Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says Devin Haney needed to “check the waters” in opposition to Jose Ramirez earlier than dealing with Ryan Garcia in a rematch on Could 2nd as a result of he was “knocked out” of their earlier combat on April twentieth.
Though technically Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) misplaced to Ryan by a 12-round majority determination, De La Hoya views it as a knockout.
Rematch Avoidance
Haney may reside to remorse taking the combat with Ramirez quite than going straight into the rematch with Ryan. Ramirez remains to be combating close to the extent he was at earlier in his profession, and his energy remains to be there. Whereas he did lose his final combat to Arnold Barboza Jr., the combat was a slim 10-round determination. De La Hoya says Haney goes to seek out out the arduous means that Ramirez remains to be “harmful,” and this combat will probably be a catastrophe for him.
Haney is making his comeback from that defeat in opposition to the nonetheless harmful former WBC and WBO gentle welterweight champion Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) on the Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero undercard on Turki Alalshikh’s Deadly Fury occasion on Could 2nd on Instances Sq. in New York Metropolis. The occasion will probably be proven reside on DAZN PPV.
One motive is likely to be the way in which the referee Harvey Dock stopped the motion within the seventh spherical to penalize Garcia a degree with out warning for hitting on the break. That was an oddity, and the referee didn’t take a degree for his extreme holding. It appeared to some just like the referee had singlehandedly saved Haney from a certain knockout defeat.
The entire thing appeared very bizarre. You would inform that with out the ref stopping the motion to penalize Garcia, he would have completed off Haney, who was out on his toes after being dropped.
“Knocked Out”?
“Devin Haney doesn’t need to come again in opposition to Ryan Garcia after being knocked out,” mentioned Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya to DAZN Boxing when requested why we’re not seeing Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2 on Could 2nd. “It’s not within the handbook e-book of selling fights or it’s not within the fighter’s handbook e-book the place after you get knocked out, you combat the identical man once more.
“You need to have an in-between combat to get your confidence again for Devin to ensure he’s okay. What if [Jose] Ramirez pops him with a shot and he will get wobbled and he will get knocked out? That may occur,” mentioned De La Hoya.
“That might be a catastrophe,” mentioned Ariel Helwani.
“I believe Devin needed to check the waters in opposition to Ramirez, pondering that Ramirez isn’t harmful, however guess what? He’s harmful,” mentioned a smiling De La Hoya.
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