Last weekend, Devin Haney retained his WBC lightweight belt and his undefeated stint against veteran Jorge Linares. Haney was the oppressor from round 1, but the Venezuela boxer had his fair and share moments inside the squared circle. Despite all the adversities, the Californian came on top to secure a win.
However, his performance didn’t quite impress his long-time nemesis, Ryan Garcia. Right after the fight, Garcia took a dig at ‘The Dream’ and asserted it was a good fight, but he would’ve knocked Haney out. DAZN shared this video on its official Twitter handle, prompting a comment from the 21-0 boxer.
Ryan Garcia’s IG story after Devin Haney’s fight.
“I would’ve slept you.” 🍿 pic.twitter.com/CDyIkbyEgW
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 30, 2021
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All of Garcia‘s comments reached Devin Haney, and he couldn’t stop himself from firing back at Garcia. Taking it to his official Twitter handle, the WBC lightweight champ wrote, “Ryan Garcia is the true definition of a coward… a few weeks ago he wanted sympathy because he was having “Mental Health issues” this week he talking sh*t about me… it’s funny now he came out after Javier fortuna found another opponent,”
Ryan Garcia is the true definition of a coward… a few weeks ago he wanted sympathy because he was having “Mental Health issues” this week he talking sh*t about me… it’s funny now he came out after Javier fortuna found another opponent
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) June 1, 2021
‘The Dream’ didn’t stop here as he had a string of tweets to fire at ‘KingRy’.
& if Luke Campbell dropped you what would have Linares have done to you? 😩
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) June 1, 2021
Haney even accused Garcia of dodging Jorge Linares alongside him. With this recent war of words, the rivalry between the duo seems to have reached another level altogether.
& let’s be real you never wanted to fight Linares you ducked him like you ducked me
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) June 1, 2021
Also, this is not the first time when Haney and Garcia have gone all out against each other. In the past too, the pair have never spared a chance, and they have always assaulted each other with verbal blows.
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Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney – where will this rift end?
Garia and Haney are the most prime prospects in the 135-pound roster. Both of them have made their way to super-stardom real quick and they just wish to get better from here. Moreover, the duo wants to go down and become the best 135-pound boxers on the planet. But only one among the two can fetch that pathway.
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That said, a fight between these is the only place where they can settle their beef and eventually cement their legacy as the best of their weight class.
Moving further, it’ll be interesting to see this undefeated pair of fighters take ring space against each other.
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What do you draw off the entire back and forth between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia?
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