By: Sean Crose
He regarded magnificent in opposition to Brian Norman final weekend, so magnificent that he walked out of the ring in Saudi Arabia together with his third world title in his possession. No small factor. For Devin Haney was thought-about by some to be on the draw back of his profession, or not less than in a serious stoop. Haney proved all of the naysayers incorrect on the very least. Haney didn’t simply beat Norman in any case, he really had the person on the canvas. Haney isn’t often called an influence puncher, however you wouldn’t have recognized that simply by watching the man function final weekend.
The query now’s what’s going to the brand new welterweight champion do subsequent? There’s quite a lot of good competitors in and round Haney’s weight realm, nevertheless it’s arduous to think about him not wanting a bit of Ryan Garcia after their first combat led to a extremely controversial no contest resolution as soon as it turned public that Garcia had fought with a banned substance in his system. Though Haney was allowed to proceed after that bout to have an undefeated report, Garcia had frankly given Haney fairly a beating through the combat. Not surprisingly, Garcia has expressed curiosity in combating Haney once more since he blew out Norman final Saturday.
The reality is a rematch between Haney and Garcia would usher in quite a lot of eyeballs and little doubt some huge cash. There’s an air of unfinished enterprise round every man so it might solely make sense for a rematch to come back down the pipe. The issue after all is that that is boxing and issues that make sense are usually ignored.
Supplied the combat does come to fruition nonetheless, the query stays: who will really win? Will or not it’s a replay the primary combat? If that’s the case, it should do a lot for Garcia’s fame. If Haney offers Garcia a run for his cash, the PED arguments will as soon as once more play out relating to Garcia’s actual talent set. And naturally if Haney knocks Garcia out or stops him early or blows him out of the water, then it might be apparent. – or not less than it is likely to be apparent – that Garcia wasn’t actually capable of carry out nicely the primary time he confronted Haney within the ring with out the assistance of a banned substance.
The truth is that the one reply to the query of how a rematch between Haney and Garcia will play out is for it to really play out. Till or if that occurs, all the things else is theory..
