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De La Hoya calls Devin Haney devastated

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Promoter Oscar De La Hoya doubts whether the rematch between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will take place in 2025. Oscar thinks Haney is tired after his loss to Ryan last April. Haney was beaten in this fight and it is doubtful whether he will be able to recover from the defeat. De La Hoya doesn’t think so.

If Haney is cleared, it remains to be seen when, or even if, he will return to the ring to fight someone. Ideally, he would need to undergo an attunement to ensure his abilities are still intact. It would be a mistake for Haney to fight one of the top welterweights coming off a loss to Ryan.

Interestingly, Haney doesn’t know what division he plans to fight in next, but given his enormous size, he should consider competing at welterweight. The problems he had with Ryan’s power shots last April may have had something to do with the enormous amount of water he had to lose to reach the 140-pound limit.

Haney’s life might have been easier had he competed at 147 pounds because he wouldn’t have had to cut so much weight. He would still have to lose a ton of water from the 160s, but it wouldn’t be as huge an ordeal. For athletes competing in divisions much smaller than their natural size, eventually their body can no longer handle the enormous change in weight.

Of course, Haney’s decision to sue Ryan has a lot to do with De La Hoya’s doubts about a second fight. Moreover, Haney (31-0, 15 KO) has shown little interest in returning to the ring to rebuild from a 12-round decision loss to Garcia.

Former two-division world champion Haney recently passed up an opportunity to fight Sandor Martin, which netted him a nice reward in a winning fight. When he decided not to fight Sandor, it was a red flag in the eyes of fans, and the loss to Kingry still haunts him. For a proud player like Haney, who had everything going his way throughout his career, this was mentally hard to deal with.

Ryan recently said he has no interest in fighting Haney again, but he may change his mind in 2025 if he is offered enough money. If this is the highest paying fight for Ryan, he will not miss the opportunity.

The only other fight that would be more profitable would be a rematch with Gervonta Davis, but that’s doubtful. Tank is too busy taking the straightforward option and won’t want to fight Ryan at full strength at 140+ again.

“We have to deal with this frivolous lawsuit they threw at us, but it’s all just noise,” Oscar De La Hoya told reporters media regarding Devin Haney’s decision to sue Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy. “That’s all. How can you sue someone who beat you? It just doesn’t make sense.

“What I would do is throw that guy out, go back in the ring and kick his ass.”

“I don’t think so because I think Devin Haney is a shooting guy,” De La Hoya said when asked if there would be a rematch between Garcia and Haney.

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Deontay Wilder has only one option left or his career is over

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Deontay Wilder continues to deny that he has the only real chance to win another world title.

Wilder has a sedate chance of becoming a two-weight world champion after losing for the fourth time in his career.

The American was dominated by Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia before being knocked out by Zhilei Zhang.

Wilder remains adamant that he can still become a two-time ruler of the weight class, despite the obvious possibility of being relegated to the bridge division.

“I need to get my killer instinct back. I’m too composed; I’m too joyful. When I had this dog inside me, no one had a chance. I will be a two-time heavyweight champion of the world,” Wilder told 78SPORTSTV.

At just Parker’s 213 pounds, Wilder was eleven pounds under the bridge weight benchmark. He could enter the rankings right away at 224 pounds and finish high in the rankings.

Due to his standing in the World Boxing Council, which means he is ranked in the top 15 despite one victory in five years, World Boxing News understands that Wilder could even be rated number one if he ever decides to cut weight.

He had previously ruled out fighting at super cruiserweight, but that was before he lost three times in his last four fights.

The “Brown Bomber” can’t cope with bigger heavyweights who operate the right tactics. Therefore, his fixation on the world champion may finally cause Wilder to swallow his pride and go down.

If he ever did, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman would undoubtedly rate the huge boxer as capable of immediately fighting for the belt.

For now, Wilder still believes he can compete in the top flight.

“I want to give the fans what they want to see,” Wilder added, before delving into Joshua’s career. “There is a difference between being born a champion and becoming one.

“Once you become one, you are very selective about who you choose. You move carefully through the jungle.

“When you are born a King, you don’t give because you are a King. I am a born king. He is [Joshua] became king, and if not, then [the fight] would happen.”

The current bridgeweight champion is Łukasz Różański. The undefeated Pole in his current form would still be a complex proposition for Wilder.

But Wilder will never lose his punching power. This means he will always have a chance to continue his legacy as the ruler of the two-weight boxing world.

It all comes down to pride.

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Canelo vs Chris Eubank Jr fight falls apart after ‘completely false’ claims

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Canelo Alvarez fighting Chris Eubank Jr. is out of the question as coach Eddy Reynoso claims the Briton missed his chance.

Reynoso was reacting to claims by Eubank and his team that the fight could take place at Wembley Stadium in England next May. According to Reynoso, who told former World Boxing News chief writer Dan Rafael, Canelo is looking in a different direction.

Eubank said before rejecting Reynoso Heavenly sports“This fight could happen within the next year. There is no available fighter pool and no more names that fight fans want to see.

“After [David] Benavidez, there are no other boys. Maybe [Artur] Beterbieva and [Dmitry] Bivol, but they’re not in his weight class and he probably wouldn’t defend these guys.

“Me and Canelo would be a damn good combination. Two very different personalities and very different backgrounds. That would be great fun. This will be great fun.”

In an interview with Rafael for his daily newsletter, Reynoso firmly stated that the fight would never happen and that Eubank would no longer be considered.

“It’s completely false. Eubank had his chance to fight Canelo in September. All he did was complicate the negotiations. We will not contact him again before a future fight.”

When asked if they had a successor in line, Reynoso replied, “Anyone but Eubank,” to make sure the son of a legend knew his place in line.

Eubank may turn to Conor Benn again after his recent clash with his nemesis in Saudi Arabia. Promoter Ben Shalom also spoke to Sky Sports about Canelo before Reynoso ended the fight.

“The two fights for me are Canelo and Conor Benn. We have already started brief talks about fighting Canelo,” Shalom told Sky Sports.

“Of course [Canelo] last time it was close. I believe this is a fight that interests Canelo. You can imagine a press conference in the UK and the US. It would be absolutely huge.

“I think Canelo needs dance partners, but he also needs stars. I don’t think his last few opponents were the biggest stars. Chris Eubank Jr. he is definitely a large star.

“If he ever fights in the UK it will be a sell-out fight at Wembley Stadium. For me, that’s number one on the list.”

Judging by Reynoso’s comments, Benn is taking the reins again as Eubank’s next opponent.

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Manny Flores scores a 110-second KO at Golden Boy Fight Night

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The final installment of Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN in 2024 ended with absolute fireworks, with Coachella Valley hometown hero Manuel “Gucci Manny” Flores (19-1, 15 KO) ending the fight at 1:50 of the first round when he faced from Sonora, Mexican Victor Olivo (21-5-1, 9 KO).

The 10-round super bantamweight fight ended with a massive punch to the body from which Olivo was unable to recover. The event took place live at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino and was broadcast worldwide on DAZN.

“I feel good,” said Manuel Flores. “It was only one round, so I feel good, I can start again. Today I give myself a B. I should have stopped it sooner.

During the co-main gala organized in cooperation with Miguel Cotto Promotions, Tito Sanchez (14-0, 8 KO) from Cathedral City electrified the audience with a stunning knockout victory over the tough Edwin “Pupo” Palomares (18-5-3, 9 KO). The 10-round featherweight fight began with fierce action, with Palomares’ right eye being cut in the second round and Sanchez’s left eye being cut by an accidental headbutt in the third. It was at the end of the eighth round that Sanchez landed a series of punches with his right hand, ending the fight at 0:53, securing the victory by KO.

“I feel really great,” said Tito Sanchez. “My performance wasn’t great in the earlier rounds because I wasn’t letting go yet, but when I threw with my right hand it worked and that’s what we were waiting for, that moment. Palomares kept throwing; he wouldn’t let me put my foot down so I could catch him with my right. His condition was excellent. Today he was in the right place.”

Maintaining his undefeated record, Coachella Valley’s Grant Flores (7-0, 5 KO) defeated Karolina and Luis Ramos (7-5-1, 7 KO) in a six-round middleweight fight. The back and forth action kept fans on their feet; Flores received a warning in the third round for a low punch, and Ramos went to a knee in the fifth round. The judges scored the fight unanimously in Flores’ favor with scores of 60-53, 59-54 and 60-53. Also at the DAZN gala, in a super-lightweight fight scheduled for six rounds, Daniel “Junebug” Garcia (10-0, 8 KO) from Denver defeated Jorge Villegas from California (14-3, 13 KO) from Oxnard by knockout in the second round. Villegas succumbed twice to Garcia’s power and did not survive the 10-count.

Also representing Coachella Valley, Cayden Griffiths (2-0, 2 KO) dazzled the audience by knocking out Markus Bowes (3-7, 2 KO) of Roxboro, North Carolina, in the third round in a welterweight fight scheduled for four rounds. Opening the DAZN broadcast, Johnny “Sugarcane” Cañas (6-0, 2 KO) from Santa Ana defeated Pedro “Zurdo de Oro” Cruz (3-6, 2 KO) from San Jose. The six-round lightweight fight was controlled largely by Cañas, with Cruz suffering a cut to his right eye from an accidental headbutt and a cut to his left eye from a tough blow to the head. All three judges scored the fight 60-54 for Cañas.

In the preliminary fights, Daniel “Ikaika” Luna (5-1, 5 KO) of Victorville added another knockout to his resume, defeating Caracas, Giovanna Gonzalez (2-6, 2 KO) of Venezuela in the second round. Scheduled as a four-round lightweight match, Luna sent Gonzalez to the mat twice in the second round and the referee waved off the fight at 2:44. Kicking off the fight night with a four-round super bantamweight bout, Kevin Gudiño (1-0, 1 KO) of West Covina made a successful professional debut, defeating Bryan Cox (0-2) of Cedar Hill, Texas, by technical knockout. Cox was knocked to the mat in the first round, and his corner kick stopped the fight after the first round.

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