Garcia's next options: Haney, Davis, Ennis?

Compiled by Scott Shaffer

22/04/2024

Garcia's next options: Haney, Davis, Ennis?

Devin Haney tweeted the following after Saturday's loss to a 143-pound Ryan Garcia: "Allah is the perfect planner he makes no mistakes... [I] fought like a true champion. [I] got up off the canvas & kept fighting. I am 100 percent OK and would love to do it again while we both make weight."

 

But Garcia's post-fight press conference comments indicated Garcia-Haney II is unlikely for the next fight. Instead, Garcia talked about being unable to fight at junior welterweight:  "I'm moving up. I'm not doing 140. I'm going 147. I can't make f****ng 140. I never even technically fought at 140, I fought every time at 143. My body can't literally go lower than 143. It's impossible. I tried every technique. Can't do it."

Garcia's promoter, Oscar De La Hoya spoke about Garcia avenging his lone loss, suffered at the hands of Gervonta "Tank" Davis, but De La Hoya put conditions on a rematch that make it unlikely: "The only way he's gonna fight Tank Davis [in a rematch] is at catchweight, at 145 or 144, just the way they did it to him. Now he's the man, he's the face of boxing now." [Garcia's last fight was at 135 pounds, so the porposed catchweight would be a signficant jump.]
 
IBF welterweight champion Jaron "Boots" Ennis could also be in the mix for a Garcia fight later in the year. In an entertaining exchange in the hallways of Brooklyn's Barclays Center after the fight, Garcia's father Henry cursed out promoter Eddie Hearn, but then immediately apologized and hugged Hearn when Hearn suggested Ennis-Garcia. In a separate tweet, Hearn added: "Wow this sport never ceases to amaze me. Hats off to Ryan Garcia... Devin Haney, heart of a lion. What a fight."
 
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