The boxing world is buzzing with electricity, the culprit? Ryan Garcia. He ignited a firestorm by leaking footage of the legendary sparring session between Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis – a clash shrouded in secrecy for years. Fans, starved for details, devoured the footage, reigniting the age-old debate: who dominated the flash of ‘Tank’ Davis or the slick skills of ‘The Dream’ Haney?
This leak throws gasoline on the already fiery build-up to Garcia’s upcoming fight with Haney on the 20th of April. Both fighters haven’t exactly been known for their diplomacy. Press conferences erupt into verbal sparring matches, and social media posts dripping with barbs. Now, Garcia has taken it up a notch after releasing the sparring video, which didn’t look too good for Devin Haney.
Ryan Garcia causes a stir
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Fight fans have been whispering about the mythical sparring clash between Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney and they finally got to see it. However, for Haney’s supporters, it’s a brutal watch. Davis, a whirlwind of power and precision, relentlessly pursues his opponent. Haney, employing his trademark footwork, desperately tries to escape the onslaught. But the pressure is relentless, a storm he can’t outrun.
It’s quite surprising that there haven’t been too many changes in the style of Haney since then, except for the fact that he’s started to move around the ring more now. Nevertheless, Garcia released the video on his YouTube channel and has raised the stakes of his fight against Haney even more now. He titled the video, “Gervonta Tank Davis ROCKS Devin Haney.” Well, this speaks volumes about his hatred for his opponent.
After the release of this video, there were a lot of speculations on how Garcia got his hands on this footage. But the video has made an impact on Devin Haney and his team. They have responded and claimed that the video is edited and isn’t close to what happened
The father-son duo reacts to the leaked footage
After the video was released, everybody was interested in what Devin Haney and his father would say in response. Mainly because they claimed that Haney was the one who dominated the fight against Gervonta Davis. So, after Garcia made the footage public, the father and the son went on X and talked about how the video is heavily edited.
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Devin Haney reacted first and mentioned that they’ve omitted the good parts. Furthermore, Haney stated that he was only 16 years old in the video and held his foot strong against Davis while taking a jab at Garcia for taking a knee.
Never did they post a chopped up edited video.. 16 years old & in there holding my own. We bet AB pops & he honored it & paid! Ryan we watched u quit we are not the same & never will be tune in April 20th I’ll show it!
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) March 1, 2024
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Four minutes later, Bill Haney also made a post regarding this controversy. He also stated that the video is edited, and urged the people who leaked the video to show the rest of it.
That’s the highlight parts not the part we got paid. Dog house rules go to you stop so show the rest.
— Bill Haney (@BillHaney77) March 1, 2024
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So, it’s quite apparent that Haney’s team has taken the video quite personally, and the way it was presented didn’t sit well with them. What are your thoughts about this? Tell us in the comments section.