Instant Classic: Haney-Garcia 04.20.24
Ryan Garcia upset Devin Haney in Brooklyn on Saturday night - and count me as in the population of people who still do not understand what I witnessed. It was a stunning result, a great fight and good looks from both fighters. Lets break down the gear.
Haney had a look I appreciated -- it was both conservative while also pushing barriers -- even though on the whole I found it lacking in a couple of regards.
His entire look, save for his gloves was by Fear of God - Essentials, which is basically a collection of sweatpants and sweatshirts.
The entire look appeared to be made of traditional sweatpants/sweatshirt heavy cotton in a moss gray/green color.
The waistband even included a drawstring. The trunks were otherwise largely plain aside from the black bar logo across the front, ESSENTIALS FEAR OF GOD in small font along the front left leg, a couple of subtle logos on the back and a subtle HANEY across the back waistband.
It seems to me that in a 12 round fight - with the likelihood of heavy perspiration and the possibility of blood, that such material might get discolored (and heavy) as the fight wore on. Indeed, we saw some indications late that the material was absorbing sweat:
Haney's shoes were the most remarkable part of his look:
As noted here, these are Fear of God "Mock Knit High" designed by Dominic Chambrone. How much structure is under this is anyone's guess. Matched well at least.
Haney's gloves were a slightly incongruous silver:
These appear to be TSDK Customs collaboration with Everlast.
The negatives overall for Haney here were the gray/moss color (which I found a bit dull) and the trunk material (which, while interesting, I think is likely a net negative for a prize fight). However I like Devin's fashion forward approach and the thoughtfulness that he seems to put into his gear.
Ryan Garcia had a very clean look that I thought worked very well. He wore a look styled by Emporio Armani's EA7 line (aside from his shoes and gloves).
Great EA7 robe (and can't forget the supposedly $1M crown). The robe matched his trunks:
A great vector tribal arrow pattern in white and black, with KING along the front waistband and RYAN along the back waistband. The trunks have no other distractions aside from an EA7 logo on the lower left leg.
A bit of trunk detail will show that the tribal arrows are actually dot-point:
He wore white Rival gloves:
....and blue and black Nike footwear (note sure why these didn't maintain the color theme of the rest of the look, but coincidentally matched a bit with his blue corner tape):
Overall a great fight with memorable looks, and outstanding efforts by both fighters.
Respect box.
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Put Your Lights On
by HerWrittenUniverse
The hard wooden floor swayed beneath his body. His chest fluttered - up and down, up and down - and while his breaths were steady, his heart was wild.
…Rotted, more like. Corrupted. Corroded. When the chains fell loose to their slithering demise, there was the instant gratification of relief - and yet, a piece of his soul flecked off and wasted away. His heart was eroding much like the old wood holding together this very ship.
He had to. I had to . There was no choice.
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A short, quick, experimental one-shot that sees Callum reflect on using dark magic. Inspired by this song of the same name. Highly recommend listening to the song before, during, or after reading.
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Everlast - Black Coffee (Acoustic)
"She smelled like flowers, she tastes like toffee, She kissed me slowly, she held me softly, Got too close and she backed up off me, And left me stoned cold sober, just like black coffee, Just like black coffee... No sugar, no cream."
Everlast- Black Coffee
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Watch "Everlast - What It's Like" on YouTube
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What It’s like by Everlast
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