Boxing: Ryan Garcia knocked down his opponent three times, but did not become world champion

Saturday night Ryan Garcia beat him by points Devin Haney However, he did not become world champion in the WBC welterweight world title match in Brooklyn. The question is, of course, how can this be? The latter, 25-year-old Haney from Las Vegas, came to the clash with a perfect record of 30 wins, while his opponent, also 25-year-old American Garcia from Los Angeles, already had one defeat (25-1), in April 2023 From Gervona Davis got out.

Garcia made a bet in the weeks leading up to the match, but he didn’t bring his weight at Friday’s weigh-in. Of course, this is professional boxing, isn’t it, where the rule is not the same as for amateurs, that whoever weighs in overweight cannot even enter the ring. The show must go on here.

At the same time, according to the rules, Garcia could not win the world title because of these extra few dekas, regardless of the end of the match.

For this very reason, the majority of experts and fans approached the match with the opinion that Garcia is definitely not, will not be in the mental state on Saturday night to show adequate resistance against Haney, who is already considered the favorite.

Then the challenger rebutted everyone. Already in the opening round, he caught the world champion with a left hand, who later pulled himself together, and by the end of the sixth round, he might have already led the scorers. But Garcia thought otherwise. In the 7th, 10th and 11th round, he knocked down his opponent three times and dominated the second half of the match.

After the closing gong, the scorers saw Garcia as the better with a majority decision of 112-112, 114-110, 115-109. So Haney lost, but he was still able to keep his world championship belt, because Garcia couldn’t weigh within the limit on Friday… However, at some point there will be a much-anticipated rematch.

A more detailed summary of the match can be seen here: