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Ryan Garcia: What happened in his last fight?
Ryan Garcia makes his highly anticipated return to the ring tonight, Friday, May 2, exclusively on DAZN PPV, as part of an explosive night of boxing live froim New York's Times Square.
The ironic, world famous landmark will be a fittingly spectacular venue for Garcia's first fight since April 2024, following a year ban for testing positive for the banned substance ostarine.
The US superstar submitted two failed tests ahead of his contest with long standing rival Devin Haney on 20 April, with the results coming out after the fight had taken place.
Garcia was forced to forfeit his £950,000 ($1.2m) contract purse and pay a £7,900 ($10,000) fine.
Garcia and Haney both feature on May 2's historic fight card, facing Rolando Romero and Jose Ramirez respectively.
Victory for both will speed up the likelihood of a rematch between the two. Despite not directly facing each other this time around, they are expected to clash in fight week.
DAZN News relives what happened in Ryan Garcia's last fight.
What happened in Ryan Garcia's last fight vs Devin Haney?
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After numerous encounters as amateurs, a date was set for the first professional meeting between Devin Haney, who was the WBC super lightweight champion, and Ryan Garcia.
The date would be April 20, 2024, with Brooklyn's Barclays Center the venue.
The fight week certainly kept everyone in boxing on their toes.
At the final press conference, Garcia agreed a bet with Haney where for every pound he was over the 140lb super lightweight limit, he would pay 'The Dream' $500,000.
While there were concerns about Garcia's antics, surely he would still make weight in order to challenge for Haney's WBC title.
However, Garcia weighed-in the day before the fight 143.2lbs meaning he was not eligible to challenge for the title and forfeit up to $600,000 of his purse.
The fight still went ahead and Garcia was all over Haney, with his left hook troubling the former undisputed lightweight champion from the opening round.
DAZNDespite Garcia's punching threat, Haney was boxing the better fight, but in round seven, 'King Ry' flipped the script and knocked down Haney with a left-right combination.
Similar knockdowns followed in rounds 10 and 11 with Garcia's left hook proving to be Haney's kryptonite.
After 12 thrilling rounds, Garcia was declared the winner by majority decision with scores of 114-110 and 115-109, whilst the other judge scored the bout 112-112.
The result of the first Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia fight has since been ruled a no contest after Garcia tested positive for the performance enhancing drug ostarine.
Watch two incredible fight nights this week only on DAZN
Fight fans are in for a treat this week, with two amazing fight exclusively DAZN PPV.
- May 2: Ryan Garcia vs Rolly Romero; Devin Haney vs Jose Ramirez; Teofimo Lopez vs Arnold Barboza Jr.
- May 3: Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull
Fight fans can purchase either these fight nights individually for $59.99 US; £/€21.99 UK/IRE; $24.99 ROW per PPV or take advantage of the DAZN Knockout Weekend Bundle where both fight cards can be purchased for $90 US; £34.99 UK and €34.99 Europe.
