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Ryan Garcia faces the hardest fight of his life – on both sides of the ropes

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There are fears in the boxing community that Ryan Garcia could get badly hurt when he fights Devin Haney this weekend. There are fears that he is already hurting.

In Brooklyn on Saturday, Garcia and Haney will resume a rivalry that dates back to their amateur careers – a time when there was little to separate the Americans as they went 3-3 across six bouts. Yet as they prepare to meet in the professional ranks as 25-year-olds, nine years on from their last tilt, it feels as though they could not be further apart.

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