Devin Haney responds to rumours Ryan Garcia broke his jaw with health update and rematch demand

Devin Haney insists he is fit and ready to fight Ryan Garcia again.

The WBC super lightweight champion was dropped for the first time in his career en route to a majority decision loss to Garcia in New York on Saturday night.

Haney was forced to pull himself off the floor three times after being knocked down in the seventh, tenth and eleventh rounds of their fight at the Barclays Center.

A viral photo showing Haney nursing a swollen cheekbone led to rumours that he had suffered a broken jaw during the first defeat of his 32-fight career.

Even Garcia posted about the theory, he tweeted: "Damn Devin has a broken Jaw Allegedly The name of the game I suppose What’s next?"

And Garcia's trainer, Derrick James, thinks it will be tough for Haney to come back from.

“I think it would have been better for [Haney] to get knocked out [early] because it's going to be hard to recover from getting beat up like that," he said. Howevre, he's backing him to recover, adding: "He's a good fighter. He'll be back. He's still young. He can be hungry. He's 25.

“The game plan was always about taking everything from [Haney]. Once I saw Ryan bring the jab and walk to him, he retreated and opened Haney up.”

However, Haney ended concerns about his health while calling for a rematch on X – formerly known as Twitter – a few hours after falling short against Garcia.

Haney wrote: “Alhamdulillah Allah is the perfect planner he makes no mistakes.

“Fought like a true champion. Got up off the canvas & kept fighting. I am 100 per cent okay and would love to do it again while we both make weight.

“I have no broken anything btw way like I said I’m OK.

“Same way you dish be able to take it.. I will be back InshaAllah.”

Despite losing his perfect record, Haney still has his 140lb belt.  

The green and gold strap was originally supposed to be on the line until Garcia ruled himself out of contention for the world title after missing weight by 3.2lbs on Friday.