Devin Haney viciously slammed Ryan Garcia after getting trolled during a face-to-face interview on Sunday ahead of their super lightweight title fight on April 20.
Garciais looking to capture his first majorboxingtitle against the current WBC champion at 140 pounds.
He boasted of his potential to end the upcomingHaneyfight early in uncharacteristic fashion but Haney responded with a brutal gut-check.
Devin Haney blasts Ryan Garcia for being a quitter
Haney questioned Garcia’s credibility in Sunday’s airing ofDAZN’s “Face Off,”citing that he has not scored a knockout against an elite-level fighter in his 25-fight career. He also clowned the 25-year-old for being a one-trick pony.
Garcia shot down that notion and mocked the California native by declaring that he’d knock him out with his offhand on fight night.
“Bro it would be funny if I knock you out with a right hand. How hilarious would that would be? ‘Only has a left hook’ and then, boom! That would be comedy,” Garcia said.
The Ring’s No. 7 pound-for-pound fighter in the world found Garcia’s boast to be the actual comedy. He resurfaced the way in which Garcia fell to Davis in a stinging shot to his ego.
“I feel like I’m levels above him,” Haney asserted. “I feel like he hasn’t fought on that elite level, but when he did, he quit. At the end of the day, rather he wants to admit it or not, the world watched him take a knee. The world watched him Colin Kaepernick. So at the end of the day, what has he really done on the elite level?”
Garcia did take a knee following Davis’ punishing body shot in the seventh round of their megafight last year.
Haney made sure to put his lowest moment as a professional on the front street.
The former undisputed lightweight champion has won all of his last eight bouts by way of unanimous decision, so he may not knockout Garcia as he also claimed on Sunday. Though, he has no fear of being put to the canvas either.
