Henry Garcia says he rated lightweight contender Oscar Duarte as a better fighter than Devin Haney and the drummer. Henry’s son Ryan Garcia defeated Duarte (27-2-1, 22 KOs) in the eighth round last year on Dec. 2 in a fight that saw both fighters land bombs.
Henry says he doubts Haney will choose to fight a big puncher like Duarte when he makes his comeback, which is a reasonable assumption to make.
The way Ryan hurt Haney repeatedly in his 12-round majority decision loss on April 20, there’s no chance he’ll face a big puncher when he returns to the ring. Devin’s father, Bill Haney, will carefully pick his next opponent and make sure the guy can’t pick up where Ryan left off.
Duarte, 28, looked impressive in his last fight, knocking out former IBF super featherweight champion Joseph ‘Jojo’ Diaz in the ninth round on April 27. Duarte will fight Botirzhon Akhmedov this month in a 12-round contest on November 16 at the Latin Night at the Venue in Riyadh.
“I think Oscar Duarte is better than Devin Haney. If Oscar Duarte fights Haney, he’s going to kill him; maybe even knock him out,” Henry Garcia told Fighthypetalking about Ryan Garcia’s heavyweight opponent, Oscar Duarte.
It would be interesting if Haney chose Duarte for his next fight just to show the boxing world that he is good enough to take on a powerful fighter after what he went through against Kingry. Haney made it look weak by choosing to sue Ryan for battery for his loss because that made the situation worse.
“Ryan told me, and Ryan doesn’t really reveal things to me. He said, ‘Hey, dad. That Oscar Duarte had some punches that I didn’t feel with these other guys. So when he tells me that, yeah open to me,” said Henry.
“Mark my words. When Devin comes back, there’s no way I’m going to fight someone with the power. There’s no way,” Henry said.
There is absolutely zero chance that Haney will dare to fight someone with power when he returns because the chances of him getting hurt would be high. Even before the fight with Ryan, Haney would be in danger.
