DEVIN HANEY takes on Ryan Garcia TONIGHT – but the WBC super lightweight title will no longer be on the line.
It comes after Garcia weighed in 3.1lb overweight on Friday, meaning The Dream’s 140lb strap is not up for grabs in New York.
The pair fought six times as amateurs, winning three times each – but their biggest fight yet takes place this evening.
Ryan Garcia has bizarrely started warming up with a team of violinists in his dressing room.
The strange antics remain even just hours before the fight is due to start.
Ryan Garcia appeared to down a bottle of BEER on stage – despite missing weight for his fight with Devin Haney.
Garcia looked to rub salt in the wounds at the public weigh-in as he walked on stage with a bottle in hand and chugged from it.
When asked what he was drinking, he told DAZN: “I was drinking a nice ass beer. That s*** was fire.”
Ryan Garcia appeared to suggest he missed weight on PURPOSE for his fight against Devin Haney.
The controversial American MISSED the championship weight.
He hit the scales at 143.2lb and was denied the chance to cut the extra 3.2lb, meaning he could no longer contest for the strap.
Haney, the undefeated two-division champ, successfully made the weight but the bout remained in doubt.
But the grudge bout was salvaged after the two camps agreed a financial compensation for Haney.
Garcia spoke out online following his missed weight debacle to hint it was all part of a masterplan.
He posted on X: “I feel great and I got a 3 pound advantage. Let’s gooo hahahahaa. Winners do what they have to do, I’m still sharp.”
Garcia added separately: “Why would I force myself to make weight so I can be weak. Nah, I’m here to win. That’s it.”
Devin Haney has beefed up after moving away from struggling to make weight to go up a division.
Haney reigned as the undisputed lightweight world champion with the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO belts to his name.
But the unbeaten American had a fight on his hands before the first bell had even sounded as he battled to shrink to 135 pounds.
Haney was often left completely gaunt when tipping the scales inside the lightweight limit.
And despite never missing weight, he decided enough was enough last December with a move up to 140 pounds.
In his first bout, he defeated Regis Prograis, 35, to win the WBC title that he takes into the ring against Garcia, 25.
