Devin Haney says that a rematch between him and Ryan Garcia has to happen on his terms. Surprisingly, Devin treats his loss to Ryan last April like a win, which suggests he’s out of touch with reality.
Despite losing last April, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) expects to be the A-side in the negotiations. In other words, Haney won’t be getting a rematch. Haney, 25, is nowhere near Ryan’s level of popularity.
There’s only one way a second fight between them can happen, and that’s with Ryan being the star with the bigger cut and top billing. Haney was never popular, to begin with, but fans look at him as damaged goods.
Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) is the more popular fighter of the two, with his 12 million followers on Instagram and his ability to create huge interest in his fights. With that kind of following, Ryan is the A-side against almost anyone he faces.
“If he was right here, I’d get it back right now. I tried to do it fairly, and you [messed] up. I did everything right; all my [tests] came back clean. Everything’s got to be right; everything’s got to be on my terms,” said Devin Haney to the All The Smoke Fight channel when asked about a rematch with Ryan Garcia.
Haney will not get the rematch with Ryan unless he accepts that he’s the B-side and asks nicely for the second fight. Ryan is the one in control of this, and Haney is the needy one. Devin will not make the money he would get in a rematch with Ryan against anyone.
There’s no one at 140 or 147 with the kind of fame that Ryan has. Even Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, the IBF welterweight champion, isn’t anywhere clear to being as popular as Ryan Garcia. For Haney to get the kind of money he can get fighting Ryan, he would need to fight one of these two fighters:
– Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis
– Canelo Alvarez
Tank Davis would likely insist on Haney fighting him at a catchweight of 137 lbs for him to consider facing him, which is physically impossible for Devin to do. There’s no way Haney could melt down from 165 lbs to 137 for a catchweight against Tank.
Canelo isn’t going to waste time by fighting Haney because he would be an even worse mismatch than facing Terence Crawford. Haney would be coming off a loss at 140 and moving up four divisions to face Canelo at 168 if the Mexican star agreed to that celebrity-level match.
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