Clearly Devin Haney has no trust in Ryan Garcia, so the Haney camp asking Garcia to sign up for Olympic-style drug testing more than six months before a possible competition should be seen as a precursor. of things to be done for The two had to fight again.
Haney’s father/trainer/manager, Bill Haney, sent Garcia a 48-hour offer Monday to voluntarily register for Anti-Doping Association testing. so that the pair could meet again immediately after Garcia’s one-year doping suspension expired on April 20.
The elder Haney’s offer came after Garcia – in one social media post he made – expressed interest in returning for a second fight. It is questionable whether two-division champion Devin Haney will serve in this role after filing a lawsuit seeking punitive damages. This was after Garcia tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Ostarine.
“We do not shy away from battles or lawsuits. @RyanGarcia You have 48 hours to register in VADA for the competition. clean competition real standard We’re always ready—are you? @Realdevinhaney Focused on litigation? #No excuses #real champion #Vada #Rematch #Team Haney” Bill Haney posted in “X”
Garcia let the 48 hours expire without applying. Posted at “X”
–You must be stupid if you think I’ll listen to anything. Invoice Haney Ask. First of all they are suing me. Second of all, I don’t want it at all LMAO,” Garcia wrote.
Bill Haney replied “Ryan has an opportunity to step up. But we respect our time and our sport. We are moving towards bigger things. If only he could make peace with the way he handled it. We can do it too. Champion, don’t delay.”
In a conversation with BoxingScene this week, Bill Haney said his team and Garcia both understand the importance of a high-level rematch in which Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs Out) wins on the scorecard by majority decision. With three knockdowns, Haney (31-0, 15 KO) at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Several days after the fight – in which Garcia lost the right to fight for Haney’s WBC 140-pound belt. Because he was more than 3 pounds overweight – Garcia’s positive test would set off a chain of events that would cause the New York State Athletic Commission to label it. About the lack of competition
Haney would later relinquish his WBC belt due to his disinterest in fighting mandatory challenger Sandor Martin for a purse he found unacceptable.
In social media photos, Devin Haney is seen as disheveled and fit for a fight.
“He is training for a competition,” Bill Haney announced.
Bill Haney said his intention to request drug testing now is to ensure that Garcia will enter the ring without benefiting from any enhancements.
One of the most repeated refrains came from Haney’s conditioning consultant and former BALCO boss Victor Conte. Namely, there is a neglected therapeutic window of opportunity for drug scams to be used during the non-testing period outside of competition.
“We will postpone the date further. Because being so egotistical is outdated,” Bill Haney said of Garcia.
After spending six months Haney’s team tried to make sure Garcia didn’t gain any advantage. As they believed he had made it to the first fight. After an erratic training camp in which Garcia posted conspiracy theories and wild comments while acting out of character. The Southern California fighter then pounded Haney with a powerful left hook that wobbled and put the champion down.
It was a remarkable and curious event.
“To ask Ryan to enroll in VADA right now, is that a stupid request?” asked Bill Haney. “We don’t think so. We have six months before the fight. It was an olive branch sticking out. You have to be clean to fight.”
For the Haneys, litigation is another matter that lawyers and the Eastern District Court of New York will have to consider. Rematches are a money-making endeavor. That they will not blindly accept the lack of conditions/protection in the first fight.
“If you are serious about this sport. You should practice and get tested right now,” Bill Haney said as if he were speaking directly to Garcia. “If the boxing world (accepts) less than that, we are pushing the sport back to the days of horses and carriages.”
Devin Haney is in talks after Garcia to meet other fighters. Those fighters were allowed to fall, Bill Haney said, including showdowns with current 140-pound champion Teofimo López in Saudi Arabia and Liam Paro in Paro’s native Australia.
“People will talk about Devin’s heart. Until he returns to the ring,” Bill Haney said, “His skills have been questioned since those three knockdowns.
“But Devin said yes to Teofimo. and said yes to Liam Paro, who will now fight in Puerto Rico? And he wants to fight Ryan Garcia, revealing Devin’s heart for the sport and answering any questions people may have. Now we ask: ‘Who’s next?’”
Bill Haney said Devin Haney could fight before the end of the year. If the fight could actually happen before then
