Devin Haney posted on Instagram today, telling his followers that he is “working in silence” and “remembering the faces” of his “suspects.” This bittersweet message signals that Haney was stewing at his loss Ryan Garcia and wants to show people how wrong they were about him.
Former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) must be having a hard time digesting the humiliating defeat as the memory of the three times Kingry dropped him with a left hook on April 20 at the Barclays Center plays in his head. in Brooklyn, New York.
It must be like an old, grainy movie in Devin's head and he probably wishes he had done things differently. Haney's behavior in isolation is a classic example of the shame response of someone who has failed. It could help Haney if he can come back stronger, improved and ready to avenge his loss.
“To work in silence.. to remember the faces and names of all those who doubt and who doubt! @just train
#TheDream,” said Devin Haney on Instagram.
The blame game
“Absolutely. Whatever happens, he doesn't quit like Ryan quit against Tank Davis. So he's known as a quitter,” Bill Haney said. Danza Projectt, talking about Devin not giving up during his fight against Ryan Garcia. “Devin is a warrior.
“It was a combination of Devin not being Devin and him trying to be what the fans want to see,” Bill said of why Haney lost to Garcia. “Until then, they said that he had no heart and that he would not stand in the middle of the ring.
“He (Haney) was standing in the middle of the ring with someone we didn't consider in Ostarine. We didn't expect him to be so strong. One thing about Ostarin is that it helps with recovery. It helps with strength and power. All that stuff,” Bill said about why Devin lost to Kingry.
The reason Devin lost the fight wasn't because he was standing “in the middle of the ring” against Garcia. Where Haney lost the fight was his nonstop clinch habit, which put him in the firing line of Ryan's short left hook.
That's where Devin ate glasses. He was reaching or retreating in the clinch, which made it easier for Kingry to catch the short left hook he likes to throw. If Devin's coaching staff knew what they were doing, they would have warned him not to hang around so much because that style is tailor-made for Garcia.
It may have worked for Haney in his fights against George Kambosos Jr., Regis Prograis and Jorge Linares to hold his own, but using that same strategy against Garcia was stupid. That's why he lost. How does Bill not know that?
wasted time
“It was a great injustice done to a wonderful guy who was doing nothing but good work. The fans, they are the ones who buy the pay-per-view. You want to please them. Devin wants to satisfy his games to go out and fight that way. It wasn't a winning plan, but I can still back my guy 1000% for going into battle. He entered there as a warrior. He came out and I couldn't be more proud of him,” Bill said of Devin.
What is concerning is how much time Haney has been out of the ring since his loss to Ryan. All this energy put into the lawsuit may not pay off for Haney, who is wasting time from his career and may not be worth it in the end. It's not clear if Bill is running this process, but it's not good for Devin if he loses a year of his career waiting for the litigation to end.
