Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney will look to move closer to an anticipated rematch by fighting on the same card in May. Turki Alalshikh announced the event on Monday evening, saying it will take place at a location to be determined in the United States.

Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney ’s opponents have been named ahead of their shared fight card in May, as the road to their rematch begins. Turki Al-Sheikh, boxing ’s most influential matchmaker, announced this month that Garcia and Haney will fight each other later this year, but only if they win their respective bouts at an event in May.

Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney are one step away from throwing down again. The rivals make their return to the ring this May in separate bouts according to an announcement by Saudi Arabian official and boxing promoter Turki Alalshikh.

Talks of a rematch between boxing stars Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney appeared dead following Garcia’s permanent ban by the WBC for using racial slurs online. But as announced by Turki Alalshikh on Monday, the two former rivals will co-headline a May boxing card, and a rematch could come to fruition if both sides win their bouts.

By: Sean Crose Bitter rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will be fighting in May - just not against each other. On Monday, Saudi sports honcho Turki

Boxing star Ryan Garcia will fight Rolly Romero in his return from suspension while Devin Haney will meet Jose Ramirez, Turki Alalshikh announced Monday. Alalshikh, who is the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority and who purchased boxing publication The Ring from Oscar De La Hoya in November,

But Garcia-Haney II is happening, because boxing is at least as much a business as it is a sport, and if there’s more money to be made fighting Garcia than suing Garcia, then Haney’s lawsuit gets dropped and the contracts get signed.