Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney fight for WBC junior welterweight title
Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney are set to fight for the WBC junior welterweight title on April 20. Wochit AI created this video.
Ryan Garcia will not be able to win his first WBC super lightweight world championship when he takes on WBC junior welterweight champion Devin “The Dream” Haney on Saturday. That’s because Garcia didn’t come close to making weight, so the fight will be an exhibition.
The boxing pay-per-view event will be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The 25-year-old Garcia is a year removed from his only loss to Gervonta Davis but got himself back in title contention with a win against Oscar Duarte last December.
The 25-year-old Haney secured his title in December with a dominating win over Regis Prograis.
Ryan Garcia misses weight
Yes, despite Garcia checking in at 143.2 pounds, not particularly close to the 140-pound limit. Haney had said Thursday Garcia looked at, and the two made a handshake bet that Garcia would pay Haney $500,000 per pound that he was over. So that’s $1.6 million, which, according to reports, Garcia is going to honor.
The fight is still on, though at this point there are no belts at stake.
Ryan Garcia next fight date
- Date: Saturday, April 20.
- Location: Barclays Center — Brooklyn, New York.
- Start time: 6 p.m. MT / 7 p.m. CT
- How to watch: DAZN PPV & PPV.com
- Price: $69.99 with subscription, $79.99 without
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia odds
- Devin Haney -910 vs. Ryan Garcia +575, WBC junior welterweight title
- John Ramirez vs. David Jimenez, WBA interim flyweight title
- Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Sean McComb, junior welterweight
- Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Pierre Dibombe, middleweight
Devin Haney record
Haney enters the fight 31-0.
Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia tale of the tape
Country: Haney United States, Garcia United States
Age: Haney 25, Garcia 25
Height: Haney 5-8, Garcia 5-8 1/2
Reach: Haney 72, Garcia 70
KOs: Haney 16, Garcia 20
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