New details for Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia released
On Wednesday, February 21, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya revealed that the highly-anticipated showdown between super-lightweight rivals Devin Haney (31-0, 15KO) and Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20KO) will be staged at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The choice of venue was announced at the same time the public press tour details were released.
Proceedings will kick off at the Palladium Times Square in New York on February 27 and at the Avalon in Hollywood, California on February 29.
Home to NBA team Brooklyn Nets, the multi-purpose arena has a capacity of 16,000 for boxing events.
Several boxing matches have taken place in the arena, including Danny Garcia vs Zab Judah and Paulie Malignaggi vs Adrien Broner in 2013; Ruslan Provodnikov vs Chris Algieri in 2014; and Deontay Wilder vs Robert Helenius in 2022, which was the last boxing event to be staged there until now.
Big fight events have been slightly lacking in the Big Apple lately, with Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano being one of the last memorable fight nights in New York in recent times.
The mega-fight will broadcast live on DAZN and be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Matchroom Boxing and the fighters’ promotional outfits.
“Trust me when I say you don’t want to miss these press conferences,” Garcia wrote on social media on Wednesday.
“I have a surprise for New York during the press conference … a new teammate.”