WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia seems to have had a change of plan in the case of his future, seemingly trying elsewhere after beforehand saying his subsequent opponent.
‘King Ry’ dominated his conflict towards Mario Barrios again in February, utilising the right-hook, somewhat than his trademark left, to catch ‘El Azteca’ without warning and comfortably declare a unanimous choice win to lastly get his fingers on world honours.
That triumph appeared to tee up a grudge match rematch and now title unification towards fierce rival and WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney, however the latter was as an alternative concentrating on an alternate champion in Rolando Romero (WBA).
Then, in the beginning of the month, Garcia revealed that he would be taking on Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, July 25, however collapsed talks for a fight between Haney and Romero appear to have intervened on these plans.
Instead, on a Kick stream, Garcia advised UFC light-weight title hopeful Arman Tsarukyan that he’s at present hoping that the Haney rematch can occur subsequent.
“Hopefully, [it is Devin Haney next]. He doesn’t really want to call me out, I put a lot of fear into him last time.”
Additionally, WBC mandatory challenger Conor Benn is intending on fighting Garcia later this year, however a unification bout between Garcia and Haney would trump any mandated fight between Benn and the WBC champion.
Haney-Garcia II was beforehand touted for September, with Haney wanting a fight beforehand, in search of to offer himself the optimum likelihood to proper the wrongs of their preliminary encounter.
