Bill Haney is confident that a rematch between Devin and Ryan Garcia will still happen despite them giving up the lawsuit they have for their positive PED test for the banned substance Ostarine from their fight eight months ago on April 20.
The People Decide
According to Bill, people are deciding if there is a Devin vs. Garcia rematch, and they want to see it. So, if they want to see it, the networks will do it. The process stops. They will not leave.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) seems interested in a rematch and often jokes about wanting to knock out Haney more with his left hook. The only thing that could stand in the way of a second fight is if Devin fights someone else.
Bill feels that Devin has proven himself a world champion and can fight anyone he wants. However, he hasn’t done that since the loss to Garcia, which suggests he’s waiting for his one-year suspension to end in April 2025, hoping to get a rematch.
Bill is coy about his desire for the second fight to happen immediately, but it’s easy to read. You can tell by the way he talks that the Garcia rematch is the ONLY fight he and Devin want.
“Devin is a champion. Ryan Garcia is not. Oscar De La Hoya couldn’t make a champion out of Ryan Garcia,” said Bill Haney to Fight Hub TV when asked if the process they have against Ryan has an impact on his ability to get a rematch.
“Devin wants to fight who the people want to see, but he wants it to be on a level playing field. We do it for the people. They’re the ones paying the bills, not the promoters,” said Bill on why he wanted a rematch with Ryan .
“If the fans want to see a fight, then there is a network that wants to put. The days of Oscar De La Hoya saying what he wants are over. He said that there is no need for a rematch, but this is not to listen to people. He’s the one who creates false narratives as if people don’t call it,” said Bill.
Garcia’s win is set aside
It is a mistake for Haney to sit outside the ring with Ryan without fighting anyone and for his father, Bill, to often talk about the positive test. If Bill believes that by mentioning him, he will erase the memory that the fans of Devin’s loss, he is wasting his time.
The New York State Athletic Commission overturned Haney’s loss to Garcia, changing it to a no contest due to his positive test for Ostarine. But Bill can’t erase the image of Ryan defeating his son from the memories of fans, lying positive texts 24/7. That will not work. You can’t whitewash what happened by constantly dragging it out in every interview and mentioning it on social media.
This just makes Bill and Devin look like sick losers because the fans don’t believe Ryan won because of Ostarine. They just think Haney has a glass chin, can’t punch, and was never that good in the first place.
“The biggest one is the drug test,” Bill said when asked if he was deciding which weight would be the biggest to be decided for a rematch between Devin and Ryan. “He said he was crazy. So if you were crazy enough to do it the first time, then you’ll be crazy enough to do it a second time. He’s the stickler, who enrolls in a (drug testing) program.”
“Putting something on the table where you’re going to be the A side and we’re going to be the B side would be an insult. They knew it was an insult,” said Bill Haney that Bob Arum is making an offer for Devin to fight Teofimo Lopez.
