{"id":659412,"date":"2026-06-26T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659412\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:02:08","slug":"ryan-garcia-delivers-honest-verdict-on-gervonta-davis-and-devin-haney-as-fight-talks-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659412\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia delivers honest verdict on Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney as fight talks begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on his respective experiences against <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/gervonta-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gervonta Davis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/devin-haney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Haney<\/a>, Ryan Garcia insists that one man represented a more formidable opponent.<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected turn of events, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/gervonta-davis-team-target-mega-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2018Tank\u2019 could end up facing WBO champion Haney<\/a> later this year after pulling out of negotiations with Floyd Schofield.<\/p>\n<p>The Schofield fight would have offered him the chance to reclaim his WBA lightweight title, yet it now seems that Davis could make his ring return at 147lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media earlier this week, Haney claimed that \u2018Tank\u2019s\u2019 team has reached out with a view to explore their potential welterweight showdown, but stopped short of revealing any specific details.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old comes off a unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr, who he dethroned to become a three-division world champion in November.<\/p>\n<p>This came two fights after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/39985636\/ryan-garcia-scores-3-knockdowns-wild-upset-devin-haney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">majority decision defeat to Garcia<\/a>, whose triumph was overturned to a no-contest following his two failed doping tests.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, Haney was attempting to retain his WBC super-lightweight title while Garcia, after missing weight by over 3lbs, had foregone the opportunity to claim his opponent\u2019s belt.<\/p>\n<p>A vastly different story unfolded against Davis, however, as Garcia was forced to contend with a rehydration limit and ultimately lost their 135lb encounter via a seventh-round stoppage in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LXtXcYUIO0M?si=iX6fgp3CVPvs43D5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PBD Podcast<\/a>, the American highlighted this rehydration clause as a significant factor against \u2018Tank\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaney actually caught me. Gervonta \u2026 it wasn\u2019t a hard fight \u2013 I was just weak. You guys can pull up a picture of how I looked for the Tank fight and how I looked for the Devin Haney fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would beat Gervonta Davis worse than I beat Devin Haney \u2013 Devin Haney\u2019s a harder [opponent] than Gervonta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the \u2018Tank\u2019 fight represents a lucrative opportunity, Haney has already been ordered to defend his WBO title against mandatory challenger Keyshawn Davis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Based on his respective experiences against Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia insists that one man represented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659412","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\/659412","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=659412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}