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Ryan Garcia regrets “drinking and smoking” before Devin Haney is fighting

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Boxing star Ryan Garcia admitted on Tuesday that there was no professional drinking alcohol and smoke marijuana before fighting Devin Haney.

Garcia has published films in social media in the days preceding this title of the welterweight champion – who won according to the majority decision – in which he drinks at the club. Then he pretended to drink beer during weighing.

Despite the unpredictable behavior of Garcia, he raised Haney (31-0, 15 KO) three times in stern nervousness. However, Garcia later tested a positive result in terms of the drug strengthening drug, and the result was repealed to the lack. The 26-year-old was also suspended for a year by Modern York State Athletic Commission.

Garcia (24-1, 20 KO) will end this ban on fighting on May 2 vs. Romero outside on the Times Square, the main placed in the Ring Magazine Tripleheader, which includes Haney’s return vs. Jose Ramirez and Teofimo Lopeza 140-point defense against Arnold Barbo Jr.

“I want to be great,” said Garcia. “I’ve always wanted to fight the best fighters in sport. As for my problems outside the ring, I always had these problems. I don’t know who else is struggling with such things, but I just fought with it.

“… I want to show my commitment to sport and be just a real professional. I admit my harm and I do not want anyone to take their activities related to drinking and smoking before the fight and try to think that this is a way to deal with a professional. So I came here to change it, and this is my first struggle to regain respect, and then prove to everyone that it wasn’t that it wasn’t tiny. “

Garcia’s fight with Romero will be his first 147 pounds. When he faced Haney with a 140-pound title, he had 3.2 pounds overweight. Haney will also augment to 147 pounds, just like Will Ramirez (both are former masters of 140 pounds).

If Garcia and Haney have a victory and without an injury, you plan to meet in a warmly expected rematch in October in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Haney, like Garcia, has not competed since their meeting.

“At the end of the day I fought with someone on Ped,” said 26 -year -old Haney. “The world wants to see what Devin Haney will appear, and I’m looking for all these answers on May 2”

“It was definitely time,” Haney added a welterweight jump. “My body just matured. One fourteen was challenging for me to do. I felt good during one fight, but in the other a fight I didn’t feel so good. “

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Roberto Duran ranks one boxer above all others as the best to ever do it

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Hrgovic claims Dave Allen has a ‘loser mentality’

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Image: Filip Hrgovic Says Dave Allen Has “Loser Mentality”

Hrgovic strongly disagreed and mocked Allen’s approach to the fight while discussing his opponent.

“Yes, that’s his loser mentality. That’s what he achieved throughout his career. That’s why he suffered 10 defeats and I suffered one defeat,” Hrgovic told iFL TV.

“It’s just an underdog mentality. I just take the pressure off myself like, ‘I’m a Doncaster boy.’ I’m here to fight the good fight. I don’t have to win. It puts pressure on him.”

“You know, it’s a loser’s mentality. So OK, I’ll take the pressure. I have to win. I’m a winner.

“He always had this mentality. ‘I’m fat. I don’t train. I don’t need to win. I’m tiny’. Come on, man. Don’t make excuses your whole life. Just train, be professional and go for the win.

“I expect him to be the best version of himself because this is a huge opportunity for him and it’s his hometown. I expect him to be in good shape.

“I think I’m definitely a tougher fight for him than Zhang. Zhang is aged, aged.

“I can also be fat if I don’t train and if I drink beer. I can be fat and be a journeyman and come to every fight and just say, ‘I don’t have to win.’ I’m here to fight the good fight. “

“I think I’m better. I’m faster. I’m better in all aspects of the fight. But you know, it’s heavyweight boxing. Anything can happen and he’s a brave guy. He always comes forward and steps up to the fight. So I think it’ll be a good fight.”

Hrgovic comes into the fight after a tough recent run that has included physical fights with Daniel Dubois, Joe Joyce and David Adeleye. He defeated Joyce and Adeleye after losing to Dubois, with both victories coming after tough rounds and bulky rallies.

The fight will be the main event of Saturday’s heavyweight gala in Doncaster.

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If Oleksandr Usyk loses to Verhoeven, he will immediately be stripped of his world title

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Oleksandr Usyk will immediately be stripped of world title if he loses to Verhoeven

The situation surrounding all of Oleksandr Usyk’s world champion titles has already been determined before his fight with kickboxer Rico Verhoeven.

The WBC controversially put its belt on the line before this fight, meaning that Verhoeven, despite having little or no chance of winning, could win the belt in May 23 in Egypt.

The WBA announced today that the fight will count as a successful world title defense if Usyk wins, but the challenger will not be able to claim the belt, even if it causes seismic shocks. If this happens, a committee will meet on next steps.

The IBF has taken a similar stance, but while Verhoeven cannot win that title either, the sanctioning body will immediately declare the heavyweight belt vacant if Usyk loses.

The conditions under which Usyk can fight to remain champion are as follows:

1. If Usyk loses on May 23, 2026, the IBF heavyweight title will be immediately declared vacant.

2. If Usyk wins on May 23, 2026, the IBF will recognize the WBC’s position in the rotation and will order an IBF mandatory fight for one hundred and eighty (180) days thereafter.

3. If the WBA grants special permission, the IBF will recognize the WBA’s position in the rotation and order an IBF mandatory fight for one hundred and eighty (180) days thereafter.

4. The IBF reserves the right to change the mandatory deadline in the event of significant delays in the rotation.

After the fight with Verhoeven, Usyk will be ordered to face WBC mandatory Agit Kabayel, and promoter Frank Warren is sure that he will be stripped of the belt if he does not fulfill his obligation.

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