Ryan Garcia remained in good spirits today despite being 3.2 pounds underweight at the weigh-in for his bout with WBC light welterweight champion Devin Haney at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) loses $1.5 million in his wallet due to a $500,000-per-pound bet with wily wheeler and dealer Haney (31-0, 15 KOs). As it turned out, Haney stole some more money from the wallet. Title defense on DAZN PPV.
Haney's title is of little value.
Ryan told his followers that the weight loss was no big deal, that he was here to win, and that it didn't matter if he didn't win Haney's WBC belt. Garcia says, “Belts don't feed your family,'' and he's right.
Haney's WBC title is just a decoration and does not translate into popularity. If the WBC had any value, Devin's last fight with Regis Prograis would have attracted more PPV buyers than the disastrous $50,000, and they would have given away free tickets because no tickets were sold. Instead, they would have sold out Chase Center in San Francisco. sell.
In this era of boxing, titles have become meaningless. More importantly, sell tickets, have an interesting fighting style, buy PPVs, and gain a huge following on social media. Ryan checks all of these boxes.
Unfortunately, Haney is just one of many belt holders who are flawed in all of these categories and fail to sell tickets or garner PPV buys.
Ryan: “We're leaving with his head.”
“Three pounds is nothing. Stop crying,” Ryan Garcia said. X About being overweight at the weigh-in. I felt great and gained a 3 pound advantage. Winners do what they have to do. I'm still sharp. You can't feed your family with a belt.
“We're leaving with his neck. Why try to force weight on to be weak? No, I came here to win,” Ryan said, adding that overweight He made it clear that what he had come to was no big deal. [My] I gained too much muscle in my back from promotional activities. ”
the fight still matters
Ryan giving up $1.5 million made the match more dramatic, but it was still a meaningful and interesting match. If Ryan wins, his financial stock will rise significantly and the $1.5 million he gave up will be trivial. If Ryan wins on Saturday, he will be able to choose who he fights next and earn a huge profit. Haney's career is in jeopardy and he has to start over.
The WBC belt is a useless strap that has no meaning. Titles only have meaning if they are held by popular fighters. If he's not as popular as Haney, he will be ignored by the fans, and the only time fans will pay attention to him is when he fights someone like Ryan Garcia.
