Devin Haney’s Record before Controversial Loss to Ryan Garcia. Photo: IST
Ryan Garcia tested positive for doping during the duel and the day before his victory over Devin Haney. A number of sources say KingRy uses ostarine, a type of performance enhancing substance.
Devin Haney’s fight against Ryan Garcia took place at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, (20/4/2024). Interestingly, KingRy managed to emerge victorious over the WBC lightweight champion.
Ryan Garcia’s victory also broke Devin Haney’s previously undefeated record. For information, previously the boxer from the United States had a record of 31 consecutive wins, aka being undefeated.
Furthermore, what was Devin Haney’s fight record like before his controversial loss to Ryan Garcia?
Devin Haney’s Competitive Record before Losing to Ryan Garcia
Before suffering his first defeat to Ryan Garcia in April 2024, Devin Haney had played 31 matches. The boxer nicknamed The Dream succeeded in sweeping everything clean with victory.
Interestingly, Devin also recorded 15 wins, including by knockout. The results are quite amazing for the boxer born in San Francisco, United States.
Looking back, Devin’s professional debut in the boxing ring was made on December 11 2015. At that time, he faced a boxer named Gonzalo Lopez Rodriguez.
At the start of his career, Devin Haney had an interesting record. Fighting as a professional at the age of 17, he was unable to compete in the United States due to minimum age regulations, so had some of his early fights in Mexico.
After that, Devin continued to get victory after victory. He was even appointed WBC lightweight world champion at the age of 20 after 23 professional fights in 2019.
November 9 2019, Devin had his first title defense against Alfredo Santiago. He also won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Devin again successfully defended his WBC lightweight title on December 4 2021. At that time, he defeated Joseph Diaz via unanimous decision.
