Ryan Garcia, showing his excitement for a fight against WBC light welterweight champion Devin Haney, posted a photo of himself and Dev inside the ring on social media, telling his 11 million followers that this will be his seventh fight. against the Bay Area native.
One user on Twitter pointed out that 25-year-old Ryan Garcia is literally “begging” for the fight with Haney because of the way he’s been repeatedly posting about today’s fight, which is currently at three. Ryan is definitely proving his worth and Haney isn’t discouraging him.
“This will actually be the seventh fight between us. It’s only okay in the professional setting. It’s time to fight,” Ryan Garcia said on Twitter, talking about his proposed fight against Devin Haney.
You’d like to think that the reason Ryan is intensely pursuing a fight against Haney is to break their 3-3 tie, but this has money as his real reason.
Of all the fighters at 140, Haney is Ryan’s biggest payday, not because he’s a pay-per-view fighter, but because King’s 11 million Instagram followers will be eager to see him fight for a world title. Many of them are teenagers and not boxing fans.
Rather, they like Ryan, so it doesn’t matter which champion he fights. He could face any belt holder and he would be just as excited.
What makes this different is that Ryan will probably post more on social media because he is interested in this fight and that, in turn, will get his followers who are not boxing fans excited and want to see it.
Ryan and Haney still need to negotiate their fight, and it is still too early to know if the two will be able to reach an agreement to make this fight a reality.
After his supposedly low PPV numbers for his fight against Regis Prograis on December 9, Haney needs this fight to give him a big payday and help his popularity.
Without Ryan, undefeated former undisputed lightweight champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) would have to make do with the real talents at 140, such as Subriel Matias, Teofimo Lopez, Gary Antuanne Russell and Sandor Martin.
If it weren’t for Ryan saving the day, Haney would likely vacate his WBC 140-pound belt and move up to 147 in search of better pay and to make it easier for him to gain weight. Haney is killing himself to reach the 140-pound limit.
Rehydrating at 165 is a clear sign that Devin needs to get up to 147 ASAP because losing 25 pounds of water is risky.
Actually, this will be the seventh fight between us. It’s only fair that he is on the professional stage 🙏 Thank you Lord Jesus. It’s RUMBLE time pic.twitter.com/j5g6Q22OKL
– RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) December 28, 2023
This has been a long time coming and you know it!! #GarcíaHaney https://t.co/bV6nWqiebx
– RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) December 28, 2023
