Ryan Garcia has once again shown his ability to generate buzz, but this time it’s for all the wrong reasons.
The 25-year-old American boxer has failed to make weight for his upcoming fight against Devin Haney, which means he will no longer be eligible to compete for Haney’s super lightweight title.
Garcia tipped the scales 1.4 kilograms (3.2 pounds) over the allowed weight limit, weighing in at 143.2 pounds. In contrast, Haney successfully weighed in at 140 pounds (63.5 kg) and has now begun a controlled rehydration process managed by SNAC, a company associated with Victor Conte.
Garcia was incredibly confident he would make weight
This setback has significantly tarnished Garcia‘s image, especially if he underperforms in the fight scheduled for Saturday.
He has seemed out of sorts for weeks, and his failure to make weight not only costs him a title opportunity but also incurs a substantial financial penalty.
Garcia will have to pay a hefty sum out of his own earnings, not his promoters’, due to a bet made at the press conference where he agreed to pay Haney 500,000 dollars for every pound he was overweight.
With Garcia exceeding the weight limit by three pounds, he now owes Haney 1.5 million dollars, as confirmed by ‘The Dream’.
This turn of events puts additional pressure on Garcia as he heads into the fight, facing both the consequences of his weight mishap and the expectations of his fans and critics alike.
It has been a bizarre time to follow the career of Garcia, who has been posting a lot to social media since the turn of the year.
From his admittance to seeing cult-like activities undertaken by the world’s elite, Garcia had also claimed that he had witness a real-life sexual assault of a minor.
These statements appear more than just claims to drum up interest in a boxing career, and many have been worried about the mental health of Garcia, with those concerns only furthered by this inability to make weight for what would have been one of the biggest fights of his professional life.