Comments Thread For: Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia Fight Week Diary: Day Five

[BoxingUpdates]

In an attempt to do credit to the extent to which Ryan Garcia is responsible for, unquestionably, one of the most remarkable fight stories and triumphs of the modern era, it is perhaps necessary to revisit the hours before the fight.
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[chicken-]

The antics aren't what made the Haneys think they could beat him, it was their delusion in thinking they are on Tank's level and seeing what Tank did to Ryan. This "they let their guard down because they thought he was crazy" thing is a bad narrative. The Haneys repeatedly said throughout fight week that they "were not fooled by the antics". Media ignore the facts and create their own narrative as usual.

[Nomadic]

The antics aren't what made the Haneys think they could beat him, it was their delusion in thinking they are on Tank's level and seeing what Tank did to Ryan. This "they let their guard down because they thought he was crazy" thing is a bad narrative. The Haneys repeatedly said throughout fight week that they "were not fooled by the antics". Media ignore the facts and create their own narrative as usual.

Yeah, I agree. That is a wake up call for them. Tank would have destroyed Haney.

[Corelone]

Ryan had them fooled, he came in at welter.