Devin Haney and his father, Bill, have been left high & dry after Ryan Garcia moved on, choosing not to go ahead with the fight.
The Haney’s could throw fuel on the fire, making things worse for themselves depending on who they pick for their next opponent. Ryan will be on the sidelines, snickering when Haney’s next fight is announced if it’s one of the obscure contenders in the 140-lb rankings.
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) seemed utterly vindictive yesterday, lashing out at Ryan on social media, talking about how he’s only fought once on PPV recently.
The Haneys haven’t said which direction they’ll go in now that the fight with popular social media star Ryan Garcia isn’t happening.
Ryan Calls The Shots
Devin may not like it, but Ryan Garcia is the King of the 140-lb division based on his past success and his 11 million Instagram followers, many of whom will eagerly purchase his next fight against WBA light welterweight champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on May 5th.
As Ryan suggested, Haney can defend his newly won WBC light welterweight title against Richardson Hitchins next. Ryan will be laughing at Haney if he dares to put a potential fight with Hitchins on DAZN PPV, as the buys might not even hit 30K.
For Haney to keep that belt, he might have to defend against his WBC mandatory Sandor Martin, and that’s not a marketable fight either.
As the WBC light welterweight champion and former undisputed champ, Devin wants to be the A-side in a fight with Ryan Garcia, but that doesn’t mean anything because Kingry is the one that sells on PPV.
Ryan has a superior buyrate than Haney based on the one million+ buys his fight with Gervonta Davis brought in last year.
Haney Blew It
You can argue that Haney shot himself in the foot by choosing to fight WBC 140-lb champion Regis Prograis on PPV last December on DAZN, pricing it at $75, making things worse.
That was the dumbest move imaginable on Haney’s part, sticking this albatross on PPV, thinking fans would want to buy it, and packaging it with a horrible undercard that was one of the worst this writer has ever seen on an expensive pay-per-view card.
That was NOT a PPV-worthy fight, and the reported 50K buys the fight brought in have undermined Haney’s ability to call the shots as the A-side against Ryan Garcia, who is the only one in the 140-lb division that would sell in a fight with him.
In boxing, money makes the world go around, and nothing else matters. Whoever sells is the King, and right now, Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) is sitting on the throne at 140.
The champions Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Subriel Matias might as well be regular contenders because they’re not on Ryan’s level in the money-making department.