Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia
Date | April 20, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC super lightweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garcia wins via 12-round majority decision (114–110, 115–109, 112–112) |
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, billed as This One Counts, was a professional boxing match contested in the super lightweight division between the WBC super lightweight champion, Devin Haney, and former WBC interim lightweight world champion, Ryan Garcia. The bout took place on 20 April 2024 at the Barclays Center in New York.
The fight ended in a majority decision win for Garcia.[1][2]
Background
On February 9, 2024, it was announced that Haney vs. Garcia was signed[3] for April 20, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada for the WBC super lightweight title.[4]
The title of the fight, This One Counts, is a reference to the six prior matches between Haney and Garcia in amateur boxing, with this one being their first official match in professional boxing.[5] The last time they fought was in January 2015, the quarterfinals of the USA Youth National Championships.[6] Their record in the amateurs stood evenly tied at 3–3.[7][8]
Two days before the fight, Garcia agreed to a wager with Haney that Garcia would pay $500,000 for every pound over the limit should he miss weight.[9]
Garcia later weighed in at 143.2lbs, 3.2lbs over the championship limit, and would forfeit up to $600,000 of his purse to Haney. Garcia would not be eligible to win the title.[10]
Result
Garcia won the bout via majority decision.[11] Garcia knocked down Haney three times in rounds 7, 10 and 11 before coming away with the victory by Majority Decision (114–110, 115–109, 112–112).[12][13]
Garcia out-landed Haney 106–87 in total punches and 95–45 in power punches. Garcia landed 41% of his power punches, while Haney's previous 10 opponents landed 25%. Haney landed 7 of 18 punches per round whereas he had landed 13 of 42 in his previous 10 fights.[14]
Official scorecards
Judge | Fighter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total[15] |
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Max DeLuca | Haney | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 112 |
Garcia | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 112 | |
Eric Marlinski | Haney | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 110 |
Garcia | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 114 | |
Robin Taylor | Haney | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 109 |
Garcia | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 115 |
Fight card
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
Super Lightweight | Ryan Garcia | def. | Devin Haney | MD | 12/12 | For WBC super lightweight title. | |
Super Lightweight | Arnold Barboza Jr. | def. | Seán McComb | SD | 10/10 | For WBO intercontinental super lightweight title. | |
Super Middleweight | Bektemir Melikuziev | def. | Pierre Dibombe | TD | 8/10 | 2:58 | For WBA intercontinental super middleweight title. |
Super Flyweight | David Jimenez | def. | Johnny Ramirez | UD | 12/12 | For interim WBA super flyweight title. | |
Super Welterweight | Charles Conwell | def. | Nathaniel Gallimore | TKO | 6/10 | 0:52 | |
Undercard | |||||||
Super Middleweight | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | def. | Vaughn Alexander | UD | 10/10 | ||
Super Middleweight | Darius Fulghum | def. | Cristian Olivas | TKO | 4/8 | 0:52 | |
Super Lightweight | Johnny Canas | def. | Markus Bowes | UD | 4/4 | ||
Middleweight | Amari Jones | def. | Armel Mbumba | TKO | 6/8 | 0:39 | |
Super Middleweight | Kevin Newman II | def. | Eric Robles | TKO | 4/6 | 1:53 | |
Lightweight | Shamar Canal | def. | Pedro Borgaro | UD | 6/6 |
Allegations of cheating
On May 1, Voluntary Anti-Doping Association notified all involved parties that Garcia had tested positive for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing drug, the day before and the day of his fight with Haney. Garcia responded via social media, denying the accusations and citing his willingness to take the drug test. [16]
The result is now pending the New York State Athletic Commission vote that would change the result from a Garcia win to either a No Contest or Haney win by disqualification.
References
- ^ Mazique, Brian. "Ryan Garcia Vs. Devin Haney Results: King Ry Shocks The World With Win". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Akopyan, Manouk (2024-04-21). "Ryan Garcia knocks down Devin Haney three times and wins by decision in upset". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (10 February 2024). "Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia signed for April in Las Vegas". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ "Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia Reach Terms WBC Title Fight, To Headline April 20 DAZN PPV In Las Vegas". BoxingScene.com. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Amateur rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia meet as pros. Overweight Garcia can't win Haney's belt". AP News. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Haney and Garcia have a shared past -- and are about to determine their future". ESPN.com. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney: A 10-year rivalry far from over". MARCA. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Ryan Garcia knocks Devin Haney down 3 times and hands his amateur rival his first pro loss". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Ryan Garcia honors $1.5M bet with Devin Haney after missing weight by over 3 pounds". Yahoo Sports. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Sources: Garcia misses weight, has deal to fight". ESPN.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia results, highlights: 'King Ry' springs upset with trio of knockdowns in battle". CBSSports.com. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (21 April 2024). "Ryan Garcia bests Devin Haney by decision in 12-round fight". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ Lee, Alexander K. (2024-04-21). "Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney official scorecard". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney Round by Round Stats". Compubox. April 20, 2024. Archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024.
- ^ Lee, Alexander (April 21, 2024). "Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney official scorecard". MSN. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "Ryan Garcia", Wikipedia, 2024-05-04, retrieved 2024-05-16