive mechanisms to distance himself from facing the bitter truth.
“I’m competitive. Everything has to be fair. Everything has to be on my terms,” Devin Haney told the All the Smoke Fight channel about a potential rematch with Ryan Garcia. “I tried to do it on your terms.”
NO LIVE REMATCH WITH THAT NIGHTMARE LEFT HOOK
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) September 19, 2024
It must be exhausting trying to twist reality just to avoid admitting defeat. You know, not everyone gets a participation trophy in life. Maybe if you spent half the energy on self-improvement that you do on excuses, you’d actually get somewhere. But hey, denial is a skill too, I…
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) September 19, 2024
