When the fight was in the latter stages of the fight, Haney could have pressed the issue more for a stoppage win. Instead, Haney continued what he'd done leading up to that point by outboxing Kambosos to claim all four 135-pound titles. But one of his rivals, Ryan Garcia, feels Haney showed who he is by not putting the foot on the gas pedal with the fight well in hand.
“I just think the way I grew up, we just always talk s—,” Garcia, who returns on July 16 against Javier Fortuna live on DAZN, told Boxing Scene. “I don’t have no bad intention when I talk smack. When I look at [Haney-Kambosos] as a fellow athlete, I just say congratulations. Was it boring in my opinion? Yes. Could he have shown flashes of a killer instinct? Some people just don’t have it.
“He doesn’t have it. He will feel it when he’s in there with me, and he knows what I’m talking about. He’s just not a good offensive fighter. You can be good offensively and not get hit. Floyd Mayweather used to run numbers on people and not get hit. He didn’t just move around. He had a killer instinct in him. Devin’s not like that. He just boxed his way to victory, and I’m very proud of him.”
A Garcia-Haney battle isn't in the near future as Garcia has Fortuna and then will work towards attempting to make a fight with Gervonta Davis. At the same time, Haney is contractually obligated to face Kambosos in a rematch.
Garcia (22-0, 18 KOs) doesn't think people want to see Haney rematch Kambosos, but his focus remains on Fortuna for now.
“I don’t know how many people would be interested in [a Haney-Kambosos rematch],” Garcia notes. “That’s not my place to say. They can run the numbers, see who’s interested in it. If they can sell the fight again, that’s on them. Hopefully, they get paid and put on a good showing.
“I’m not focused on that. I’m focused on Fortuna.”