Devin Haney posted on Instagram today, telling his followers that he is “working in silence” and “remembering the faces” of his “doubters.” This bitter message indicates that Haney has been stew over his loss to Ryan Garcia and he wants to show people how wrong they were about him.
The humiliating defeat must be hard for former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) to digest as he replays the memory in his head of the three times he was dropped by Kingry’s hook on April 20 at the Barclays Center. in Brooklyn, New York.
It must be like a grainy old movie in Devin’s head, and he probably wishes he had done things differently. Haney’s isolating behavior is a classic example of the shame response for someone who has failed. It could help Haney if he can come back stronger, improved, and ready to avenge his loss.
“Working in silence…remembering faces and names of all doubters and scorners! @justtrain
#TheDream,” said Devin Haney Instagram.
Blame Game
“Absolutely. Whatever happened, he didn’t quit like Ryan quit against Tank Davis. So, he’s known as a loser,” said Bill Haney to the Dance Projectt, talking about Devin not quitting during his fight against Ryan Garcia. “Devin is a warrior.
“It was a combination of Devin not being Devin and him trying to be what the fans wanted to see,” Bill said of why Haney lost to Garcia. “Until then, they said he had no heart and wouldn’t stand in the middle of the ring.
“He (Haney) stood in the middle of the ring with someone that we didn’t do in Ostarine. We didn’t take into account that he was so much stronger. One thing about Ostarine is that it helps with recovery. It helps with strength and power. All these things,” said Bill about why Devin lost to Kingry.
The reason Devin lost the fight was not because he was in the “middle of the ring” against Garcia. Where Haney lost the fight was his habit of hitting non-stop, which put him in the firing line of Ryan’s short hook.
This is where Devin was eating the shots. He was getting up or away with his clinching, and that made it easy for Kingry to catch him with the short check left hook he likes to throw. If Devin’s training team knew what they were doing, they would have warned him not to hold back because that style was tailor-made for Garcia.
It might have worked for Haney in his fight against George Kambosos Jr, Regis Prograis and Jorge Linares to retain, but using the same strategy against Garcia was stupid. That’s why he lost. How can Bill not know that?
Waste of time
“It was a great injustice that was done to a wonderful man who has done nothing but good business. The fans, they are the ones who buy the pay-per-views. You want to enjoy them. Devin wants to enjoy his games for come out and fight like that. It wasn’t a winning game plan, but I can still support my guy 1000%. He went in there like a warrior, and I couldn’t be more proud of him,” Bill said about Devin.
What is concerning is how long Haney has been out of the ring since his loss to Ryan. All this energy that is put into the cause may not pay off for Haney, who wastes the time of his career and may not be worth it in the end. It is not clear if it is Bill who leads the process, but it is not a good thing for Devin if he loses a year of his career waiting for the lawsuit to come to an end.
