WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney insists that his opponent's overweight weight was one of the big reasons why he lost to Ryan "The Flash" Garcia. Garcia weighed in at 143.2 pounds, 3.2 pounds above his class, but Haney did nothing but accept Garcia's fine, perhaps he was overconfident and lost to a much larger opponent.
Now, Haney wants to get back to the top, and the most effective shortcut is a rematch with Garcia. Haney believes that the two sides should start a rematch, but only fairly, and he demanded that Garcia weigh exactly as he himself and not be overweight again.
This week, Haney wrote on social media: I'm a short, but this is boxing, and if anyone knows me, they know that I'm a real contender and always wants to test my skills against the best fighters in the world. That night, Garcia won, which was good, but I do feel like weight played a key role.
Haney added: "I'd love to bring it back [to the rematch] and give the fans a fair fight within the agreed weight range. Thank you to all the supporters, thank you to everyone who participated in this game.
However, not long after Haney called for a rematch, he got the bad news that Garcia's promoter Oscar "Golden Boy" de la Hoya shattered Haney's dream of a rematch, telling him that there would be no more rematches!
Hoya responded to Haney's request for a rematch via Instagram, saying: "Good luck to you and Eddie Hearn, but there won't be a rematch, good luck in your career, Hearn is a European promoter who is trying to succeed in the United States." ”
I wonder how Hani felt after receiving such a reply? This seems to be in response to the sentence: It is easy to lose what you have worked hard for, but it is difficult to regain it! It is estimated that at this time, Hani is beating his chest and stunning, regretting that he chose Garcia in the first place, or regretting that he did not effectively stop it when the other party was overweight.
In the past, it was not unusual for a fighter to be overweight when weighing, but in order not to affect the fight, most of the time it would be carried out as usual, Hani obviously did not understand the difficulties enough, and lost to the opponent, and throughout the competition, weight factor aside, Hani's strength was somewhat overestimated, on the contrary, Garcia was underestimated.
Another thing that Haney regrets is that he did not sign a rematch agreement with the other party, so he is now in a very passive position, but unfortunately there is no way to do it, it depends on how the team solves it next?
Some argue that Haney's failure to get a rematch isn't necessarily a bad thing, because even if he has a rematch, he may not be sure to get revenge on Garcia. The only advantage for Haney now is that he still holds the WBC super lightweight belt, and boxing columnist Mark Sheebers believes that Haney is better off defending his WBC title by going through one or two adjustment bouts before thinking about a bigger fight, on the grounds that Haney has been knocked down by Garcia three times in a row, and there is no certainty of a rematch.
In the eyes of Haney fans, Garcia's refusal to rematch is afraid, for this issue, I will not comment for the time being, but Garcia will accept it when he sees it, and at the same time, as an Internet celebrity, he is well versed in the principle of profit first, he finally defeated Haney, and he needs to use this advantage to make more money, so he threw out the plan to rise to 147 pounds welterweight battle Jason Ennis and Terrence Crawford, as for whether Garcia really can't lower his weight to 140 pounds? Only he knows best.
Garcia's calculations are at the top, and now he is looking for a bigger fight, on the contrary, if he rematches with Hani, there will be no considerable gains, if Garcia does not get a bigger battle, maybe he will think of Hani again, but what are the odds? Hani can only hope for good luck!