De la Hoya paints Haney’s Ramirez struggle as a mask for the long -term fear after Garcia ‘Knockout’ ‘

Promotor Oscar de la Hoya says Devin Haney Wanted “Test the waters” Against Jose Ramirez before standing in a Rematch in Ryan Garcia on May 2, because he was ‘knocked out’ on April 20 in their previous fight.

Although Haney (31-0, 15 COs) technically lost to Ryan by a majority decision of 12 round, De la Hoya considers it a knockout.

Avoidance

Haney could live to regret the fight with Ramirez, rather than going directly with Ryan to the Rematch. Ramirez is still fighting near the level where he was earlier in his career, and his power is still there. While his last fight against Arnold Barboza jr. Lost, the fight was a close decision of ten round. De la Hoya says Haney will find out in the difficult way Ramirez is still “dangerous”, and this fight will be a disaster for him.

Haney makes his return of that defeat against the still dangerous former WBC and WBO Light Welterweight Champion Ramirez (29-2, 18 COs) on the Ryan Garcia against Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero Undercard on Times Square in New York City. The event will be shown Live on dazn Ppv.

One reason is perhaps the way in which referee Harvey Dock stopped the action in the seventh round to punish Garcia a point without warning that he had beaten on the break. It was a stranger, and the referee did not take a point for his excessive possession. For some, it looked like referee Haney saved by hand from a certain defeat.

The whole thing looked very strange. You could see that, without the action of punishing Garcia, he was done on his feet, Haney, who was on his feet, was done after he was dropped.

“Looking out”?

“Devin Haney doesn’t want to return against Ryan Garcia after being knocked out,” Golden Boy promoter Oscar de la Hoya said to box when asked why we didn’t see Ryan Garcia against Devin Haney 2 on May 2. ‘It is not in the textbook of the promotion of battles, or it is not in the fighter manual, where you fight against the same man again after you are knocked out.

‘You must have an intermediate struggle to regain your confidence for Devin to make sure he is in order. What if (Jose) Ramirez pitches him with a shot and he is faltered and he is struck out? That can happen, ”De la Hoya said.

“It would be a disaster,” Ariel Helwani said.

“I think Devin wanted to test the waters against Ramirez and think Ramirez is not dangerous, but guess what? He is dangerous, ”said a smiling De la Hoya.

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