A rematch between Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia, one of the most controversial and bizarre events of 2024, is said to be trying to cross the finish line with Saudi Arabian Turk Alalsikh. Veteran boxing journalist Dan Raphael reported that both fighters met separately With Alalsikh in London during The Ring Magazine’s annual awards dinner festivities.
Garcia defeated Haney Their first fight in April 2024Score multiple knockdowns before being awarded a majority decision victory. The win did not stay in the record books for long as it was revealed that Garcia had failed his pre-fight drug test for the presence of the performance-enhancing drug Osterine, causing the result to be overturned to a no contest.
The failed drug test wasn’t the only part of the event that saw strange behavior from Garcia. He dismisses any attempt to deliberately gain weight, exhibiting increasingly erratic behavior, spouting conspiracy theories about X, being seen drinking in clubs and, finally, betting a press conference with Haney. .
Garcia claimed a conspiracy was afoot after his failed drug test broke. Garcia’s “B sample” also tested positive and was given a one-year suspension.
Both fighters have, at times, expressed interest in a rematch in the interest of redeeming their own personal form from the first meeting, and Alalsikh could be the man to get a rematch on the biggest power player in boxing on the hump.
Of course, there are still some hurdles to getting a deal done, not the least of which are Haney’s concerns about drug testing and his insistence that Garcia won’t agree to more rigorous testing.
Garcia tried to skirt the issue of drug testing In his own post “I’m drug tested not just by VADA so what they say is lies, lies and more lies,” Haney said a few days ago.
More boxing news, rumours
- Julius Julianis recently reported this information A fight between unified super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and WBA junior middleweight champion Terence Crawford has been agreed for September. For more than a year there has been chatter surrounding that fight, with Crawford looking for a huge pay score as his career winds down. Ultimately, the first round of talks collapsed after Alvarez appeared unwilling to work with Alalsikh. Now things seem to be moving in the right direction to accomplish this. Crawford, a former junior welterweight and undisputed welterweight champion, looked more human than usual in his first fight at junior middleweight and moving up two more divisions to face one of the best fighters of the modern era is a tall task but one Crawford insists he’s up for.
- Chris Eubank Jr. and Connor Benn are set to fight again, according to Alashikh, who tweeted the fight will take place in April. The two rivals were originally scheduled to fight in 2022 only for Ben to test positive for a banned substance before the fight, scrapping the whole thing. There have been years of negotiations to get the fighters in the ring, with neither side wanting to back down and Eubank insisting he should get a better slice of the pie because of Ben’s failed experiment.
- After two disappointing performances in losses to Devin Haney and Jack Catterall, Regis’ progress will look to get back on track when he faces Oscar Duarte on February 15 in a bout recently announced by Golden Boy Promotions. Since losing to Ryan Garcia in 2023, Duarte has picked up back-to-back wins over Joseph Diaz and Batir Akhmedov.
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