{"id":528884,"date":"2026-03-11T10:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:33:14","slug":"devin-haney-details-private-message-exchange-with-ryan-garcia-on-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/528884\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Haney details private message exchange with Ryan Garcia on rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devin Haney<\/a> has provided an update on a potential rematch with long-term rival Ryan Garcia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two men met back in April 2024, in what was set to be a defence of Haney\u2019s WBC super-lightweight crown. That changed when Garcia missed weight, though the bout proceeded as a non-title contest, and resulted in what many perceived as a huge upset.<\/p>\n

That was because Garcia dropped his rival multiple times on his way to a majority decision victory, though it was later changed to a no contest after \u2018King Ry\u2019 subsequently failed a drugs test.<\/p>\n

That led to Haney suing Garcia for battery, fraud and breach of contract, and though the lawsuit was eventually dropped, it has only added fuel to the fire between the two men.<\/p>\n

Haney has since become WBO welterweight champion with a win over Brian Norman Jr<\/a>, while Garcia won the WBC welterweight title in February when he defeated Mario Barrios.<\/p>\n

It means fans have began to speculate about the long-awaited rematch between the two men, but Haney revealed on Inside The Ring<\/a> that Garcia told him he would have to be the A-side in any potential bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan messaged me about A-side, B-side. I said Ryan let\u2019s try and make this fight happen. He messaged me saying \u2018hope you know I\u2019m the A-side.\u2019 I don\u2019t know how that even came up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the fight against Garcia \u2013 who has publicly said on social media that he will do the fight next if all details are ironed out \u2013 Haney has also been linked to a clash with WBA welterweight champion Rolly Romero, who beat \u2018King Ry\u2019 when they met last year.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Haney has provided an update on a potential rematch with long-term rival Ryan Garcia. The two men…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-528884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528884","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=528884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}