NEW YORK – Bill Haney mockingly presented Ryan Garcia with a gift Thursday during the final press conference for the 140-pound title match between Garcia and his son.
Garcia picked up a copy of “Psychology For Dummies” and immediately threw it off the Barclays Center stage. Still, Haney’s father and trainer does not accept Garcia’s erratic behavior as evidence that Haney is mentally unfit to fight for Devin Haney’s WBC super lightweight title on Saturday night. He pointed out that there was no.
Bill Haney believes Garcia is trying to fool the team and the public into thinking this was a legitimate meltdown by a polarizing opponent who has been very open about his mental health issues. Devin Haney disagreed with his father’s version of events Thursday after witnessing more of Garcia’s bizarre antics.
“There’s something wrong with him,” Devin Haney told reporters after the news conference. “I don’t know what’s going on, but this is not normal. We all know that.”
Garcia, 25, wearing a bulletproof vest, sang demonstratively about Jesus when it was his turn to speak at the podium. He then yelled at Haney’s team members about his adversary’s mother sliding into Garcia’s DMs and threatened to force the team members to perform oral sex.
Garcia’s actions summed up a promotion that was disgusting even by boxing’s crude standards.
Promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Eddie Hearn and their public relations team were smart enough to at least separate the fighters on Thursday. The main reason is that Haney punched Garcia in the side of the face during a heated exchange while promoting the DAZN pay-per-view main event on the roof of the Empire State Building in Manhattan on Tuesday. , that’s the main reason why they didn’t agree to take pictures.
They bet $500,000 a pound on whether Garcia would come overweight Friday afternoon at the Barclays Center, the home arena of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) predicted Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) would not stand in the center of the ring and trade.
“I’m going to the center of the ring,” Garcia said. “Let’s see what you do. Nobody’s worried about that. Run, go to center, whatever. I’m going to corner you and knock you out.”
Haney, who dominated powerful southpaw Regis Prograis in his last fight, has vowed to be willing to take on Garcia inside.
“The talks are pretty much over,” Devin Haney said. “The antics are almost over. This is not an easy fight, but this is a fight that I make look easy. Through all the antics, through everything, I remain blindfolded and focused. I stayed strong. I had tunnel vision and it’s going to show on Saturday. All his antics, everything he’s done is going to fail him and it’s going to show. It will be.”
Bill Haney dropped Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) in three rounds in his debut at 140 pounds, and the 25-year-old shutout Haney on all three scorecards at Chase Center on Dec. 9. He promised his son an even more overwhelming performance. San Francisco.
“all [these] The game I thought I was playing against people… it didn’t work for me and Devin,” Bill Haney said. “We stayed focused. There are no excuses. Come on Saturday night and put the kids to bed. What I’m having Devin do shouldn’t be on TV, so 18 that’s all.
“They’ve been guilty of all sorts of things about boxing, like throwing books, disrespecting the sport, disrespecting religion. So the gloves are all off. If he and his team really do what they say If you’re a street person, come to the center of the ring. Don’t run. Devin is coming to do you bodily harm.”
