{"id":281628,"date":"2025-11-25T01:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/281628\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:36:19","slug":"ryan-garcia-cashes-money-spinning-bet-on-devin-haney-vs-brian-norman-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/281628\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia cashes money-spinning bet on Devin Haney vs Brian Norman Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Garcia raked in some serious dough thanks to his fierce rival Devin Haney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;King Ry&#8217; placed a whopping $50,000 bet on Haney beating Brian Norman Jr on Saturday night, and banked a healthy return of $93,000 after his old foe <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3759281\/devin-haney-drops-brian-norman-jr-result-title-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got his hand raised via unanimous decision.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Haney dropped Norman Jr in the second round en route to a unanimous decision victory\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"GETTY\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FNC13845.jpg\" data-caption=\"Haney dropped Norman Jr in the second round en route to a unanimous decision victory\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FNC13845.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Haney dropped Norman Jr in the second round en route to a unanimous decision victoryCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Dream!!!&#8221; Garcia posted on social media. &#8220;Bill&#8217;s game plan never fails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too slick to fast to fly. My 50k locked in. Norman is way too stiff and inexperienced. I called it a while ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations, Devin, great performance. Let the stars align.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia rematch?<\/p>\n<p>In victory, Haney snatched the WBO welterweight title from Norman Jr.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON BOXING <\/p>\n<p>Garcia will also be hoping to add some hardware to his collection after <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3751339\/conor-benn-world-title-ryan-garcia-mario-barrios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing to fight Mario Barrios for the WBC&#8217;s version of the 147lbs belt<\/a> on February 21.<\/p>\n<p>Providing Garcia comes out of his next fight unscathed, boxing fans could be treated to the long-awaited rematch with Haney.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia dropped Haney three times en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/1837109\/craziest-fight-ever-ryan-garcia-devin-haney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initially being handed a majority decision win in April 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the 27-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/1852015\/ryan-garcia-spencer-oliver-failed-drugs-tests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine<\/a> in two separate tests taken before the bout.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the fight was overturned to a no-contest, while Garcia had his license suspended for one year.<\/p>\n<p>Both men returned to action for the first time in May on the unprecedented Ring Magazine Times Square card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garcia floored Haney three times and beat him, but the fight was made a no-contest due to his positive drug tests\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2149467790.jpg\" data-caption=\"Garcia floored Haney three times and beat him, but the fight was made a no-contest due to his positive drug tests\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2149467790.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Garcia floored Haney three times and beat him, but the fight was made a no-contest due to his positive drug testsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh had a <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/2742511\/ryan-garcia-contract-next-fight-plan-devin-haney-rematch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deal in place for the pair to meet for a second time in October.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All they needed to do was win their respective bouts.<\/p>\n<p>While Haney fulfilled his side of the agreement by outpointing Jose Ramirez, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3173031\/ryan-garcia-rolly-romero-devin-haney-rematch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garcia was bested by Rolly Romero to spoil Alalshikh&#8217;s plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, Haney is still very keen on running it back with Garcia, especially if his nemesis can return to winning ways.<\/p>\n<p>What did Devin Haney say about a potential rematch with Ryan Garcia?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course [I want the rematch with Garcia], that is redemption,&#8221; Haney told Fight Hub TV post-fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The same way he was rooting for me, I will be rooting for him [against Barrios].<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it will align, and it will be a massive fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia raked in some serious dough thanks to his fierce rival Devin Haney. &#8216;King Ry&#8217; placed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[12479,2560,6102,20937,20938,24848,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-281628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-bet","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-brian-norman-jr","tag-devin-haney","tag-ryan-garcia","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281628","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=281628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}