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‘Devin Haney is taking Ryan Garcia fight rough’ – Eddie Hearn

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Eddie Hearn believes Devin Haney is having a rough time following an overturned defeat by Ryan Garcia.

Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) maintained his unbeaten record despite initially suffering a 12-round majority decision loss to Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) in a WBC junior-welterweight title defense. Garcia tested positive for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing drug, in tests conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. Despite maintaining his innocence, Garcia was banned for a year by the New York State Athletic Commission, and the result of their fight was changed to a no contest.

Haney, 25, is yet to reveal plans regarding a potential return to the ring, and Matchroom’s Hearn, his promoter for the fights with Regis Prograis and Garcia, told All The Smoke Fight: “I think he’s taking it rough, honestly. Like, you know It’s a tough one.

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“And, again, because of what he went through physically in that fight, and, also, the world that we live in is so crazy now, he’s getting criticized. People are going, ‘You’re making excuses’. It’s like, woah. Hang on a minute. I lost to the guy.

“He came in heavy. He was positive for PEDS on the night. Like, I think people should actually feel sorry for Devin. Do you know what I mean?”

San Francisco’s Haney was knocked down in rounds seven, 10, and 11 before losing 114-110, 115-109, and 112-112 on the judges’ scorecards. Although Hearn recognised that Haney had performed poorly against Garcia, he said that the former unified lightweight champion proved a lot.

“Regardless of the performance, which was poor, he went through a lot of that – because that’s probably one of the things we didn’t know about Devin,” the promoter said. “We [already] know he’s well-schooled. We know he’s got a great jab. We know he’s got a good IQ.”

Garcia blamed contamination from a tainted supplement as the reason for his positive test results, but Hearn said: “He says he never intentionally took any drug but it was contamination. But if it wasn’t contamination, I believe he’s probably taken that to try and help him make weight for the fight [Garcia weighed in at more that 143lbs].

“He’s now got 12 months, which he probably needs, but only if he uses that 12 months in the right way.”

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“They Can Know Everything”: Ryan Garcia Sends Shock Rematch Offer To Devin Haney

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Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney have been involved in the most dramatic rivalry of the year with the manner at which Garcia overcame the previously undefeated champion shocking the world – but not as much as the positive drugs test that followed.

Four months on from that controversial encounter, Garcia has now made a one-of-a-kind offer to rematch Haney and put an end to his unbeaten record once again.

Garcia shockingly missed weight for their super-lightweight title clash, meaning that he could no longer win Haney’s belt, but Haney refused to cancel the fight – a decision which he most likely reflects upon with regret. Instead, the American duo battled it out but it was ‘King Ry’ who was able to upset the odds and knock Haney down for the first, second and third time of his career on the way to a majority-decision win.

Ryan Garcia knocks down Devin Haney three times to claim shock majority decision victory in Brooklyn - Eurosport

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Since that spellbinding display, the performance has been infamously tainted for well-documented reasons and the result has been overturned to a no-contest. Although, the effects of the beating will still remain with Haney, both physically and mentally and ‘The Dream’ made the decision to vacate his world title last month, admitting that he needs a break from boxing.

Yet, just two months later, Devin Haney has revealed that he is looking to return to the sport outside of the United States, declaring that ‘the game ain’t been the same’ without him in it.

In a clip captured by Fight Hub, Garcia made Haney a unique offer for a rematch, where he detailed how his rival and his team could watch every second of his training camp in preparation for the bout in order to ensure that Haney has no excuses this time around.

“I would gladly beat his a** twice. Like I have said, I can tell the truth twice. I beat him easy; they could watch me every day, watch me train, watch what supplements I take, they can blood test me every week, every day after training, they can have a camera in my training camp, they can see what my plan is and how I’m going to throw a left-hook. They can know everything, and this man will not beat me. I have ruined this man, bad.

“I would do it every day just to prove that I am the better fighter. He didn’t beat me, that is the bottom line, he didn’t even get close to beating me. It is just funny how Bill [Haney] is continuing the same story, making it seem like I cheated and that there is no way that his son would have lost if I didn’t take Ostarine – when I know that I didn’t.”

After Garcia missed weight and revealed that he will be moving up to at least welterweight for his next outing and Haney vacated his super-lightweight belt, it is expected that both will debut at 147lbs when they make their respective returns – whether they will do so against one another remains to be seen.

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