Ryan Garcia W12 Devin Haney... In a shocker, Ryan Garcia scored three knockdowns to upset Devin Haney by majority decision in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday. Besides the three knockdowns, the scorecards were complicated by a point deduction taken from Garcia for hitting on the break. Official scores were 112-112, with two judges favoring Garcia 114-110 and 115-109. Boxingtalk also scored it 112-112.  The first knockdown came in round seven. In the immediate aftermath, Haney was desperately trying to hold on to Garcia to remain upright when Garcia foolishly hit Haney on the break. This caused referee Harvey Dock to deduct a point, but more importantly, the foul gave Haney precious time to recover while Dock issued the penalty. 

Despite the two knockdowns, after ten rounds, Haney appeared (at least to Boxingtalk but not on two of the official scorecards) to be on his way to a decision win. But then Garcia scored a third knockdown in round eleven that caused the side of Haney's face to swell and put a decision win out of Haney's reach. Garcia mostly clowned around in the ring during round twelve, allowing Haney to capture a round that tunred out to be moot. Garcia's harder punching and effective bursts of activity carried the day over Haney's boxing skills. Punchstats registered a 106-87 advantage in punches landed for Garcia.

The outcome was one of the most stunning in recent years largely because Garcia was very unstable during the lead-in to the fight. No one disputed Garcia's power or hand speed, but he missed weight by more than three pounds, seeming to indicate a lack of conditioning. Haney was considered one of the top boxers, pound-for-pound, in the world coming in, and Garcia acted so erratically in the last few weeks, both in person and on social media, that some even questioned whether the fight should be called off due to mental health concerns.

Because Garcia failed to make the junior welterweight limit of 140 pounds at Friday's weigh-in, he was ineligible to claim Haney's title, and Haney remains the WBC 140-pound champion. WBC president confirmed that Haney remained the champion, tweeting: "Congratulations to Ryan GarcÌa defying all obstacles and winning a huge fight. Congratulations to Devin Haney for showing his huge heart and class.  Just as in [Diego] Corrales vs [Jose Luis] Castillo II, with the challenger not making weight, Haney remains WBC champion."