Devin Haney wants Ryan Garcia to beat Teofimo Lopez so he can 'right that wrong'

Haney, who faces Liam Paro on 19 December, called a Garcia fight "the fight that I want the most" but said he would take Garcia or Lopez for the undisputed title.

Devin Haney says a fight with Ryan Garcia is "the fight that I want the most", and that he wants Garcia to win his next fight "so that I could right that wrong".

Speaking to reporters at the Haney v Paro launch in San Francisco, the WBO welterweight champion said: "The Ryan Garcia fight is the fight that I want the most." He added: "It starts with Liam Paro, but, uh, yeah, for sure, once I win this fight, you guys know who I got my eyes on."

Asked whether he could demand the fight from DAZN, Haney said "the stars are aligning" and that Garcia "still got to beat Teo", but that it did not matter whether Garcia or Teofimo Lopez won. "I would, I would take either or for undisputed, but obviously I want Ryan Garcia to win so that I could right that wrong," he said.

Garcia knocked Haney down three times on the way to a majority decision win in April 2024, but the result was later changed to a no contest.

Garcia holds the WBC welterweight title and Lopez the WBA belt, and the pair are in advanced talks for a unification fight on 6 February, according to The Ring. No deal has been announced.

Haney faces IBF champion Paro in a unification fight on Saturday 19 December at Chase Center in San Francisco, live on DAZN, with the broadcast starting at 1am UK time on Sunday 20 December. At the same launch, his father and trainer Bill Haney said the Haney camp offered Shakur Stevenson the fight at 147lb and 145lb.

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