Eddie Hearn believes that Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney both only fight for money at this point in their careers. He says that with all the things they have been through since last year, they lost interest in boxing and focused on just making money.
Hearn feels the horrible efforts that Ryan (24-2, 20 COs) and Haney (32-0, 15 COs) have on May 2 in New York in New York, reflect their focus on the dough. They are both under the Uber-rich class, millionaires Many times over, and not willing to take risks.
Hearn: Money Boils Fighters
You hear Devin Haney talking in his ‘mansion’ over the past year, and chooses not to fight after getting a big payday in a loss against Ryan. You just know that the money had the ambition of these fighters.
Haney fought as if playing against Jose Ramirez on the Times Square card, and did not want to get involved after receiving a $ 10 million wallet for the fight. Hearn says money changes fighters. It is only a rare breed that is still willing to work hard and to fight tooth and nail after becoming rich.
When he discussed what went wrong on the Times Square card, Hearn said fighters were “paid too much.” He did not mention the names of Haney and Ryan, but of course it was two of the three high -profile fighters on that occasion who could not improve. The third was Theofimo Lopez, who ran around and displayed all night like a clown in his fight against Arnold Barboza jr. He didn’t want to fight.
‘There’s an element of fighters are paid too muchAnd once you start making money, do you really want to physically put yourself in the trenches if your lifestyle is fantastic now? Maybe that’s what it is, ”Eddie Hearn tells Fighting typeAnd discuss why the Times Square fighters, Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia and Theofimo Lopez on May 2nd, lack of performances.
It has always been like that in boxing. Once fighters become one of the Nouveau Riche class, they do not want to practice and avoid being hit. If they do fight, you see them running, not endearing, and try to win the minimum to win. Haney and Shakur Stevenson are classic examples.
“I think it’s impossible to have the same Warrior mindset if you earn a lot of money, and now you live in that ten-bedroom house (correction: mansion) and you have three Ferraris. The (fighters) are like, ‘I don’t really want a war. Why would I want a war? No, thank you, ” Hearn says.
Turki Alalshikh chose to pay the wrong fighters on the Times Square card because none of the three have ever proven to be a solid fighters paid millions. Haney’s best career victory is a controversial decision on Vasily Lomachenko. Unlike him, he washed fighters for having a great advantage. Ryan never hit anyone either. His best victory is Luke Campbell.
Theofimo’s best victory is a controversial decision against an injured, older and much smaller Lomachenko. He always came to pick up or expensive when he had the chance to fight the quality opposition that was not over the hill.
Replace money -driven boxers
“Ryan is a million kilometers far from the fight for a world title at the moment, especially with a defeat,” says Hearn. “He also earns a lot of money. He thinks, ‘I’m fine. “You will probably see him disappear at some point.
Kingry can probably choose which champion he wants to fight. But he is a ‘million miles away’ from the conquest of a world title. He is not going to win a world title against one of the champions at 147, and I don’t think care. As Hearn says, Garcia is fighting for the money.
“Sometimes the game takes away their love. Ryan is probably at that place where he is: ‘I had so much s ***. I don’t even like boxing anymore, but of course it’s big money. So what’s the next? ” Says Hearn.
Garcia criticized the making of mistakes, tested positive for a ped, came into being overweight, held up against Tank Davis and showed no courage in his loss of Rolly Romero. Ryan did not try to go out on his shield. He gave up after being dropped by Rolly in the second round and went into survival mode. Whatever Turki paid Garcia for the fight, he wasted his money.
‘Devin is there now. And Devin was never there. He was all about belts, all about achievements. Then I think that the Ryan struggle really has discouraged, the whole experience. And I think now, he just thinks, ‘I couldn’t care less about the belts. Let me make my money, and then I’m done. “That’s what makes you deteriorate as a fighter,” Hearn says.
Turki should take a broom and Haney, Ryan and Theofimo wipe his A-list group he uses for his Riyadh season events. He must focus on some young, hungry go-tugs who are willing to entertain the fans.
With these fighters, Turki has to shower the lazy people after they become millionaires and look for new blood. It’s a turning door. This includes Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury and Canelo Alvarez. They need to be replaced by newer fighters like David Banavidez and David Morrell, who still want to fight and entertain hard.


Last updated on 05/21/2025