The day before the match between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, the two performed a mandatory weight test. While Haney reached the standard weight, Garcia left over 3.2 pounds (equivalent to 1.5kg). That made him lose his championship even when he won.
Leaving up to 1.5kg also caused Garcia to pay a fine of up to $ 1.5 million for Haney. Previously, both agreed each person to overdo a pound will be fined 500,000 USD. This can be considered as the defeat of Garcia before the upper radio. As for Haney, he had many advantages.
If Haney won the next match, he continued to hold the WBC belt of Super Lightweight. If he lost, the belt would be empty. In terms of strength correlation, Haney is more appreciated than Garcia. He lost to Garcia when both of them played amateur boxing at a young age, but Haney fought professionally.
The way Garcia is not well prepared, and leaving up to 1.5kg is the most obvious evidence that those who talk a lot often do not do much. He has attracted too many bullshit stories on social networks over the past time, so much that the public thinks Garcia has a mental problem.
Assessing Ryan Garcia's expression before the match, Devin Haney said: “He showed a very unprofessional attitude. Before both came to the press conference today, I made it clear to Garcia: the way that behavior would make him pay. This penalty was just the beginning.”