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- Ryan Garcia scored an impressive victory over rival boxer Devin Haney on Saturday.
- Garcia dropped Haney three times en route to a decision victory.
- With this win, Garcia was promoted to the pay-per-view headliner.
On Saturday, Ryan Garcia shocked the boxing world with a stunning majority decision victory over Devin Haney at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Garcia displayed erratic behavior during the promotion and was even seen drinking from what appeared to be a beer bottle during Friday's weigh-in.
The boxer from California missed out on weight and an exorbitant amount (3.2 pounds over the 140 pound limit), so he was unable to challenge for and win Haney's super lightweight championship belt.
As it turns out, some, if not all, of that may have been a deception, as Garcia boxed very well with pace and pinpoint power punches, dropping Haney three times en route to the victory. do not have.
“Come on, guys,” Garcia said in his post-fight victory speech. “Do you really think I'm crazy?”
Garcia drops Haney.
The underdog knocked the champion to the floor three times.
In the first half of the fight, Haney won many rounds thanks to his superior boxing, but in the second half Garcia's power began to take hold, dropping Haney in the seventh, tenth, and eleventh rounds.
Watch the knockdown here:
He did some showboating towards the end. This was somehow appropriate punctuation considering the potential for vandalism in the run-up to the box office bout.
By the final bell, Compubox data sent to GIVEMESPORT showed Garcia outperforming Haney in terms of punches, throws and landings.
He made 106 of 285 shots compared to Haney's 87 of 214.
The fighter added that the referee should have stopped the fight.
Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, which organized the event, said in a statement to GIVEMESPORT that night:
“Ryan shocked the world and proved once and for all that he is the face of boxing and a pound-for-pound athlete in our sport. From armchair psychologists and so-called boxing experts. Despite all the talk, Ryan clearly had a plan and carried it out.
Meanwhile, Garcia said he thinks the referee should have intervened during the match and called off the whole thing, given the way Haney was ripped off.
“I shouldn't have put so much pressure on myself to stop him, because every time I hurt him I would go crazy and I couldn't stop him,” Garcia said.
He added: “I think the referee should have stopped the match. [Haney] It really hurt.I felt sick and even looked at Bill to stop the fight. [in the seventh round].
“That guy held me for dear life. I felt like it was my chance to keep swinging while my hands were free. I should have knocked him out in that seventh round. They stole that from me.
“I’m amazed he has so much heart and resilience.”
With the win, Garcia improved his professional boxing record to 25 wins (20 KOs) to 1 loss.
