Ryan Garcia’s fantasy of cashing in again with Devin Haney? Torched. After stumbling into a humiliating loss against Rolly Romero—yes, that Romero—Garcia’s entire 2025 roadmap was torn up. The Times Square stunt that was supposed to launch a rematch with Haney collapsed in real time, and with it went any illusion that Garcia could coast on vibes and clout.
Haney handled his end, cruising through Jose Ramirez in a sleepwalk of a fight. Garcia? He looked lost, timid, clueless. Romero tagged him and shattered the Saudi dream that Turki Alalshikh and Ring Magazine were banking on. All Garcia had to do was show up and not implode. Instead, he handed Romero his biggest win and flushed millions down the drain.
De La Hoya backpedals, blames everyone else but Ryan
Oscar De La Hoya didn’t waste time trying to rescue the PR mess. Instead of accountability, we got deflection and classic Oscar spin: “That’s not the direction we want to go, zero whatsoever,” he told Fight Hype when asked about the Haney rematch.
He claims Garcia’s in “great spirits.” No mention of how he looked completely checked out in the ring, or how his footwork resembled someone tiptoeing through traffic. Oscar’s brilliant plan? Run it back with Romero. Because nothing screams momentum like begging for a redo after being embarrassed.
And then the kicker—De La Hoya tried to blame Haney for the fight falling apart, saying: “Devin actually lost in winning… his stock is super down. This guy is a runner.” Right. Because a guy who clearly beat Ramirez is somehow the problem—not the one who got outclassed by Rolly Romero.
The drug cloud still hangs over everything
Let’s not forget: Garcia’s “win” over Haney was wiped out by not one, but two failed tests. The NYSAC hit him with a year-long suspension, which he just finished serving. The fact that this fight was even being considered again so soon speaks volumes about how quickly boxing forgets when there’s money on the table.
Haney, to his credit, moved on legally—suing Garcia for battery, fraud, and breach of contract. Meanwhile, Garcia keeps pretending that the world owes him another payday because he floored Haney a few times in a fight that no longer officially exists.
Final word
Garcia needs to shut up, fight Romero, and prove he’s more than a walking meme with a left hook. De La Hoya needs to stop rewriting reality every time his fighter collapses. And fans? We deserve better than this sloppy rerun of excuses, lawsuits, failed tests, and shameless pivots.
How many more second chances does Ryan Garcia get before people stop pretending he’s the victim?
And why is everyone pretending this mess was just bad luck, not a direct result of Garcia’s own self-sabotage?
“Clearly we witnessing collapse of marketing over merit 🤷♀️ Garcia waz sold as brand not boxer. Now brand fall apart an world confused why.. thiz post say truth but ppl dont wanna hear dat.”
“Exactlyyy! They sold us t-shirts and IG reels instead of skills! When hype crash wit reality… it’s messy af 😬”
You are not wrong, but lets not pretend Garcia is not a good boxer. When he whooped Haney it was damn impressive considering people expected it to be a fairly equal fight. Drugs didn’t create that performance. Granted Haney seemed terrified the whole time so was not at his best. I also would not be surprised if losing to Romero was part of a brand rebuilding strategy. Garcia needs to get away from De La Hoya, dudes mental and apparently rubs off on anyone that runs with him.
“I think ppl forget boxin iz mental game too🥊🥴 Garcia probly fightn demons we don’t see. jus coz he lost don’t mean he done for good!!! gota give man time to heal an comeback betta 💪 #TeamGarcia”
‘De La Hoya tried blaming Haney’ lol now dats rich 😂 Imagine tryna shift blame to da man who actually did his job while ur guy out here trippin on his own footwork like he avoidin potholes in NYC
Yo hold up nah bro yall actin like garcia da only one who ever failed drug test lmao half dem dudes on sum stuff 💊💉 dey just dont get caught yo 🤫 haney ain’t no angel eitha bruh
@Qhughes Bro what you sayin 😂 Haney been clean and focused, Garcia look like he forgot it was a BOXING match not a fashion show 💅🏽
Clean and focused on being the lamest boxer ever. I’d rather watch his Dad fight.
Honestly, this article exposes the whole dirty underbelly of modern boxing. There’s too much hype over social media stars like Garcia instead of real athletes with consistency. Drug tests ignored, PR spins everywhere—where’s the integrity? Fans deserve structure and clear rules, not this circus.
It’s not modern lol, Boxing has ALWAYS had a dirty underbelly. Thats why it has never been able to become a mainstream sport, you just can’t trust it, it has little to no real organization that the average person can figure out, it’s like taxes, if they were not trying to hide anything, it would be a lot simpler. You can’t behave like WWE and expect to be considered legitimate. The athletes are real, the money is real, everything else is gray area.
Simply put until Boxing is standardized with a single sanctioning body, none of it really matters. As is, it’s just a way for lots of people to make lots of money for doing very little. In recent years the only “big” fights that seemed 100% real with both fighters doing their best were Usyk Vs. Fury and all of Joe Parkers fights. All of the other big names have a couple fights where they look like machines, and then suddenly a fight where they look like a joke. How do you go from top tier performances to looking like you forgot how to box? Most of all how has Dubois bested so many people? he’s the slowest dumbest boxer in the heavyweight division. AJ looked like he was drunk against Dubois. Sure the dude has a lot of weight and power but he’s so slow and awkward you can see everything coming. AJ looked like he tried not to dodge punches. He was behaving oddly. Kinda like how Garcia was acting and fighting oddly vs. Romero. The best way to enjoy boxing is to watch the fights, and ignore all of the hype and “news”. The world of boxing it a tidal pool of bullshit. Just enjoy the show and ignore the rest.
Wut even is this? 🤔 garcia jus lost n now hez crying like a baby 🙄 the guy got beat fair n square by rolly, not evn a top guy LOL. how u expect a rematch if u cant win? he shud go back 2 tiktok or whatevr hes good at cuz boxing obviosly not it no more. 😂