Ryan Garcia is off the scale, he won’t be able to challenge Haney for the title and he’ll have to pay him a million
New tone output Ryan Garcia. Boxer born in Victorville (California, USA) Mexican by origin, did not gain the required weight on the scales and will finally be able to enter the ring. Barclays Center Brooklyn (USA)but not to fight for the world super lightweight championship belt, which the Californian also has. Devin Haney put into the game.
Already at a press conference on Thursday, Haney said that Garcia had no intention of weighing in on the scales, and the champion was so confident that the candidate would fail that he offered to pay him $500,000 (€469,563) for every pound. if What he predicted happened, and it finally happened.
“King Garcia” gave 1.4 kilograms more than the established weight, which is set at 63.5 kilograms, and thus the pupil Oscar de la Hoya Haney will have to pay a total of $1,408,689.
Just in case there was any doubt about whether Ryan would keep his word, here’s a statement from the promoter. Golden Boy Promotions made it clear that Garcia would “honor the handshake at the press conference.”
At first glance, this is not “out of tune” or extravagance. “King Garcia” who in a statement on social media did not seem to understand what was happening, as he said: “Why would I force myself to gain weight so I can be weak? No, I’m here to win. That’s all. My balls They became very heavy. Once again, I gained a lot of muscle to carry the promotion. And my fingers got stronger with all these damn tweets. Indeed, 1.5 million is nothing, stop crying about the champion.
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At the very least, Garcia, seeing that he was overweight, asked to be given the opportunity to fight this Saturday, and in the hypothetical case if he wins the fight against Haney, the title will be vacant.