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Richardson Hitchins is selecting Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney to win their fights on the Could 2nd card at Instances Sq. in New York Metropolis. Haney’s comeback struggle in opposition to former WBC and WBO 140-lb champ Jose Ramirez (29-2, 18 KOs) is the one which he feels he might lose. Ramirez can punch and has the novice pedigree to win.
Former two-division world champion Haney was dropped 3 times by Ryan and arguably saved by the referee within the seventh spherical of their struggle on April twentieth. If Haney’s chin isn’t the identical from that loss, Ramirez will make the most of that weak point.
Rolly’s Chin
Hitchins feels that the previous WBA gentle welterweight champion Rolly (16-2, 12 KOs) can not take a punch since being knocked out by Geronta Davis within the sixth spherical three years in the past in 2022. He sees Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) as having an excessive amount of energy for Romero to face up to with out getting knocked out.
Richardson believes that Haney and Ryan are simply preventing for cash now, and never involved about successful belts or about enhancing their craft. They’re businessmen now and taking fights that “make sense” financially.
“Rolly, I would want to give him a chance but his chin is so shot. He can’t withstand a punch,” stated Richardson Hitchins to Fighthype, speaking about Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero’s punch resistance will betray him in opposition to Ryan Garcia.
Romero has all the time been a flawed fighter all through his profession. Mayweather Promotions matched him in opposition to weak opposition, and he lucked out together with his controversial win over Jackson Marinez in 2020. Rolly’s ninth spherical knockout win over 40-year-old Ismael Barroso on Could 13, 2023 was equally questionable.
That was the one the place the referee Tony Weeks stopped the struggle after Romero threw a five-punch mixture that hit air. Nothing landed, however Weeks stopped the motion and gave Rolly a knockout win. Barroso was standing there like, ‘What just happened?’ No evaluation, nothing. The entire thing regarded staged in a WWE skit.
“After Tank touched it, he can’t stand up to a punch. He ain’t the identical fighter. Even the final struggle he fought [Manuel Jaimes] and the hazard that he had that got here with all that spark. He don’t get that anymore. So, I’m going to offer it to Ryan Garcia.
“Ryan is the bigger guy and I feel he has more devastating power than Rolly. I think he can take his power more than Rolly can. As far as Jose Ramirez and Devin. Stylistically, Devin should win the fight but then again, I could see Jose Ramirez giving Devin problems too. Both guys [Garcia and Haney] should win,” stated Richardson.
Devin and his father, Invoice Haney, should be relying on Ramirez, 32, having misplaced one thing from his sport from his finest years from 2018 to 2021. Invoice is sort of a vulture, selecting out prey for his son, Devin. He clearly sees vulnerability in Ramirez for him, given the greenlight for this struggle to occur. Invoice was everywhere in the Regis Prograis and George Kambosos Jr. fights, anticipating these two to be opponents for Dvin.
Ramirez does look slower, however his energy continues to be the identical. He nonetheless packs a punch and fights with the identical high-pressure model that introduced him success earlier in his profession.
In some methods, this struggle is tougher for Haney than his final one in opposition to Ryan Garcia as a result of Ramirez gained’t be taking rounds off. He’ll hold the stress on Haney, forcing him to maneuver and defend.
Enterprise Strikes
“I wish to see Ryan Garcia and Devin play out within the second struggle. So, hopefully, they get their job executed. However I actually don’t see too many spoilers. If there was one, possibly it might be within the Jose Ramirez struggle. I believe the Jose Ramirez vs. Devin Haney struggle is extra aggressive struggle than Rolly and Ryan.
“I think they’ll be the same. It’ll be the same Ryan Garcia and same Devin Haney,” stated Richardson when requested if the lengthy layoff could have modified Ryan and Haney going into their Could 2nd card. “I really feel like they’re each on some enterprise s*** now. They’re attempting to make it make sense.
“Devin Haney ain’t worried about too many belts. It’s more like money. I don’t see these guys doing things to make their game that much different. I’m pretty sure they’re going to get better as boxers, but I don’t see it as stylistically that Devin is going to turn into a power puncher or pressure Mexican to elevate his game. I think we’re going to see the same guys.”
