WBC mild welterweight champion Devin Haney’s sport plan value him the combat towards Ryan Garcia value him the combat final Saturday night time in New York.
Boxing analyst Chris Algieri believes that Haney’s ego or his underestimating Ryan (25-1, 20 KOs) stands out as the purpose why he selected to attempt to slug with him, throwing leaping left hooks that left him open to being countered by the quick punches that Garcia was throwing.
Algieri feels that Ryan was stronger for this combat as a result of he got here in 3.2 lbs over the restrict ultimately Friday’s weigh-in, and that helped make the distinction.
He says Ryan seemed like a junior middleweight contained in the ring, and his energy, pace, and explosiveness have been an excessive amount of for Haney.
Haney’s Recreation Plan Price Him
“No, it was not good,” stated analyst Chris Algieri to Sean Zittel when requested if Haney’s sport plan was not good. “There was a number of left hooks thrown [by Haney]. I noticed that within the warmup.
“The rule is jab with a jabber, don’t hook with a hooker. Once I noticed him throwing the hooks, and he threw all of them night time lengthy, and he really harm Ryan within the third or fourth spherical. It simply was not a great sport plan,” stated Algieri.
What Algieri failed to notice was the strain that was placed on Haney to combat in an entertaining method. His final PPV towards Regis Prograis on DAZN had carried out poorly, tickets weren’t promoting for his combat towards Ryan, and he’d been criticized by followers on social media for being a boring fighter with no energy.
With all that in thoughts, Haney determined to punch with Ryan somewhat than play it secure like he’d carried out towards Prograis, Vasily Lomachenko, and George Kambosos. Hany had no alternative, and the consequence confirmed that he was not outfitted to brawl with energy punchers like Ryan.
Devin Selected to Brawl
“I stated main as much as this combat that Ryan’s path to victory was to attempt to get Haney to commerce with him,” Algieri stated. “He didn’t should get Haney to commerce with him. Haney selected to commerce with him. I don’t know if it was ego or bravado or in the event that they underestimated Ryan, but it surely was the fallacious sport plan and it confirmed,” stated Algieri.
The way in which that Ryan fought, Haney would have a troublesome time if he’d boxed as a result of he’d been trapped, and compelled into slugging for survival. All of the clinching that Haney did gave Ryan an opportunity to hit him with quick punches, and that’s how he knocked him down within the seventh.
“Haney was boxing nice within the second and third rounds. Ryan all the time blamed his weight for his efficiency within the Tank combat, and it makes me suppose that I can imagine him now,” stated Algieri.
If you happen to evaluate the pictures of Ryan’s bodily look towards Tank Davis to his combat with Haney, it’s like two completely different individuals. Ryan seemed emaciated and sickly towards Tank, whereas, towards Haney, he was muscular and powerful.
“He discovered from that combat to this combat, and stated, ‘Why would I make the burden and be weak?’ Tonight, he confirmed nice poise, explosiveness, and a gasoline tank. He poured it on late within the combat,” stated Algieri.
