Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia

This One Counts

Date	April 20, 2024
Venue	Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBC super lightweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Devin Haney Ryan Garcia Nickname The Dream King Hometown San Francisco, California, U.S. Victorville, California, U.S. Pre-fight record 31–0 (15 KOs) 24–1 (20 KOs) Age 25 years, 5 months 25 years, 8 months Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Weight 140 lb (64 kg) 143.2 lb (65 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBC super lightweight champion The Ring No. 7 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2-division world champion Former WBC interim lightweight champion
Result
Garcia originally wins a majority decision in 12 rounds (115–109, 112–112, 114–110); later overturned to a no contest after he failed a drug test

Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia, billed as This One Counts, was a professional boxing match contested in the super lightweight division between the WBC super lightweight champion, Devin Haney, and former WBC interim lightweight world champion, Ryan Garcia. The bout took place on 20 April 2024 at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York.

The contest was declared a no contest after Garcia had a positive drug test. Haney retained his championship.

Background

On February 9, 2024, it was announced that Haney vs. Garcia was signed [1 for April 20, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the WBC super lightweight title.

The title of the fight, This One Counts, is a reference to the six prior matches between Haney and Garcia in amateur boxing, with this one being their first official match in professional boxing. The last time they fought was in January 2015, in the quarterfinals of the USA Youth National Championships. Their record in the amateurs stood evenly tied at 3–3.[5]

Two days before the fight, Garcia agreed to a wager with Haney that Garcia would pay $500,000 for every pound over the limit should he miss weight.

Garcia later weighed in at 143.2lbs, 3.2lbs over the championship limit, and would forfeit up to $600,000 of his purse to Haney. Garcia would not be eligible to win the title.

The fight

Garcia won the bout via majority decision. Garcia knocked down Haney three times in rounds 7, 10, and 11 before coming away with the victory by Majority Decision (114–110, 115–109, 112–112). [2]

Garcia out-landed Haney 106–87 in total punches and 95–45 in power punches. Garcia landed 41% of his power punches, while Haney's previous 10 opponents landed 25%. Haney landed 7 of 18 punches per round, whereas he had landed 13 of 42 in his previous 10 fights.

Official scorecards

Judge	Fighter	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Max DeLuca	Haney	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	8	8	9	112
	Garcia	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	112
Eric Marlinski	Haney	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	9	8	8	9	110
	Garcia	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	114
Robin Taylor	Haney	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	109
	Garcia	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	115

Fight card

Main card
Weight class		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Super Lightweight	Devin Haney (c)	vs.	Ryan Garcia	NC	12/12		Note 1 Note 2
Super Lightweight	Arnold Barboza Jr. (c)	def.	Seán McComb	SD	10/10		Note 3
Super Middleweight	Bektemir Melikuziev (c)	def.	Pierre Dibombe	TD	8/10	2:58	Note 4
Super Flyweight	David Jiménez	def.	Johnny Ramirez	UD	12/12		Note 5
Super Welterweight	Charles Conwell	def.	Nathaniel Gallimore	TKO	6/10	0:52
Undercard
Super Middleweight	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	def.	Vaughn Alexander	UD	10/10
Super Middleweight	Darius Fulghum	def.	Cristian Olivas	TKO	4/8	0:52
Super Lightweight	Johnny Canas	def.	Markus Bowes	UD	4/4
Middleweight	Amari Jones	def.	Armel Mbumba	TKO	6/8	0:39
Super Middleweight	Kevin Newman II	def.	Eric Robles	TKO	4/6	1:53
Lightweight	Shamar Canal	def.	Pedro Borgaro	UD	6/6

^Note 1 WBC super lightweight title not at stake as Garcia missed weight.
^Note 2 Originally a majority decision win for Garcia; changed to a no contest due to Garcia failing a drug test.
^Note 3 For WBO inter-continental super lightweight title.
^Note 4 For WBA inter-continental super middleweight title.
^Note 5 For vacant interim WBA super flyweight title.

Aftermath

Failed drug test

On May 1, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association notified all involved parties that Garcia had tested positive for Ostarine, a performance-enhancing drug, the day before and the day of his fight with Haney. Garcia responded via social media, denying the accusations and citing his willingness to take the drug test.

On June 20th, 2024, via the New York State Athletic Commission the result of the fight was changed to a no contest, with Haney remaining undefeated and Garcia having to pay $1.1 million from his purse.