Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, super lightweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), stated that He doesn’t care what Ryan Garcia has to say about him after the criticism he has received from the Californian on social networks for his ability to fight.
In a virtual press conference, Rolly Romero expressed that He is only focused on his fight with Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and although he is aware that García is not going through a good time, he believes that it is up to him to get out of that situation.
“As for Ryan Garcia, I’m now fighting a much more exciting fighter. Why do we care what he has to say? I mean, in the end, he’s going through things. He doesn’t know who is with him and who is against him. “That depends on him,” he said.
“We have a huge fight that we are going to do on March 30 and (García) is still very hurt because I didn’t fight him and I decided to give ‘Pitbull’ the opportunity to fight. You can go to hell”he added.
It should be noted that before both of them completed their recent fights, Rolly Romero and Ryan García They were negotiating to face each other nextbut in the end the American champion decided to fight Pitbull Cruz and the Californian scheduled a duel with Devin Haney.
After the press conference in New York, García’s behavior has been erratic. Days later, King Ry He admitted that he was high on a live stream and that he smoked marijuana and drank like anyone else, which generated a great stir on their social networks.
At first it was thought to be a publicity tactic to promote the fight with Devin Haneybut his fans, sports experts and ex-wife Drea Celin have shown concern for the mental health of the Californian, who admitted that 99% of the things he does are trolling.
Due to the recent controversies of the Californian fighterhis fight with Haney is hanging by a thread and many believe that he will not enter the ring, but Ryan García promised on social networks that he will fully concentrate in the gym in these last weeks of training because he is taking the duel with the American champion seriously.
Furthermore, according to King Ry himself, The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) wants to subject him to a mental evaluation for his erratic behavior on social media to let him fight for the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title on April 20. The Californian did not take this very well because it violates his right to freedom of expression and He threatened to sue them.
Ryan Garcia, 24, moved up to 140 pounds after his first loss in the sport against Gervonta Davis in 2023 and He made his successful debut in the new category after knocking out Óscar Duarte to try to be crowned world champion. The Mexican-American boxer has a record of 24 wins (20 by knockout) and one setback in his professional career.
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