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Ryan Garcia’s left hook changed everything

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It’s too much to say that a left hook 40 seconds into the first round between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney changed the outcome of an almost predetermined fight – did Haney win?
Aside from the left hook, Garcia didn’t do much in the first five rounds. All three judges scored “KingRy” for the first round and Haney for the next four rounds. In the third round, Haney hit Garcia hard enough that he lost balance with his left hand. After five, many of us thought Garcia was about to break. Garcia finally reached his breaking point after showing sudden signs of a mental breakdown during a different promotion, which some said would get him fired.

Instead, Garcia landed nearly twenty-two unanswered punches in the sixth round, winning the round on both scorecards. He then began to brutally beat Haney in the seventh set, knocking him down and nearly stopping him before Haney dropped the 10th and 11th sets, eventually winning. in the majority decision.



Why did Garcia keep going after the first five rounds?


I believe I knew from the first round that he could hit and hurt Haney. Garcia is just like the lefty Shakur Stevenson and the most used Twitter. It’s no secret what throws he’ll take to hurt Haney. Haney, being the dominant fighter, had no problem landing a left hook, especially with Garcia’s heavy hitting.

However, Haney persisted. Garcia knew he was no match for Haney, but suddenly he found cold, hard evidence that he could hurt this man, badly. Perhaps more important: He learned that Haney wasn’t very good at defending his left hook. Without that evidence, I don’t think Garcia would have landed nearly twenty-two unanswered punches in the first part of the sixth round or dominated the rest of the fight. Meanwhile, Haney received an early, unwelcome reminder that he has a weak jaw.

Garcia didn’t really show up in the first few rounds. But it was the moment 40 seconds later, when he surprised Haney with his left hook that he had hoped for. If one boxer gets punched, a signal is given that he can punch again. Of course, in the seventh round, Garcia landed a left hook, this time knocking Haney down. The number 10 appeared again. At 11 again, Garcia was done. Garcia has experienced such moments. About a year ago, when Garcia fought Gervonta Tank Davis, Garcia scored with some big punches in the second round, forcing Davis to defend himself and stop the attack. When Garcia thought his opponent was hurt, he launched a series of Hail Mary left hooks – one, two, three. Davis took the pattern and jumped down on the third pitch, sending Garcia off with a perfect counter left.

Just when Garcia thought he had everything under control, this blow shattered his confidence. In that fight, he boxed in the third, fourth and fifth rounds, and Davis left the fight style behind, and then Davis realized that he was the fighter to be feared. At the end of Garcia’s opening in the back court, Davis landed a body shot and Garcia scored.

EXCLUSIVE: Garcia broke the 140 pound weight limit on Haney and entered the ring with a midsection, as Tank encouraged him to keep his weight at 136 pounds and do not allow more than 146 pounds of moisture. However, Garcia’s problem in that fight wasn’t that his left hook landed on Davis and he wasn’t hurt; The problem was that he couldn’t find a home for his favorite shot. In fact, Garcia was toothless for most of the Davis fight in comparison to Davis’ brutal attack on Haney.

Besides the fact that Davis is stronger than Haney, I think the difference in the second round matchup is huge. If not for that, if Garcia had rocked Haney early in the fight, Davis-Garcia and Garcia-Haney might have had different results. At the very least, the events in it unfold in a different way.

Now that Garcia’s left hook has revolutionized the boxing game, the old stereotypes are gone. Imagine talking to your friends last week, after this fight, Garcia will rule the world, he’ll have nearly as much weight as he wants, and Haney will be in the house Heavy duty cleaning. (He’ll struggle to make it to 140, but now he’s ready to take on the likes of Jalen Butz-Ennis at 147.) If Haney wins the decision many expect, he is on the same level as before. The inevitable path to fame was Garcia’s second loss and he was sent to the big B team.

Garcia now knows he can beat Haney and take his punches without much trouble. If they fight again, Haney will have to fight twelve perfect rounds to avoid repeating the same mistakes. But with his confidence down in three matches and one recent defeat, can he regain his skills? Regardless, Garcia can dictate the terms of the match, and you can bet he doesn’t want to fight at 140 (or 143.2) again.

Another effect of Garcia’s right-left combo: Few people are talking about this being a close fight. Have you ever seen such a closely watched, uncontested fight? The heavy punches that Garcia threw at Haney throughout the fight belied the fact that he won most of the rounds without knocking Haney out. Mike Coppinger and Dan Rafael, two of boxing’s most famous writers, scored Haney’s fight but continued to mock him on Twitter. Coppinger went back on his word, admitting that he scored incorrectly in the sixth and twelfth rounds. Chris Mannix said the fight was a draw, with one of three qualified referees.


What’s crazy: Beal and Devin Haney haven’t even shown the score.

But because of how bad the left tackle was against Haney, we’re not talking about a close fight. I’ve spent a lot of time reading and listening to Haney-Garcia, and I’ve never heard anyone mention Robin Taylor’s questionable 115-109 card outside of the Monday morning show. of Morning Kombat. About Garcia. Taylor gave Garcia every round after the fifth – meaning Garcia won his card without a knockout. The fight against Garcia was so intense that they couldn’t even get the hang of Haney’s case, let alone a narrow win, even though they were able to support their case with facts. People just responded to the GIF of Haney falling to the canvas from one of Garcia’s left legs.

Haney was able to rebuild and Garcia found a way to submerge himself, but it took too few months to reverse the effects of a 36-minute fight that all started with a spat-a -you won’t. . .After opening, escape.

One stroke can change everything.

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