The drama continues.
Ryan Garcia on Friday got here in 3.2 kilos over the 140-pound restrict for his pay-per-view combat with titleholder Devin Haney on Saturday at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn.
The combat will go on however Garcia shall be $1.5 million poorer, as his crew has indicated he’ll honor a guess he made with Haney at Thursday’s last information convention: $500,000 for every pound over the restrict.
Why would I pressure my self to make weight so I could be weak
Nah I’m right here to win
That’s it
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) April 19, 2024
“Ryan has weighed in over his contractual weight. He’ll honor the handshake made on the last press convention yesterday. We’ve got a combat,” his promoter Golden Boy stated in a press release Friday morning.
Haney confirmed that, stating on X: “Ryan honored the 500k per pound.”
Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) had been set to defend his WBC 140-pound title. Nonetheless, Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) shall be ineligible to win it after lacking weight.
Garcia evidently noticed no level in making an attempt to return to the dimensions inside an hour in an try and shed the three.2 kilos.
Garcia has acted erratically within the lead-up to the combat, together with a sequence of weird and crude feedback on the last information convention.
Haney gained his title by shutting out Regis Prograis in his most up-to-date combat, in December.
The Haney-Garcia combat is offered on DAZN PPV.
