Ryan Garcia Drops Devin Haney Three Times in Majority Decision Victory

Ryan Garcia secured a stunning majority decision win over Devin Haney at the Barclays Center, scoring three knockdowns to hand Haney his first professional loss.

Ryan Garcia secured a majority decision victory over Devin Haney at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with official scorecards reading 112-112, 114-110, and 115-109. Despite missing the 140-pound championship limit by 3.2 pounds, Garcia handed Haney his first professional defeat across 32 bouts. The challenger landed 106 total punches compared to Haney’s 87, according to CompuBox data, emphasizing a power-heavy approach that overcame a deficit in total jabs thrown. Haney entered the ring as a -600 betting favorite but found himself on the canvas three separate times during the twelve-round contest.

The first knockdown occurred at the 2:25 mark of the seventh round when a signature Garcia left hook connected flush with Haney’s jaw. This specific sequence changed the momentum of the fight, as Haney had previously controlled the middle rounds with a consistent jab that landed 42 times throughout the night. Referee Harvey Dock deducted one point from Garcia in that same seventh round for hitting on the break, a technical penalty that briefly tightened the mathematical gap on the judges' cards. Despite the point loss, the round was scored 10-8 in favor of the Victorville native due to the severity of the knockdown.

Garcia’s second breakthrough arrived in the tenth round, where a flurry of power shots sent Haney to the floor again with 1:12 remaining on the clock. Statistics show that Garcia landed 41% of his power punches, significantly higher than the 34% clip maintained by the defending champion. The third and final knockdown took place in the eleventh round, leaving Haney visibly staggered and forcing him into a defensive shell for the final three minutes of the match. By the end of the eleventh, the punch differential in power shots favored Garcia 95 to 45, illustrating the disparity in impactful strikes.

Round-by-round tracking reveals that Garcia started the fight with an aggressive first round, landing a left hook just 40 seconds after the opening bell that nearly ended the fight early. Haney recovered to win rounds two through six on two of the official scorecards, utilizing a technical approach that saw him land 11 of 25 jabs in the fourth round alone. However, the late-stage volatility introduced by Garcia’s speed proved insurmountable for the Las Vegas-based fighter. The final punch stats indicated that while Haney threw 214 more total strikes, the accuracy and damage of Garcia’s 285 attempts dictated the outcome.

Following the final bell, the 115-109 scorecard from judge Max DeLuca highlighted the dominance of the knockdown rounds, while the 112-112 draw card from James McDonough reflected the mid-fight technical success of Haney. This result leaves Haney with a record of 31-1, while Garcia moves to 25-1 with 20 knockouts. Because Garcia weighed in at 143.2 pounds, he was ineligible to claim the WBC Super Lightweight title, which remains vacant or with Haney depending on sanctioning body rulings regarding the weight miss. The gate at Barclays Center saw a capacity crowd witness the upset, marking one of the highest-grossing boxing events in the venue's history.