Ryan Garcia believes that High prices have affected ticket sales for the fight which will star with Devin Haney, where the 140-pound belt of the World Boxing Council (WBC) will be at stake, and which will take place this Saturday, April 20 at the Barclays Center in New York.
In statements to the press during his training with the media in Dallas, Texas, García expressed that not many can afford to pay those prices and assured that the low purchase of tickets for the confrontation with Haney It has nothing to do with anything he has said on social media.
“I think, personally, the prices were too high and I want everyone in the building. I do not think that many Americans can afford $500 or $300 dollar tickets for the top row,” said the Californian.
“I don’t think anything I said affected the fight.; rather it affects him (Haney). Devin Haney is not a hottie, and I’ve definitely been carrying this promotion on my back, alone. “No one wants to see a guy who supposedly can’t crack an egg,” he added.
In accordance with Ticketmaster seating mapwebsite that sells tickets, most sections have empty seats and only three of them are sold out. The Barclays Center has a capacity of 19,000 people and ticket prices currently range from $300 to $8,000.
One of the factors that may be affecting the sale is the location, since Ryan García and Devin Haney They have no connection to New York. King Ry is from California and the two-division champion draws audiences from Oakland, California and Las Vegas. In addition, the proximity to big fights like Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez vs. Jaime Munguía and Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, both in May, could make fans lose interest in this fight.
Also the erratic behavior of the Californian during the previous press conferences and The messages published on their social networks raised doubts about whether the fight with Haney would happen., since all these controversies made fans doubt King Ry’s mental state. In fact, the New York Commission wanted to subject him to a mental evaluation to let him fight on April 20.
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.
For his part, Devin Haney, also 24 years old, became the undisputed 135-pound champion and decided to move up to 140 pounds to add a new belt against Regis Prograis last December. The American He has an undefeated record of 31 victories, 15 of them by knockout.
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