Garcia Shocks The World, Drops Haney Thrice to Win by Majority Decision!

 

Heading into the fight as a very huge underdog, King Rye woke up The Dream to a hellish nightmare as he drops the former unbeaten, two-weight champion to an unexpected majority decision! 

The first round was telling as a sharp left hook from Ryan rocked Devin. The next four rounds were clearly in Haney's favor as he settled into a rhythm - boxing and stalking the challenger who mostly preferred to counter and go into an unorthodox Philly Shell. 

In the middle rounds, Garcia seemed to have his second wind as he fought back in spurts and knocked Haney in the 7th round with a perfect counter left hook! This was the champ's first taste of the canvas but it would not be the last! 

Rye would crown himself king as he delivered another two knockdowns in the 10th and 11th! The champion simply had no answer to the challenger's deadly left hook! 

My scorecard read 113-111 to Garcia! 

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On an interesting side note, this is the second high profile, open Christian fighter that Haney faced. First was Lomachenko who is an Orthodox Christian and the second is Garcia who is probably Catholic. Haney is an open Muslim. 

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Haney doesn't have the power and the chin to stay elite at 140 lbs. Devin dominates his opponents with his size and rhythm. He moved from 135 to 140 after struggling at the scales and in his fight against Loma. In his 2nd fight at the super lightweight division, he got rocked and beaten by a supposedly "distracted" Garcia. 

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Devin Haney vs Vasiliv Lomachenko | Full Fight

 

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Haney Escapes Loma, Retains Lightweight Titles

 

In a fight that was billed as a confirmation of Haney's legitimate rule as king of the lightweights, the former titleholder of the division Lomachenko gave the young and bigger fighter a run for his money.

Devin had ruled a portion of this division since 2019 with the WBC belt and collected the other three just last year against hard-nosed fighter George Kambosos Jr, beating him twice convincingly. Vasiliy was a previous two-belt titleholder in the division but lost it in 2020. With the former being in his mid 30s, he looked liked an old lion being fed to the new. The unified champ is only 24 years old.

The fight started out in Haney's favor with the bigger and younger fighter throwing bombs, some of which were clean shots to the body. Loma, who is known to be a slow starter, weathered the storm and came back with some very tight steals in the middle rounds. In the latter rounds, the Ukrainian landed some telling blows to the American, especially in the 10th and the 12th, which closed the scoring gap. Loma appeared to have figured out the champion and he was not afraid to mix it up.

I had it 115-113 for Devin Haney. A lot of the middle rounds were very close. The champion did not win it handily. The challenger had his moments but those spurts were not enough to secure the belts. 

Base on the champion's performance tonight, it is time to move to 140. He has outgrown the division. He will get KOed if he fights Davis or Stevenson. 

 

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