Boxer Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) faces Devin Haney (31-0, 16 KOs) for the 140-pound super lightweight title, scheduled for April 20 in New York. The scheduled weight adjustment failed.
Garcia weighed 3.2 pounds. Due to his weight overweight, both sides were forced to negotiate for the fight to continue as a non-title bout.
Ryan is 3 pounds over.. 🤦🏽♂️
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) April 19, 2024
Golden Boy Promotions released a statement saying, “Ryan weighed in above his contract weight. He will honor his handshake at yesterday’s final press conference.” we are having a fight. ”
As Yahoo Sports’ Ben Foulkes pointed out this week, the weigh-in debacle was just another bizarre moment in the build-up to the fight.
Over the past few months, Garcia’s behavior has been erratic to say the least. He used social media to rant about the Illuminati and aliens, at times claiming that his phone and social media access had been taken away, effectively making him a prisoner. He joked that he was “kicked out” and claimed (perhaps seriously?) that a combination of water, black coffee and fasting could beat cancer.
He goes from praising Jesus to threatening to sexually assault people’s mothers — and all in the same press conference where he agreed to a “bet” that he would be made to pay $500,000 for every weight he lost. is within the period of (Garcia weighed 143.2 pounds on Friday morning, which means she would be owed about $1.5 million if she actually stayed at that weight.)
Garcia has openly talked about battling depression and mental health issues in the past, and many of his recent actions have left people wondering if he is out of control. ing. Then again, he also has a reputation for being a clever self-promoter in the social media age, so there’s also a lot of speculation that he’s simply pretending to be free to drum up interest in his fight. did.
The two fighters did indeed agree to the bet mentioned in Fawkes’ story. If either fighter is over the 140-pound weight limit, the other fighter must be paid $500,000 per pound.
Haney Posted in X Garcia said he respected the bet.