It was on February 29 when doubt spread in the boxing environment after a very rare press conference in a Hollywood theater: Will Ryan García get into the ring on April 20 for the fight against Devin Haney?
Well, April 20 is here… and so is the doubt.
Haney vs. García is still on track to take place Saturday night at the Barclays Center in New York. But it is not an exaggeration to say that anything can happen. This fight feels so close and yet so far from happening.
Ryan García, after months of disturbing statements and shocking attitudes, arrived at the weigh-in ceremony on Friday with a drink in hand that was presumably a beer. Then he got on the scale and it indicated 3.2 pounds above the regulatory 140.
Devin Haney, who weighed exactly 140 pounds, can still lose his WBC super lightweight championship if he is defeated, but Garcia cannot win it in this seventh duel between them – each of whom won three times as an amateur – due to his total act. irresponsibility.
Garcia looked unfocused and confused throughout the fight promotion. Between conspiracy theories and rather disjointed “faith” messages, his image decomposed. But what happened on Friday was crude. The fighter from Victorville, California, made a fool of himself.
With this, he agreed with Haney and many critics regarding the lack of seriousness that the 25-year-old Mexican-American demonstrates as a boxer.
To make himself look even worse, Ryan Garcia turned to his best friend, social media.
“I feel great and have a 3-pound advantage.”
“Why force myself to give weight to become weak”
“…My fingers got stronger from all these tweets.”
Shameful and not worthy of a professional fighter.
Of course, unworthy of a fighter who calls himself Mexican. Although to be honest, he has rarely expressed such pride.
Ryan García and his imminent end if he does not get into the ring or if he does not fight like a man
Devin Haney (31-0), who is a big betting favorite, has questioned Ryan Garcia’s professionalism since the fight was signed. During the last press conference, the San Francisco fighter proposed a bet of $500,000 for each excess pound and Garcia accepted.
On Friday, following the weigh-in fiasco and presumably to prevent the event from being dropped, Golden Boy Promotions issued a statement stating that the $500,000 per pound deal would be honored.
And now, we have to wait until Saturday night to see if the fight really takes place, although Óscar de la Hoya has assured that the duel was never in danger of being canceled and has implied that many of García’s attitudes They have been part of a strategy.
A year ago, before Ryan García’s fight against Gervonta Davis, De la Hoya told La Opinión about the fighter he promotes: “It is going to be his moment where he is going to show everyone what he really is or he is going to show us that he is just a “hype job.” (an advertising product)”.
Davis knocked out Garcia in the seventh round with a body shot. Then, the Californian changed his coach and, as the months went by, his attitude. His behavior altered, even causing concern. It should be remembered that García was away from boxing for a while due to anxiety over the pandemic.
Today, those words of the “Golden Boy” have lost a lot of validity, since Ryan García is more than ever an advertising product, one that has already become quite cheap.
If this Saturday Ryan García does not show up to fight for any reason or does not offer a worthy, professional and manly fight, he will inevitably find the beginning of his sad end. in a sport-business that openly admits the circus, but in which the fakers who want to pass themselves off as “clowns” are not amused and leave.
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