Now, a few days have passed since the WBC super lightweight championship bout between Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, but the buzz is still ongoing, which shows the impact of the match. Haney and Garcia are both 25 years old, and at the time of weighing, Garcia did not reach the required weight for his class because he was overweight, weighing 143.2 pounds, while Haney's weight was more standard, 140 pounds.
Many people think that one of the important reasons for Garcia's victory over Haney is the excess weight of 3.2 pounds, and at the same time, they speculate that Garcia's on-court weight on the night of the game may be much higher than that of his opponent.
How much did Garcia vs Haney weigh? That's the focus of a lot of people. This week, Garcia revealed the information in a podcast interview, and it turned out that his on-the-spot weight disparity was not as great as he had guessed. "I'm about 160 pounds, I weigh in at 143.2 pounds, Haney is 140 pounds, usually he's bigger, he's a real weigh bully, and as a result, the weight bully gets bullied," Garcia said. ”
Haney's fans are quite unhappy, they think that Garcia should be limited in the case of overweighing, and at the same time, some fans said, why did the Haney VS Garcia battle not limit the weight on the court?
Eddie Hearn, Haney's promoter, responded to the question, especially why Garcia's on-the-spot weight was not restricted, saying: "From the point of view of our competition promotion company, this issue should be revisited, we chose not to force it, and we understand what Haney thinks, it has nothing to do with Hani, some fighters don't pass the weigh-in and will run 50 times on both sides of the street (emergency weight loss). Of course, we don't want to do that, it depends on how far you push the other person. ”
Hearn continued: "I'm sure the Haney team was worried about something, but they wanted this game and everybody felt like Haney was going to win, so they underestimated the opponent's overweight. Of course, an economic penalty against Garcia is as it should be. If the race is postponed due to weight issues, that's obviously not what we're hoping for. Garcia does have a huge physical advantage in the fight, and Haney is battling a middleweight fighter, and I'm curious to see Garcia's true on-court weight. ”
Garcia said that he weighed 160 pounds on the spot, but many people questioned that he was "too modest" because Garcia's physique was better than that of Haney. However, it is a great irony that Haney failed to use his on-court weight to overpower his opponent.
In the past, Haney was very good at using his on-court weight, which can be called a standard big man, not to mention, when he challenged Regis Progas in December last year, the two sides weighed 140 pounds, but on the night of the game, Haney weighed as much as 166 pounds, completely suppressing Progas, so Garcia's current 160-pound on-court weight can be described as "a big thing" compared to Haney. Of course, the premise is that Garcia's on-court weight is accurate, if he is really 160 pounds, I don't believe that Haney's on-court weight will be lower than this number, if Haney's on-court weight is superior, then Garcia's victory is even more valuable.