{"id":272327,"date":"2025-11-19T21:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/272327\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:31:10","slug":"ryan-garcia-makes-confident-prediction-for-devin-haney-vs-brian-norman-jr-its-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/272327\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia makes ‘confident’ prediction for Devin Haney vs Brian Norman Jr: “It’s simple”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Garcia<\/a> has revealed a \u2018confident\u2019 prediction ahead of Devin Haney<\/a>\u2019s showdown with WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr.<\/p>\n

The two Americans will square off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this Saturday<\/a>, featuring on the undercard of David Benavidez\u2019s maiden WBC light-heavyweight title defence against Anthony Yarde.<\/p>\n

Of the four world title offerings taking place on the same card, Norman-Haney seems to have created the greatest split among boxing fans.<\/p>\n

Some have argued that Haney is no longer the assured fighter he once was, especially after getting dropped three times and ultimately outpointed by Garcia.<\/p>\n

Their controversial encounter last year was followed by the news that Garcia had tested positive for banned substance ostarine, and his majority decision victory was therefore overturned to a no-contest.<\/p>\n

But still, the safety-first approach that Haney adopted in his most recent outing against Jose Ramirez has led some to believe that his punch resistance could be questioned.<\/p>\n

Norman on the other hand is an unbeaten operator that only seems to be growing in confidence, not least because of his highlight-reel fifth round knockout victory over Jin Sasaki in June.<\/p>\n

That power is something which Haney must remain particularly mindful of, especially given that his most likely method of victory appears to be a points decision.<\/p>\n

From a technical standpoint it seems that the 27-year-old boasts a clear advantage though, which is precisely why Garcia has sided with his former foe.<\/p>\n

Taking to social media<\/a> and expressing his viewpoint last week, Garcia opined that the two-division world champion, and former lightweight king, is likely to confuse his hard-hitting opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019m] confident that Devin Haney wins!! Reasoning is simply [experience] and I feel he will figure it out. It\u2019s not about speed or power in this. I think Devin just frustrates Norman. [But] Norman can very much prove me wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

A victory for Haney could potentially lead to a future showdown with Conor Benn, after the pair recently went back and forth after Benn\u2019s triumph against Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia has revealed a \u2018confident\u2019 prediction ahead of Devin Haney\u2019s showdown with WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-272327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}