Regis Prograis thinks Devin Haney isn’t washed up, but he says he won’t beat Ryan Garcia. He recommends that Haney not take the rematch with Kingry unless he is just “trying to cash out.”
It would be insane for Devin to fight Garcia again without at least one tune-up to rebuild and see where he is at neurologically. Kingry had Haney all over him, dropping him six times in their fight last April, although the referee only counted three of them. The popular Southern California native hurt Devin whenever he wanted, and it looked too easy.
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If Dev takes a tune-up against a soft puncher, he’ll discover if he can still land a decent headshot without first hitting the deck’s face. He can regain some of his confidence that may have been lost on that night against Garcia at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Haney’s decision to sit out a year during Ryan’s suspension has many fans believing he is waiting for him to fight again. Is Devin (31-0, 15 KOs) waiting on Garcia to get that lucrative rematch, or does he want time to rest after the fight he took in his 12-round majority decision loss on April 20?
If there is fear on Haney’s part about whether he can handle even getting hit by a scribe, it makes sense that he remains inactive and waits for Kingry’s one-year suspension to end in April. The last thing Devin needs is to get knocked out by some obscure ham and egg and lose forever on the Garcia rematch.
“He wasn’t shot, but I don’t think he’s going to beat Ryan,” said Regis Prograis. YSM Sports Media about Devin Haney fighting a rematch against Ryan Garcia. “He got his ass kicked by Ryan, and that will always be there. No matter what Bill says, it’s always going to be in the back of his mind. “Damn, he really beat me.”
“I don’t think they are, and I don’t think they should fight Ryan next. I think they should do a tune-up to see, and see how he (Haney) does and then go from there. The only way they would do that (fight Ryan) is if they try to cash out and get a crazy amount of money,” Prograis said.
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