Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, billed as This One Counts, was a professional boxing match contested in the super lightweight division between WBC super lightweight champion, Devin Haney, and former WBC interim lightweight champion, Ryan Garcia. The bout took place on 20 April 2024 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The contest was originally declared a majority decision victory for Garcia, before being changed to a no contest after Garcia had tested positive for Ostarine.
Background On February 9, 2024, it was announced that Haney vs. Garcia was signed for April 20, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Haney’s WBC super lightweight title.
The title of the fight, This One Counts, is a reference to the six prior matches between Haney and Garcia in amateur boxing, with this one being their first official match in professional boxing. The last time they fought was in January 2015, in the quarterfinals of the USA Youth National Championships. Their record in the amateurs stood evenly tied at 3–3.
Two days before the fight, Garcia agreed to a wager with Haney that Garcia would pay $500,000 for every pound over the limit should he miss weight.
Garcia later weighed in at 143.2lbs, 3.2lbs over the championship limit, and would forfeit up to $600,000 of his purse to Haney. Due to Garcia missing the 140lbs weight limit, Haney's WBC super lightweight title was no longer at stake.
The fight Garcia won the bout via majority decision. Garcia knocked down Haney three times in rounds 7, 10, and 11 before coming away with the victory by Majority Decision (114–110, 115–109, 112–112).
Garcia out-landed Haney 106–87 in total punches and 95–45 in power punches. Garcia landed 41% of his power punches, while Haney's previous 10 opponents landed 25%. Haney landed 7 of 18 punches per round, whereas he had landed 13 of 42 in his previous 10 fights.
Official scorecards JudgeFighter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112TotalMax DeLucaHaney9101010101081010889112Garcia1099999999101010112Eric MarlinskiHaney91010101098109889110Garcia109999109910101010114Robin TaylorHaney9101010109899889109Garcia1099991091010101010115
Fight card Main cardWeight classvs.MethodRoundTimeNotesSuper LightweightDevin Haney (c)vs.Ryan Garcia12/12 Super LightweightArnold Barboza Jr. (c)def.Seán McComb10/10Super MiddleweightBektemir Melikuziev (c)def.Pierre Dibombe8/102:58Super FlyweightDavid Jiménezdef.Johnny Ramirez 12/12Super WelterweightCharles Conwelldef.Nathaniel Gallimore 6/100:52UndercardSuper MiddleweightSergiy Derevyanchenkodef.Vaughn Alexander10/10Super MiddleweightDarius Fulghumdef.Cristian Olivas4/80:52Super LightweightJohnny Canasdef.Markus Bowes4/4MiddleweightAmari Jonesdef.Armel Mbumba6/80:39Super MiddleweightKevin Newman IIdef.Eric Robles4/61:53LightweightShamar Canaldef.Pedro Borgaro6/6
Aftermath Failed drug test On May 1, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association notified all involved parties that Garcia had tested positive for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing drug, the day before and the day of his fight with Haney. Garcia responded via social media, denying the accusations and citing his willingness to take the drug test.
On June 20th, 2024, via the New York State Athletic Commission the result of the fight was changed to a no contest, with Haney remaining undefeated and reclaimed the title while Garcia regaining his purse back.
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