Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis says Devin Haney’s loss to Ryan Garcia showed that he’s not the fight “who he thinks he is”.
In other words, Haney (31-1, 15 KOs) got exposed by Garcia, and showed that his career was built on a number of things:
1. Being heavier than his opponents
2. Selecting opposition carefully
3. Getting lucky with scoring
4. Clinching excessively and not being penalized
Even though Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs) tested hot for his fight with Haney, that doesn’t change anything about what we saw that night on April 20th, with Devin getting beaten up for 12 rounds in his decision defeat.
“He Overlooked the Guy”
“I watched the fight. I think that he [Devin Haney] overlooked the guy. He seen what I did to the guy and thought that he could do the same thing. It’s a lot of things he did wrong, and it showed that he’s not who they think he is…or who he says he is, but life shows you,” said Gervonta Davis to Big Boy TV when asked if he saw the Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia fight.
Haney overlooking Ryan isn’t the reason why he lost that fight. He would have lost anyway because he doesn’t possess the chin or the power to defeat a fighter like Ryan Garcia or any of the other top ten fighters in terms of the best at 140.
Even if Haney was 100% ready for the contest with Ryan, he still would have been beaten because his game is based on clinching excessively, and you can’t fight like that against him. Ryan’s check left hook is designed to nail fighters at close range, and Haney’s habit of holding constantly put him in the line of fire all night.
The only reason Haney wasn’t knocked out in the fight is because referee Harvey Dock waived off three of the knockdowns in round seven, and let him hold repeatedly from the seventh round on. If the referee had done his job, the fight would have been over in round seven.
Haney’s Career: On Thin Ice
Haney’s career is on thin ice now, and the only way it’s going to be saved is if his promoter, Eddie Hearn, matches him against weak punchers from now and never puts him in with another guy with power again.
Unfortunately, it’s impossible for Haney to be an elite-level fighter if he’s avoiding all the killers at 140 and 147, but he’ll at least be able to make decent money against lesser fighters.
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