Promoter Oscar De La Hoya doubts that a rematch between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will happen in 2025. Oscar feels that Haney washed out after his loss to Ryan last April. Haney took a beating in that fight, and it’s doubtful he can bounce back from the loss. De La Hoya doesn’t think so.
If Haney is washed, it will show when or if he returns to the ring to fight someone. Ideally, he should make an adjustment to make sure his faculties are still intact. It would be a mistake on Haney’s part to face one of the top welterweights coming back from a beating against Ryan.
Interestingly, Haney hasn’t said what division he plans to campaign in when he fights next, but given his massive size, he should consider competing at welterweight. The trouble he had taking Ryan’s power shots last April may have had something to do with the large amounts of water weight he had to cut to make the 140-lb limit.
Life might be easier for Haney if he competes at 147 because he won’t have to cut as much weight. He would still have to lose a ton of water weight from the 160s, but it wouldn’t be such a massive ordeal. For fighters who compete in divisions far below their natural size, eventually their body can no longer handle the massive shift in weight.
It’s clear that Haney’s decision to sue Ryan has a lot to do with De La Hoya’s doubts about a second fight happening. Additionally, Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) hasn’t shown much interest in returning to the ring to bounce back from his 12-round decision loss to Garcia.
Former two-division world champion Haney recently passed up an opportunity to fight Sandor Martin, which would have given him a nice payday in a win fight. When he chose not to fight Sandor, it was a red flag in the eyes of fans, and his loss to Kingry still haunts him. For a proud fighter like Haney, who had things going his way his entire career, it was hard to deal with mentally.
Ryan recently said he has no interest in fighting Haney again, but he might change his mind in 2025 if offered enough money. If this is the best fight for Ryan, he’s not going to pass up the opportunity.
The only other fight that would pay more would be a rematch with Gervonta Davis, but that is doubtful. Tank is too busy taking easy options, and he’s not going to fight Ryan again at full strength at a 140+ catch weight.
“We have to deal with this frivolous lawsuit they slapped on us, but that’s all it is, noise,” Oscar De La Hoya told the media about Devin Haney’s decision to sue Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy. “That’s all it is. How can you sue someone who fooled you? It just doesn’t make sense.
“What I would do is call that fighter out, get back in the ring and beat his ass.”
“I don’t think so because I believe that Devin Haney is a shot fighter,” De La Hoya said when asked if there would be a rematch between Garcia and Haney.
