Devin Haney is familiar to Ryan Garcia to say the least in terms of their boxing exploits and rivalry over the years.
He fought him to a no contest some time ago at this point but the demand for a rematch involving the American boxers remains the highest ever.
Both are on a roll, Haney a champion since defeating Brian Norman Jr recently and Garcia knocked out Conor Benn tonight.
Haney said he had been surprised by the Conor Benn result tonight and that Benn had not been defensively sound enough basically in there.
Also noting Garcia’s natural explosiveness in there tonight as being a catalyst that got the job done so fast.
Some notes on this from Haney;
- Explosiveness is genetic — Garcia has fast-twitch power Benn simply lacks.
- Benn walked in straight, no angles, easy target to time.
- Benn dropped his right hand jabbing, chin exposed.
- Garcia’s left hook is short, no wind-up — pure timing, the right hand did the real damage on Benn tonight though.
- No lateral movement meant Garcia could plant and sit down on shots.
- Benn’s pressure was reckless, not intelligent, too care free at the end of the day.
- Low guard on entry let Garcia’s hook and uppercut split it.
- Haney felt Garcia’s power in 2024 — his read on this tonight vs Conor Benn is experience-based.
- Benn’s weight jump slowed his defensive reflexes.
- Haney is also framing a rematch — saying he handles Garcia better.
The Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney rematch remains a huge one, maybe one of the biggest fights in the entire sport.
There shall be many fights for Garcia next, let’s see the opponent for him soon.
Here is the Shakur Stevenson reaction to tonight’s Garcia vs Benn fight also.
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