Trainer Kenny Ellis sees a rematch between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia as one of the biggest PPV fights in 2025 because of all the smoke from their fight earlier this year in April.
It doesn’t look like there will be a rematch between the two fighters without Haney dropping his lawsuit or losing it. If he prevails and wins a massive settlement, the chances of a rematch will evaporate.
Ryan will likely be bitter and won’t want it to happen in a rematch, thinking that Haney could initiate another lawsuit if he loses again or even if he wins. If Ryan considers Haney litigious, he won’t want to fight him. Haney would probably make more money in a rematch than with his lawsuit, but of course he doesn’t see it that way.
It looks like he wants the lawsuit money, and he thinks he’ll still get the rematch. He could be wrong.
Ellis thinks fans will want to see how Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) will fare against Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) when he’s “off drugs.”
Ryan tested positive for Ostarine following his 12-round majority decision over Haney on April 20. Haney has since started a lawsuit against Ryan due to his positive PED test for battery and fraud.
Ellis says he views Haney’s decision to sue Garcia as akin to someone going to the police, and that’s not something they do in Baltimore.
“It’s like some police (stuff). In Baltimore we don’t call the cops, man. It is what it is. I think it’s business for him,” coach Kenny Ellis said Battle hypewhich is responding to Devin Haney choosing to sue Ryan Garcia over his loss to him last April.
“Not that I know of, but I’m sure it’s been done in the past. It’s not like that in public,” Ellis said when asked if he had heard of another fighter starting a lawsuit after losing a fight.
“I can say because of this situation, all this going back and forth and all this smoke, that fight could be one of the biggest fights on PPV next year,” Ellis said of the Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney rematch.
Again, a rematch with Ryan probably won’t happen if Haney doesn’t drop the lawsuit. It’s a shame because there would be a lot of fan interest in seeing them fight again. Without that rematch, Haney’s situation is bleak.
Who can actually beat Haney at 140 and 147 that has talent? I see him losing to Liam Paro, Teofimo Lopez, Subriel Matias, Mario Barrios, Jaron Ennis, Eimantas Stanionis and Brian Norman Jr. The only guys who can probably beat Haney are the ones with no power and limited skills.
“No, I don’t think he’s a shot fighter. He was hit with some clean shots. He went from the first round to the twelfth round, and he went out on his shield,” Ellis said, responding to Ryan’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya saying the Haney-Garcia rematch would not happen because Haney is a “shooter”.
What De La Hoya probably meant by calling Haney a “shot fighter” is that his lawsuit suggests he’s emotionally scarred by his loss and can’t come back from it. De La Hoya says if it was him, he would have taken the rematch and proved that he could avenge it.
“He (Haney) will take about a year off and bounce back. I’ve seen fighters take worse hits than that and bounce back,” Ellis said.
Ellis does not say who Haney would “bounce back” against. If he’s talking about a lesser fighter, yes, he can do it. But if he thinks Haney can “bounce back” against someone as good as Liam Paro, Alberto Puello, Brian Norman Jr., or Boots Ennis, it doesn’t happen. He will lose to those guys.
“Tank by itself will bring a bigger crowd, but because of the Devin Haney and Ryan situation, people want to see that rematch. They want to see how Ryan does what he does when he’s not on drugs, on so-called drugs. I don’t think he was on drugs, but you know,” Ellis said when asked which fight he thought was bigger, a Gervonta Davis-Ryan rematch or a Haney-Ryan rematch.
There will be a lot of interest in a Tank vs. Garcia rematch, but it doesn’t seem likely to happen. Ryan is now a welterweight, and Tank would expect him to melt down to 138.
Additionally, a 10-lb rehydration clause would likely be something Kingry would have to agree to in order for a rematch with Gervonta to happen, and that’s not realistic. Ryan will look like a skeleton trying to make weight for a rematch with Tank. It’s a shame that Tank requires weigh-ins for his important fights because it suggests that he lacks confidence and needs a handicap to help him win.
