{"id":306931,"date":"2025-11-25T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306931\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:49:10","slug":"devin-haney-makes-his-ryan-garcia-vs-mario-barrios-world-title-fight-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/306931\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Haney makes his Ryan Garcia vs Mario Barrios world title fight prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devin Haney<\/a> has offered his prediction for the fight between his former foe Ryan Garcia<\/a> and WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Garcia is expected to lock horns with Barrios on February 21, with \u2018King Ry\u2019 declaring on social media last week that he has signed on the dotted line.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 27-year-old\u2019s first outing at 147lbs did not exactly go according to plan, however, as a lacklustre performance ultimately saw him lose a unanimous decision to Rolando Romero.<\/p>\n

That second professional defeat arrived in May, just over a year removed from Garcia\u2019s controversial majority decision victory over Haney, which was later overturned to a no-contest.<\/p>\n

This was because \u2018King Ry\u2019 had tested positive for ostarine, a performance-enhancing substance, which then prompted the New York State Athletic Commission to hand him a year-long ban. Despite that, and indeed his loss to Romero, Garcia is set for the chance to become world champion at 147lbs in 2026..<\/p>\n

Since his first encounter with Garcia, meanwhile, Haney has bounced back with an uneventful win over Jose Ramirez, who he outpointed in May, and a far more impressive display against Brian Norman Jr.<\/p>\n

After flooring his man in the second round of their fight last Saturday, Haney encountered minimal difficulty before claiming a unanimous decision victory over Norman and being crowned the new WBO welterweight champion.<\/a><\/p>\n

With the 27-year-old having become a three-division world champion, it would seem that a rematch with Garcia remains at the top of his wish list.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Fight Hub TV<\/a> after his victory over Norman, Haney expressed his confidence that their potential showdown will materialise and that it will be a unification.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course [I want the rematch with Garcia] \u2013 that\u2019s redemption. The same way he was rooting for me [against Norman], I\u2019ll be rooting for him [against Barrios].<\/p>\n

\u201cI want him to win, and I think that [the stars] will align. It\u2019ll be a massive fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Garcia can defeat Barrios, a two-belt clash against Haney would certainly be one of the biggest fights of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Haney has offered his prediction for the fight between his former foe Ryan Garcia and WBC welterweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-306931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}