The long-noisy WBC super lightweight championship match - Devin Haney VS Ryan Garcia battle has now come to an end, and the result is not a big upset, that is, "The Flash" Garcia, who was not very optimistic before the game, fell behind in the first half, with a strong performance of 3 knockouts, and ended Haney, who had a winning record, and ushered in the peak of his career.
Garcia's victory over Haney is closely related to his coach Derrick James, in addition to his own dedication and hard work. James was relieved to beat Haney, and now he feels more and more that he is guiding Garcia correctly in this contest.
As the 2022 coach of the year in the eyes of the media, everything went wrong for James after entering 2023, and the two fierce generals under his command - Errol Spence and Jimmel Charlo were defeated one after another, and even the former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, who cooperated with him, chose not to go to the United States to receive James's guidance after winning two lackluster victories, so James's coaching ability has been widely questioned, and it can be said that he has fallen into a huge "crisis of confidence". Fortunately, by helping Garcia defeat Haney, James's waist hardened again.
Coaching Garcia this time, it can be seen that James is nervous through the game, and he will repeatedly tell Garcia every time he breaks the game. James just took over Garcia last year and helped the other party complete the battle with Oscar Duarte, and now he has won the battle with Haney, which is really worth celebrating, so much so that some media said: James has bitten the apple in 2024 for the first time!
"I feel like I've been successful and done my job, and that's what it's all about," James said. It was one of the most satisfying wins of my coaching career and I would say it's great. I've gotten to where I am today on my own, the Hall of Fame coaches didn't teach me, I pushed myself to this level on my own, and even now, there are still a lot of people who have left me out. ”
An important reason why Garcia was looked down on before the game is that Hani, who claims to be the "Mayweather of the new era", is considered to be above Garcia in terms of technology, and it turns out that Hani's skills are indeed not bad, and he once effectively controlled the situation, but Garcia's speed and strength played a key role in this competition, which is an important reason why he knocked down Haney 3 times. James asserted that Haney struggled to recover from the shadows after suffering three knockouts.
"I'm happy for Garcia, he really beat Haney hard, did you see Haney's swollen face? It's crazy, how domineering Garcia is, I can't believe it! Haney might have been better off if he had been knocked down sooner rather than later, because it's hard to recover from the shadows after three consecutive throwdowns, he's a good fighter, and I hope he can come back," James said. ”
Although Garcia won the victory, there were also criticisms of him, that is, in the first half of the contest, Garcia did not do much, his jab was almost nowhere to be seen, more like holding back opportunities such as heavy punches, fortunately Haney's defense had many holes, otherwise against the real Floyd Mayweather, Garcia would have been played by the whole court. James responded to the question, saying that one of the team's strategies is to wait for an opportunity to hit Haney hard.
"Our plan was to take everything from Hani, and when Garcia was seen with his fist on target, Haney retreated, and Garcia opened the door for his opponent," James said. ”
Garcia still needs to improve, but now he can enjoy the glory of victory, according to technical statistics, Garcia hit 106 punches in the whole game, ahead of Haney's 87 punches, especially worth mentioning that among the 106 punches Garcia hit, heavy punches accounted for 95 punches, which means that he is almost all playing heavy punches, so there is no problem in winning, as for whether Haney can recover from the shadows? It depends on his ability, he may or may not be able to do it, let's wait for the answer.