Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia Prediction: Devin Haney to get the win in style

Devin Haney will have his first title WBC championship defense against former interim title holder Ryan Garcia on Sunday. This Super lightweight division matchup will be a 12-round boxing main event at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York. Fans can undoubtedly catch up with all activities via streaming on DAZN by 6 am.

Davin Haney has a professional perfect record of 31 wins, of which 15 were knockout victories. He won his first significant boxing title, the vacant WBC lightweight title, in September 2019 against Zaur Abdullaev. Every one of his matches between 2020 and 2021 was to defend his title. He was faced by three top boxers: Yuriorkis Gamboa, Jorge Linares, and Joseph Diaz, all of whom he won through unanimous decision. After a unanimous decision win, he went further in 2022 for the undisputed lightweight title against George Kambosos Jr. to become the division`s unified champion. He defeated him twice that same year before defeating Vasyl Lomachenko in 2023 in a bid to retain his title. During the early start of his career, Haney won both the vacant HHP Championship and the DHP Championship against Mason Menard and Juan Carlos Burgos, respectively. On December 20, 2023, he challenged Regis Prograis for the WBC World Super Lightweight Title and won via unanimous decision.

Ryan Garcia has a professional boxing record of 24 wins and one loss. Twenty of these wins were via knockout, attributed to his position as a knockout specialist. He had an early, successful amateur career before transitioning to the professional level. During this feat, he won 15 amateur championships. In 2018, he won the GBP Championship twice against Fernando Vargas Parra and Carlos Morales, with the latter being a majority decision victory. The following year, in 2019, Garcia challenged for the WBC Silver and WBO NABO Lightweight titles and won unanimously against Romero Duno. The following year, he won the WBC Silver Lightweight Title against Francisco Fonseca. In 2021, he won the Interim WBC World Lightweight Title via a left hook liver shot against Luke Campbell. In 2023, his last fight of the year, he won the vacant WBA Gold Super Lightweight Title against Oscar Duarte in round 8 via a left hook and follow-up punches.

This matchup has a lot of skeptical pre-fight build-up. Haney has the most experience, given the number of fights fought, but Garcia still holds an impressive record. Going into this match for a win, Garcia will try to overcome Haney's jab or deal with Haney's clinch game. Garcia doesn't look completely prepared for this match and shouldn't be relying solely on his speed and power. Garcia needs Haney to be off his game to have any chance of winning, but I still find it hard to believe that he could rattle someone who could keep his cool against Lomachenko. In this battle, Devin Haney will prevail through a decision, with the total round of this bout going over 6.5 rounds.