Promoter Eddie Hearn feels that Ryan Garcia’s energy was the important thing issue for his victory over Devin Haney on April twentieth. Hearn says that Ryan’s skill to harm Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) proved an excessive amount of to beat.
Though the New York Fee overturned Haney’s 12-round majority resolution defeat, altering it to a no-contest, he nonetheless took a beating from Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs). The world noticed what occurred, and so they nonetheless view Devin as having misplaced.
Ryan’s Punches Inflicted Important Harm
Hearn feels that Haney was technically poor, making errors left and proper on the evening, beginning together with his leaky protection. However his resolution to slug with Ryan was Haney’s undoing as a result of he didn’t possess the punch resistance or the ability to win that sort of a combat.
“He had the flexibility to harm Devin with each shot he landed. The left hook was a robust punch,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to All The Smoke channel about Devin Haney’s loss to Ryan Garcia.”The primary spherical was a serious drawback, and it took Devin some time to recover from that. I’m pondering, ‘He’ll [Ryan] fuel,’ however tactically, Devin was actually poor. His protection was leaky. His toes weren’t actually there.”
Ryan light in every spherical however recovered shortly and continued to harm Haney. When Ryan rested, Haney didn’t have sufficient energy to make the most of the lulls.
Haney’s Weight Struggles and Fatigue
“Then I began pondering, ‘How properly did you [Haney] make the load?’ You went by the coaching camp with doubts in your thoughts about whether or not this combat was even going to occur,” mentioned Hearn. “He’s all the time tight on the weight. How he made 135 for therefore lengthy, after which he obtained harm [by Ryan] and knocked down.”
Haney seemed drained in the course of the weigh-in, which can have affected him on the evening of the combat. We’d seen in Haney’s final combat that he didn’t belong at 140 lbs, with him rehydrating to 165 lbs for his combat in opposition to Regis Prograis final December.
That’s an absurd quantity of weight, and it was stunning that Prograis didn’t make the most of it. Maybe he was too previous at 35. Nevertheless, Ryan was in a position to capitalize on a weakened Haney and harm from the primary spherical.
A Battered and Exhausted Haney
“I don’t assume folks truly give him credit score for what he went by that evening,” mentioned Hearn about Haney. “He took a beating in that combat. His [Haney] face after the combat, his jaw was out right here. He confirmed great coronary heart. So think about going by that ache. One, the man [Ryan] is very large on the evening. You possibly can really feel it, and you understand it, after which discovering out the man was popped for his pre-fight check and post-fight check.”
Haney went by lots, getting knocked down thrice, and the referee helped him lots by taking some extent off Ryan for hitting on the break within the seventh spherical after he’d been harm.
“‘He was huge.’ Devin rehydrates heavy, however Ryan was enormous that evening,” mentioned Hearn.
