Ryan Garcia isn’t keen on referee Harvey Dock following his majority choice victory over Devin Haney.
Garcia’s punching energy paid dividends within the victory over Haney. He rocked “The Dream” within the first spherical and scored three knockdowns in the course of the combat. “KingRy” believes he ought to’ve had a KO win in spherical seven, however Dock took a while to offer Garcia a degree deduction after Ryan punched Haney as he referred to as for the 2 to interrupt from a clinch.
Whereas Garcia is happy to attain the most important win of his professional boxing profession, he has criticism for the referee.
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Ryan Garcia Has Phrases For Referee Harvey Dock
Through the post-fight press convention, Ryan Garcia advised reporters that he believes Dock is a giant motive why he didn’t end Haney and needed to accept a call (h/t MMAFighting.com).
“On the finish of the day, Harvey Dock, I believe he was tripping,” Garcia mentioned post-fight. “He ought to have stopped that combat. It was unhealthy. [Haney] was actually harm. I felt unhealthy. I even checked out Invoice [Haney], I mentioned, ‘Bro, it is best to most likely cease this.’ He didn’t and that’s it.
“The man was holding me for pricey life. I felt a possibility to maintain swinging whereas my fingers have been free and I cracked him, after which [Dock] took a degree away after I cracked him. However he held me. I ought to have knocked him out in that seventh spherical. They stole that from me.”
“KingRy” admitted he was fairly stunned when Dock gave him a degree deduction after he landed the punch.
“That was loopy,” Garcia mentioned. “I by no means seen some s*** like that. He was holding him and I [punched] him and he was harm and I used to be like, ‘Sure! Achieved! Oh, level taken?’”
Dock has garnered a popularity for being one of many extra stable referees in boxing at this time, however the normal consensus is he didn’t have his finest evening this previous Saturday.