Devin Haney posted on Instagram today, telling his followers that he “works in silence” and “remembers the faces” of his “doubters.” This bitter letter suggests that Hani was like that The tailor for his loss For Ryan Garcia and he wants to show people how wrong they are about him.
The humiliating defeat must be difficult for former two-division world champion Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) to digest as he replays the memory inside his head of the three times Kingery's left hook dropped him on April 20 at Barclays Center. In Brooklyn, New York.
It must be like a grainy old movie in Devin's head, and he probably wishes he did things differently. Hani's isolationist behavior is a classic example of a shame response to someone who has failed. It could help Hani if he can come back stronger after improving and ready to avenge his loss.
“I work in silence… I remember the faces and names of every skeptic and naysayer!” @justtrain
#Dream,” Devin Haney said Instagram.
Blame game
“Absolutely. Whatever happens, he's not more submissive than Ryan quit against Tank Davis. So, he's known as a quitter,” Bill Haney told The New York Times. Danza ProjectR, talking about Devin not quitting 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 wanted to see,” Bell said of why Haney lost to Garcia. “Even then, they said he had no heart and wouldn't stand in the middle of the ring.
“He (Haney) stood in the middle of the ring with someone we didn't take into account on Ostarine. We didn't take into account that he was going to be that much stronger. One thing about Ostarine is it helps with recovery. It helps with strength and power. All of those things,” Bell said. On why Devin lost to Kingery.
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 habit of clinching without stopping, which put him in the firing line of Ryan's short left hook.
This was where Devin was eating the shots. He was up or down with his clinch, and that made it easier for Kingry to catch the short left hook he liked to throw. If Devin's coaching staff knew what they were doing, they would have warned him not to hold on too much because this style was specifically designed for Garcia.
It may have worked for Haney in his fights against Jorge Kambosos Jr., Regis Prograis, and Jorge Linares, but using the same strategy against Garcia was stupid. That's why he lost. How could Bill not know that?
Wasted time
“It was a huge injustice done to a great guy who's done nothing but good stuff. Fans, they're the ones who buy pay-per-view shows. You want to please them. Devin wants to please his games by going out and fighting like that. It wasn't a winning game plan, but I can still back my guy 1,000% because he went into the fight. He went out there like a warrior. He came out, and I couldn't be prouder of him,” Bell said of Devin.
What's concerning is the amount of time Haney has been out of the ring since his loss to Ryan. All this energy being put into the lawsuit may not pay off for Haney, who loses time from his career and may not deserve it in the end. It's not clear if Bell is the one leading the charge, but it wouldn't be good for Devin to lose a year of his career waiting for the lawsuit to play out.
