Devin Haney has his undefeated file again, however he’s nonetheless not happy with the Ryan Garcia scenario.
When Haney and Garcia stepped into the ring to field each other this previous April, Garcia initially walked out with an thrilling majority resolution win. Nonetheless, the bout will without end be shrouded in controversy for each the previous and continuing circumstances.
Garcia behaved erratically within the lead-up to the struggle, displaying weird conduct on his social media after which later coming in 3.2 kilos over the restrict for the bout, disqualifying himself from with the ability to win Haney’s tremendous light-weight title. He defeated Haney on the playing cards, however the bout was formally overturned to a no-contest as a part of the penalty handed down by the New York State Athletic Fee for Garcia failing two post-fight drug checks. Garcia additionally acquired a one-year suspension from boxing.
Have been it as much as Haney, Garcia wouldn’t be allowed again in any respect.
“I don’t assume dishonest ought to be within the sport of boxing,” Haney mentioned on The MMA Hour. “If I felt that, shit, I’d be dishonest myself. In the event you get caught dishonest, I feel try to be banned. For all times. As a result of we actually we go in and put our life on the road every time we step in that ring and we see guys get killed within the ring.
“He will need to have felt one thing, due to all his fights, he by no means examined soiled, proper? However in opposition to me, he did. It’s no coincidence. He should clearly have felt the menace from me and hastily he’s appearing like we’ve by no means seen him appearing earlier than. He was protecting his ass simply in case he misplaced and he was going to play the loopy position.”
For the reason that information broke of Garcia’s optimistic drug checks on Might 1, the boxer’s group has maintained that he’s the sufferer of a tainted complement. In an announcement, they wrote that samples from two dietary supplements examined by the Voluntari Anti-Doping Company “returned optimistic for ostarine contamination,” and that Garcia is harmless. Garcia responded to his suspension by following up on a earlier retirement tweet and suggesting he may make a transfer to compete within the UFC.
Garcia’s antics aren’t the slightest bit amusing to Haney, who has no real interest in burying the hatched along with his rival although he claims Garcia has reached out to him.
“He be messaging me on Instagram and shit like that, attempting to be cool,” Haney mentioned. “I don’t know, everyone knows it’s one thing odd for him really feel prefer it’s cool for him to message me. None of that is occurring. For the shit that he did, I wish to make him pay for the shit that he did within the ring, out the ring, nevertheless.”
With the April 20 bout now formally a no-contest, Haney noticed his file restored to 31-0. He’s presently on his personal hiatus, having just lately tweeted that he might not struggle once more till 2026, when a rematch with Garcia might occur.
First issues first, Haney plans to sue Garcia for getting into their bout with what he believes was intent to cheat the system.
“Like I mentioned, this entire factor has price me,” Haney mentioned. “I signed up for a good struggle. I signed a contract for a good struggle the place we do drug testing, the place we go in and I’m clear and he’s clear, and that wasn’t the case. So like I mentioned, I he should pay for that. Whenever you signal the contract, when he mentioned he’s going to be clear going into the struggle and I’m going to be clear, there ain’t going to be nothing in my system, there ain’t going to be nothing in his system, and he didn’t maintain up his discount. He didn’t maintain up on his facet of that. So he pays.
“He pays within the ring. I wish to get it again in blood within the ring, but additionally exterior the ring. I’m nonetheless a businessman on the finish of the day and it is a enterprise.”
