Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia: A Head-To-Toe Breakdown | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Michael King What: Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
When: Saturday, 8 p.m.
TV: DAZN (pay-per-view), PPV.com
What's at Stake: For those interested in sanctioning title belts, it's Haney's WBC super lightweight strap that's up for grabs. He won it with a rout of Regis Prograis in December after relinquishing a four-belt claim of supremacy five pounds down the ladder at 135.
Haney has more to lose from a status perspective as well given his No. 6 slot on B/R's pound-for-pound rankings for April. Garcia, meanwhile, isn't a fixture on anyone's pound-for-pound lists and is actually just the sixth-ranked contender at 140, according to the WBC.
Nevertheless, he's proved to be an effective drawing card across a 25-bout pro career that's been promoted by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy and aided by his prodigious presence on social media. He's got more than 10 million followers on Instagram and more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube.
Garcia's pay-per-view bout with Gervonta Davis last April drew about 1.2 million buys. He was dropped twice on the way to a seventh-round KO loss, the first of his career. He has fought once since, stopping Oscar Duarte in eight rounds in early December.