Any speak that Ryan Garcia’s weird habits within the lead-up to Saturday’s battle with WBC junior welterweight champion Devin Haney was Garcia merely pulling out psychological techniques is probably going over. Garcia missed weight at Friday’s weigh-ins, coming in at 143.2 kilos, properly over the 140-pound restrict.
Throughout battle week, Haney repeatedly mentioned Garcia appeared heavy and claimed that Garcia would miss weight. Throughout Thursday’s press convention, Garcia challenged Haney to a guess, saying he would pay the champion if he missed weight, selecting $500,000 per pound over the junior welterweight restrict of 140. Haney mentioned shortly after the miss that Garcia did honor the guess and pay him for lacking.
The 2 sides did attain a monetary settlement to maneuver forward with the battle. A Golden Boy spokesperson mentioned that the 2 reached an settlement and that Garcia would honor the handshake deal made on the press convention.
The load miss is simply one other weird second within the construct to the battle, which noticed the as soon as upbeat and enjoyable Garcia regularly happening conspiracy theory-fueled rants to his large social media viewers whereas additionally going out to golf equipment and in addition being accused of inappropriate habits by a feminine he’d been working with.
The weird habits solely continued on the ceremonial weigh-ins when Garcia received on stage and appeared to chug a beer earlier than stepping on the size. Garcia later posted on social media that it was extra trolling and claiming it was glowing water and apple juice.
Haney and Garcia engaged in a quick shoving match throughout a photograph alternative on the Empire State Constructing, which led to the pair being pulled from a deliberate function throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a New York Mets sport that very same day.
Garcia is now ineligible to win the WBC title on Saturday, which means he has value himself his first shot at turning into a world champion. The larger concern for a lot of, nevertheless, is the battle continuing regardless of Garcia displaying myriad troubling behaviors, topped off by not coming in on weight.