Ryan Garcia And Oscar De La Hoya Clash With Bill Haney And Devin Haney At The Fatal Fury Press Conference Showdown!

Tempers flare as two of boxing’s most outspoken camps trade barbs, setting the stage for a fight week filled with bad blood and fireworks!

Ryan Garcia And Oscar De La Hoya Clash With Bill Haney And Devin Haney At The Fatal Fury Press Conference Showdown!

Boxing press conferences have always been theaters of verbal warfare. Fighters trade barbs. Promoters fan the flames. Everyone tries to sell the fight. The sport’s history is filled with memorable microphone moments that sometimes overshadow the actual fights. hese pre-fight showdowns build anticipation and boost pay-per-view sales. They also reveal the genuine emotions and tensions between fighters who are days away from trying to knock each other unconscious.

The Fatal Fury press conference at Times Square was supposed to hype Friday’s fights. Ryan Garcia faces Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero for the WBA welterweight title in the main event. Devin Haney battles Jose Ramirez in the co-feature. But Wednesday’s media gathering quickly turned into something else entirely.

Last April’s controversial bout between Garcia and Haney still casts a long shadow. Garcia won that fight but later tested positive for Ostarine, a banned substance. The result was overturned to a No Contest. Garcia received a one-year ban and a fine but he maintains his innocence to this day. The bad blood between the camps has only intensified with time. What we witnessed at the press conference wasn’t manufactured drama but genuine hostility that nearly turned physical multiple times.

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Oscar De La Hoya And Bill Haney Nearly Come To Blows

The most shocking moment came when Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya almost traded punches with Bill Haney. Teofimo Lopez appeared to instigate things from the sidelines. De La Hoya suddenly stood up and approached Bill Haney. Security rushed in to separate them. Bill Haney had made comments about De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions that seemed to touch a nerve.

Oscar De La Hoya just stepped to Bill Haney at the Ryan Garcia vs. Rolly presser 😭 pic.twitter.com/oHKL4MdWuB
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) April 30, 2025

The 51-year-old Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist looked ready to settle things the old-fashioned way. The tension between De La Hoya and the Haneys stems from the aftermath of the Garcia-Haney fight. Devin Haney sued Golden Boy and Ryan Garcia following their April 2024 bout.

Ryan Garcia And The Haneys Exchange Explosive Verbal Jabs

The fireworks didn’t stop with the promoters. Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney engaged in a heated war of words that quickly turned personal.

“They were saying the same thing last time and they got their ass whooped last time, too! And you’ll get your ass whooped again!”

Garcia shouted when asked about a confrontation with Bill Haney at Tuesday’s open workouts. Haney immediately fired back with accusations about Garcia’s physique.

“He got off that Ostarine, and he don’t even sound the same! His voice changed back. Your physique changed! You’ve got titties now! Those muscles gone, your voice is gone. This motherf*cker is gone!”

The exchange only grew more heated from there. Bill Haney joined in, questioning what happened to Garcia. “This is not the same Ryan Garcia, at all.” At one point, Garcia appeared to be genuinely enraged, not just putting on a show for the cameras. The tension between these fighters has been building since their controversial first meeting. If both men win their respective fights on Friday, a rematch seems inevitable. Based on Wednesday’s explosion, the second fight would be massive business. The genuine dislike between these camps can’t be faked. It’s the kind of rivalry that makes boxing so compelling.

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