Ryan Garcia’s erratic habits has overshadowed each storyline involving him and WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney. The rivals meet within the boxing ring on Saturday with solely Haney eligible to win the title after Garcia missed weight on Friday.

A struggle between two of boxing’s high younger stars has been swept up within the cyclone of Garcia’s regarding psychological state. Garcia’s irregular habits and obsession with conspiracy theories raised the query, “what occurred to Ryan Garcia?” Most count on the implosion of a promising younger boxer. Some viewers hope that is an elaborate ruse by Garcia, however lacking weight by three kilos doesn’t assist that idea.

Haney appears laser-focused. The undefeated former undisputed light-weight champion has a professional beef with Garcia and isn’t sympathetic to his foe’s unstable conduct. Saturday presents a chance for Haney to usurp Garcia’s star energy. Haney is the champion and extra completed fighter; nonetheless, Garcia’s aptitude for social media makes him the extra globally acknowledged fighter. The percentages favor Haney as the higher fighter in virtually each regard however Garcia’s velocity and signature left hook create simply sufficient doubt and intrigue.

The undercard doesn’t characteristic a lot title worth regardless of the large fundamental occasion. The WBA interim flyweight title is on the road when John Ramirez takes on David Jimenez within the co-feature bout of the evening. Arnold Barboza is ready to tackle Sean McComb in a junior welterweight contest. And Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Pierre Dibombe is ready for a middleweight bout to open the PPV festivites. 

Let’s take a better take a look at the remainder of the undercard earlier than attending to a prediction and decide on the principle occasion.

Haney vs. Garcia struggle card, odds

Devin Haney (c) -910	Ryan Garcia +575	WBC junior welterweight title
John Ramirez -200	David Jimenez +160	WBA interim flyweight title
Arnold Barboza -1100	Sean McComb +650	Junior welterweights
Bektemir Melikuziev -1200	Pierre Dibombe +700	Middleweights

Viewing info

Date: April 20 | Location: Barclays Middle — Brooklyn, New York
Begin time: 9 p.m. ET
Methods to watch: DAZN PPV, PPV.com

Predictions

Campbell: The puncher’s probability that Garcia brings into the ring with him because of his chic hand velocity and reckless demeanor of late is a problem that Haney might want to deftly keep away from early on. However the longer this struggle goes, the extra probabilities Garcia’s fledgling method has in letting him down with the type of mistake {that a} technical grasp like Haney could make him pay with ease. As soon as Garcia settles down from an inevitably aggressive begin, it turns into solely a matter of time earlier than Haney instances him with the type of clear counter shot that might carry a direct finish to the struggle. Decide: Haney through KO8

Brookhouse: There are two methods Ryan Garcia may conceivably defeat Devin Haney. Let’s first take a look at the extra complicated of these paths to victory. On this case, Garcia needs to be higher than he has ever been whereas Haney has to have the worst evening of his profession, which implies Garcia has additionally been pulling one in every of historical past’s biggest troll jobs by making everybody imagine he is in the course of a psychological well being disaster and specializing in seemingly the whole lot apart from this, the largest struggle of his life.

The opposite path to victory for Garcia is much extra easy. Targeted or not. Mentally wholesome or not. Simply land his patented left hook flush to Haney’s jaw in a method that retains the champion down.

Haney has been buzzed in his profession and his response was profitable, although not inspiring. When Jorge Linares clipped him within the tenth spherical of their 2021 struggle, Haney seemed to only survive to the ultimate bell, working and holding greater than preventing. And Joseph Diaz’s late stress within the subsequent struggle appeared to hassle Haney a bit as effectively.

However Haney has gotten higher and grown from these fights. He approached his two fights with George Kambosos with out worry, as he did towards Vasiliy Lomachenko and Regis Prograis.

As a lot as I’ve toyed with the concept, I am unable to decide Garcia to land the shot he wants for the knockout. Haney shouldn’t be going to be defeated by head video games. He’s a boxer to his core, too targeted to desert his life’s work and struggle recklessly, and Haney is, skill-for-skill, merely higher than Garcia. Except Garcia lands an ideal punch, the true query is whether or not Haney merely tactically bludgeons him for a full 12 rounds or if he finishes Garcia off. I believe we see the latter, probably with Garcia considerably voluntarily escorting himself out of the struggle alongside the way in which. Decide: Haney through TKO10

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