ESPN reports that Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney have agreed to suspend their lawsuit for 90 days. They reached a settlement to drop it.
The two fighters are reaching an agreement to fight later this year, and dropping the legal dispute will ease the way for the fight.
Lawsuit pending
The settlement allows the litigation to be resolved, but it needs to be completed. Upon termination, the lawsuit will be dismissed. Ryan said that was a condition of negotiating with Haney for a rematch.
Turki Al-Sheikh wants this rematch. Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) filed the lawsuit after testing positive for the banned substance, Ostarine, following his April 20 win over Devin.
Garcia will take the interim fight
Ryan revealed today that he has been given a mystery opponent for his next fight and “can’t wait” for fans to find out who it is. That’s not Haney. There isn’t much interest in their second fight after Ryan obliterated him last April.
He wouldn’t fight him anymore unless he dropped the lawsuit. That makes sense for Haney because he would probably get more money fighting Ryan again than he would from a lawsuit. Without the rematch, Haney would be stuck fighting other fighters for less money and a lot of risk.
Haney is not a big puncher and his career prospects are not promising at 140 or 147. He was good early on when he moved up to welterweight, old Regis Prograis again, but it would be harder for him to fight other fighters who are still in their prime and I can hit.
That’s why he has to get a rematch with Ryan. Even if his career falls apart right after that, he’ll have that big paycheck to live on for the rest of his life.
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia jointly asked a court on Wednesday to suspend the lawsuit against Garcia for 90 days due to the interim settlement, according to a legal document obtained by ESPN.
This development comes as Haney and Garcia move closer to a deal to…
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