On the night of April 21 in New York, USA, Haney suffered a surprise defeat by majority decision. In doing so, he retained his championship title as Garcia failed the weigh-in before the fight.
"Allah is the perfect planner, he doesn't make mistakes. I fought like a true champion. I got up off the canvas and kept fighting. I'm 100 percent fine and would love to fight again if we both make weight.
I didn't break anything. By the way, like I said, I'm fine. You criticize others, be able to take criticism yourself. I'll be back," Haney wrote in X.