SUMMARY
- A sparring session between Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney has been talked about a lot by both the fighters.
- Ryan Garcia also mentioned it in his altercation with Haney.
Over the years, a lot of statements have been made by people who have watched the sparring footage involving Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis. Many claim Davis took Haney out. Some agree to disagree. But, has the footage been made public?
There are several sparring footages doing the rounds which claim to be Haney vs. Davis. Videos on X and YouTube claiming to be so have reached over a million views. However, the videos are not credible.
🗣️ Devin Haney talks sparring Gervonta Davis at the Floyd Mayweather gym under the dog house rules 🐶#DevinHaney #BillHaney #GervontaDavis #TankDavis #FloydMayweather #Mayweather #TMT #Boxing #BoxingNews #Boxeo # pic.twitter.com/S7hXlIcFim
— BOXINGREPORT247.COM (@Boxingreport247) December 13, 2023
On the other hand, both Davis and Haney have talked about this sparring session with conflicting conclusions. According to Haney, he dominated the session, meanwhile, Tank was the one dominating in his own story. Others including Adrien Broner have also chipped in with their version of the story. According to Broner, Davis went off at Haney and Broner jumped into the ring to stop Tank as Haney was just 17 years old.
Ryan Garcia just leaked the infamous Gervonta Davis vs Devin Haney spar 😳 pic.twitter.com/QOV3r3wJpA
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) March 1, 2024
It is difficult to decipher who is telling the truth and who is making up their version of the story. However, Ryan Garcia has done us all a favor and leaked the video. In the video, Davis was seen dominating Haney, who responded to the leak. However, according to fans, Tank’s performance was exaggerated. One fan wrote, “Tank a dog, but I expected to see ko’d standing up like they made it seem. The stories were exaggerated.”
Another fan asked, “But who won?” Implying that there was no knockout. Before leaking the video, Garcia mentioned it several times.
Ryan Garcia mentioned the Davis vs. Haney sparring footage to create buzz for his fight
Ryan Garcia is set to take on Devin Haney for the WBC Super Lightweight Title in New York on April 20, 2024. To build up his fight with Haney and earn a mental advantage, Garcia has brought up the sparring footage multiple times.
Just a day after the fight was announced in early February, Garcia and Haney squared up and started trash-talking. It involved Garcia bringing up Haney’s father and the sparring session.
Devin is getting pimped by his dad the pimp sad to see. 4-20 he will be crying begging please have mercy. Save your son bill. pic.twitter.com/BnUMhORclP
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) February 10, 2024
In the video shared by Garcia himself, he is heard saying, “We’ve seen that video when Tank beat your ass, Floyd showed me and he had your ass like… I’ve seen the video, I’ve seen the video, I’ve seen the video.”
Haney responded: “I’d beat the s*** out of Tank and I’d beat the s*** out of you, I’d beat the s*** out of you.”
Recently, during his appearance on The MMA Hour, Garcia was asked about his relationship with Floyd Mayweather. He said Mayweather might be unhappy because he talked about the sparring video. Further, he explained what he saw, “I [have] personally seen the video [of] Devin Haney. [He] is knocked out almost cold by ‘Tank’ Davis. I [have] seen it with my own eyes. Adrien Broner did hop in the ring.”
Garcia, who has faced his only professional defeat against Davis, acknowledged that Haney was a teenager during the fight. However, he was cutting ‘The Dream’ no slack.
Bill Haney fumes at Floyd Mayweather while exposing his sparring story against Devin Haney
Bill Haney was not impressed with Mayweather showing the footage to Garcia. Instead, Bill took it upon himself to remind ‘Money’ about his sparring session with Devin. According to Bill, Devin went 6-0 against Mayweather in their sparring sessions before the Conor McGregor fight. Bill claimed this was “when he [Mayweather] finally decided that he could no longer be in there boxing with no real fighters.”
Devin Haney apparently beat up Floyd Mayweather in sparring and retired him 👀 pic.twitter.com/8u4V1cGiQc
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) February 28, 2024
Bill further proclaimed the Devin Haney era stating, “Devin was the one that snapped that. He knew that the torch had to be passed and he passed it to Devin. It’s the new era. It’s the Devin Haney era and that’s what it is.”
Recently, Haney and Garcia even gave a religious angle to their fight which left fans unimpressed. With less than two months left for their highly-anticipated bout, the pair are working hard inside and outside the ring to make sure it is all a success.
