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Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney’s news conference descended into a shouting match when the pair came together for the first time since their <\/b>controversial fight<\/b><\/a> in April 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n Garcia and Haney, both 26, are fighting at welterweight in separate bouts on Friday with the view to staging their rematch later this year if they win.<\/p>\n Garcia has just served a one-year doping ban<\/a> after testing positive<\/a> for banned substance ostarine following his victory over Haney, which was overturned into a no-contest.<\/p>\n With both men at the top table promoting the Times Square fight night in New York, Haney took aim at his rival.<\/p>\n “His voice changed back. Your physique changed. Those muscles gone, your voice is gone,” Haney said.<\/p>\n The heated exchange was sparked by a question about what happened between Garcia and Haney’s father and trainer Bill at the open workouts on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Bill had heckled Garcia, with the fighter saying: “He was coming at my physique, but it’s all good.<\/p>\n “They were saying the same thing last time and they got whooped last time, too. And you’ll get whooped again.”<\/p>\n The verbal melee continued with Bill chiming in: “What happened to Ryan Garcia. This not the same Ryan Garcia, at all.”<\/p>\n Garcia, who denied intentionally doping, then got the crowd to chant “shut up” at Bill before Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya tried to cross the stage to confront Bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n