{"id":372738,"date":"2026-01-16T06:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372738\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:01:10","slug":"haney-accuses-garcia-of-lying-over-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372738\/","title":{"rendered":"Haney Accuses Garcia Of Lying Over Jake Paul Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garcia recently told followers that he had been offered between $20 million and $25 million to fight Jake Paul. According to Garcia, he rejected the proposal on principle. He said he did not want to derail his title ambitions and believed a world championship mattered more than a lucrative crossover event.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy speed would take over. I\u2019d be able to get him,\u201d Garcia said on social media when discussing Paul. \u201cThey offered me $20 million or $25, and I said no. I want this world title. In my heart, I wanted to fight for a world title. It would have sidetracked me crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

That explanation did not survive contact with Haney.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dude just b lying with a straight face,\u201d Haney wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cNoooo, Oscar said you couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haney\u2019s response suggests the decision was never Garcia\u2019s to make. In his view, De La Hoya blocked the fight, likely to protect contractual obligations or long term plans, while Garcia later repackaged the outcome as a personal choice rooted in competitive purity.<\/p>\n

The back and forth is not happening in a vacuum. Haney and Garcia remain tied together after their controversial April 2024 fight, which Garcia won by majority decision. Haney has disputed the result ever since and has continued to push for a rematch, while Garcia has largely moved on publicly.<\/p>\n

Garcia is now scheduled to fight for the WBC welterweight title against Mario Barrios on February 21, 2026. That bout gives credibility to Garcia\u2019s claim that he is focused on championships. At the same time, Haney\u2019s criticism highlights a recurring pattern in boxing, where fighters speak about independence while promoters quietly hold the leverage.<\/p>\n

Whether the Jake Paul offer was truly rejected or simply unavailable no longer matters as much as the optics. Garcia presented himself as choosing legacy over money. Haney punctured that image in a single sentence, reminding fans how often big decisions are made behind closed doors rather than on social media timelines.<\/p>\n

The rivalry, clearly, is still very much alive.<\/p>\n

Tom Reynolds is a boxing analyst covering major fights and career turning points, with a focus on performance, trajectory, and long-term implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garcia recently told followers that he had been offered between $20 million and $25 million to fight Jake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-372738","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\/372738","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=372738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}