Ryan Garcia ‘Fired’ by WBC After Racist Comments About African-Americans, Muslims
Ryan Garcia has become a big fan of his.
The already suspended boxer is now banned from participating in any WBC sanctioned events in or out of boxing. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman took this strong decision after Garcia’s recent meltdowns on the Internet, including racist and anti-African-American and Muslim remarks.
“Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I hereby fire Ryan Garcia from any involvement in our organization,” Sulaiman said Thursday on social media. “We fight against any kind of discrimination.
“I’m afraid [Ryan’s] good health as she has refused many attempts to get help for mental health and substance abuse. “
The reaction came hours after Garcia (24-1, 20 knockout, 1 No-Contest) spent much of the July 4th holiday spewing hate.
“I hate n*****s, I don’t like black people, I’m KKK,” Garcia insisted during X Space. “Hey, let’s go bring George Floyd back to life and we’re going to kill that n—– again.”
George Floyd was an African-American man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, in May 2020. This incident sparked a riot that started in the area and continues to reverberate in the US. Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 ½ years for two counts of murder and one count of murder.
The hosted space came as Garcia said in an X post since he was removed, “Fuck all n*****s and fuck all Muslims.”
Garcia is already ineligible to fight anywhere in the US until next April.
The 25-year-old from Victorville, California tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine in his April 20 fight against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs; 1 NC) in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia was credited with a majority decision win that night, although it came with the taint of missing the 140-pound weight limit. It was changed to No-Contest after the June decision.
Golden Boy Promotions, Garcia’s promoter, has yet to comment on the matter. The topic will undoubtedly come up during the events of the William Zepeda-Giovanni Cabrera week. The weigh-ins take place on the Friday before the fight on Saturday night on DAZN at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
Ryan’s parents resolved the issue immediately after Sulaiman’s announcement.
“Our son recently made statements that are inconsistent with his, or our family’s, true character or beliefs,” Henry and Lisa Garcia said in a statement released in conjunction with the WBC. “Our family does not agree with any comments he has made about race or religion – they do not reflect who Ryan really is and how he was raised.
“Those who know Ryan can attest to this. Ryan has been open about his ongoing struggle with mental health over the years and as a family we are committed to making sure and encouraging him to get the help he needs to get through this challenging time and deal with his immediate and long-term health. We appreciate the continued support, prayers and sympathy.”
The plea for help was met with a mixture of sympathy and receipts. Henry Garcia was called out by Haney at a March 1 press conference after he repeatedly referred to Bill Haney, Devin’s father, trainer and manager, as a “diaper mom.”
Henry Garcia also pleaded with his son to get help for alcohol abuse, during a recent interview with Fight Hub TV.
The move was dismissed by Ryan, who said he had already stopped drinking.
Garcia is already ineligible to fight anywhere in the US until next April.
The 25-year-old from Victorville, California tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine in his April 20 fight against Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs; 1 ND) in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia was credited with a majority decision win that night, although it came with the taint of missing the 140-pound weight limit.
By then, Garcia had shown some troubling behavior, which raised concerns about whether the DAZN Pay-Per-View event would go ahead.
Things got worse after multiple drug tests were revealed, at which point Garcia lost weight again. He has since fired his longtime mentor, Guadalupe ‘Lupe’ Valencia. Garcia called the well-known attorney an ‘Al Haymon puppet’ during an interview with FightHype.com.
A plea deal was reached with the New York State Athletic Commission in early June, after Garcia identified contamination as the cause of Ostarine in his program. In fact, his attempt to prove this only raised more questions about whether the open containers of the supplements had been tampered with before they were sent to the lab. According to the agreement, Garcia was suspended for one year from the April 20 fight, fined $10,000 and forced to forfeit his $1,100,000 contract purse.
