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Ryan Garcia knocked down Devin Haney three times and won their much-anticipated fight by majority decision Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia, a heavy underdog, rocked Haney with his patented left hook on each of the knockdowns in their 12-round super lightweight fight. “He caught me early but I was sleeping on it. Caught me by surprise,“ said Haney, who suffered his first defeat. Haney seemed in control for a portion of the fight. But when Garcia went on the attack, he unloaded punches that caught Haney ill-prepared or Haney was simply ill-equipped. And by the end, Garcia had the crowd chanting his name. “Ry-an! Ry-an!’’ Garcia’s stunning victory came after months of erratic behavior and outlandish claims, such as he’d conjured up demons. “Come on guys, you really thought I was crazy?’’ Garcia bellowed during his in-ring interview after the fight. “You guys lost your own mind,“ he told the cheering crowd. Garcia scored knockdowns in the seventh, 10th and 11th rounds with his left hook. He landed that vicious punch in the first round and rocked Haney. “I just knew I had control after that,’’ Garcia said. “It’s hard to recover from big shots. You know, maybe my conditioning wasn’t my best, but at the end of the day I got the job done.’’ Garcia improved to 25-1 and Haney fell to 31-1. Garcia repeatedly turned his back to Haney, especially in the corners, in what looked like a defensive posture. “I don’t know,’’ Garcia said when asked about the move. “I have ADHD, so I just start doing random things.“ Initially, it seemed to confuse Haney. But he just pounded away on Garcia’s unprotected back. But Garcia was protecting his face and the front of his body. “I thought the ref let him turn his back … a little too much,’’ Haney the in-ring interview, Garcia grew angry and appeared to target the media. “You guys hate on me because I’m pretty and (expletive),’’ he said. “At the end of the day, I’ve been boxing all of my life and all I do is love God and try to help the children and you guys straight hated on me. You guys do not love the truth.’’ But rage did not rule Garcia after the fight. “I need a shot of beer, or like alcohol or something to get my mind going,’’ he said at one point. “You feel me? I’m just kidding. Man, can’t you guys take a joke, man?’’ Ryan Garcia knocked down Devin Haney three times and won their much-anticipated super lightweight fight by majority decision Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The judges scored it 112-112, 114-110 and 115-109.
