Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney may be fighting different opponents on this trip to New York, but that didn\u2019t stop the fighters\u2019 camps from exchanging words at Tuesday\u2019s public workout in Times Square.<\/p>\n
Garcia, while being gloved up by trainer Derrick James, exchanged words with Bill Haney, the father\/trainer of Devin Haney, to the excitement of the crowd in attendance.<\/p>\n
The two fought a year ago in Brooklyn, New York, with Garcia knocking Haney down three times in what was originally scored a majority decision win for him, only for the decision to be overturned due to Garcia failing multiple tests for performing-enhancing substances.<\/p>\n
Bill Haney crashed Garcia\u2019s portion of the media workout, suggesting that Garcia looks softer since moving up seven pounds to 147lbs.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis dad likes to talk a lot. \u2026 That\u2019s what got his son beat the first time,\u201d said Garcia, 24-1 (20 KOs), who will fight Rolando \u201cRolly\u201d Romero on Friday in New York\u2019s Times Square. \u201cIt is what it is. If he wants to do that again, we can run it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Devin Haney, 31-0 (15 KOs), is scheduled to face former WBC\/WBO junior welterweight titleholder Jose Ramirez on the same card. He says that any discussion of a rematch is still premature but understands why it\u2019s a topic of conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now Ramirez is on my menu,\u201d Haney said. \u201cOnce I finish my breakfast, I\u2019ll move on to my lunch. \u2026 We all know what the people want to see. There\u2019s unfinished business there. But I have to finish what\u2019s in front of me first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garcia wasn\u2019t the only boxer who faced criticism about his physique from the Haney camp.<\/p>\n
Ramirez, who is also breathing easier with the 144lbs catchweight after 13 years at junior welterweight, says he found a quick solution to being critiqued.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis team was saying that I looked a little thick, so I was showing them my six-pack,\u201d said Ramirez, 29-2 (18 KOs). \u201cThen Devin told me I didn\u2019t look thick anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel good\u2026 Having those extra four pounds have made the weight cut much easier. I\u2019m hoping to show a new Jose Ramirez. I work hard and I want it to show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those two fights, plus the WBO junior welterweight title showdown between champion Teofimo Lopez Jnr and interim belt holder Arnold Barboza Jnr, will air live on DAZN pay-per-view, beginning at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
Ryan Songalia is a reporter and editor for BoxingScene.com and has written for ESPN, the New York Daily News, Rappler, The Guardian, Vice and The Ring magazine. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at ryansongalia@gmail.com<\/a> or on Twitter at @ryansongalia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney may be fighting different opponents on this trip to New York, but that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,23809,32434,32437,32435,23807,22954,32436,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-62820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-devin-haney","10":"tag-golden-boy-promotions","11":"tag-jose-ramirez","12":"tag-oscar-de-la-hoya","13":"tag-rolando-romero","14":"tag-ryan-garcia","15":"tag-ryan-garcia-vs-rolando-romero","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114426733116203720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}