Ryan Garcia, a 25-year-old boxer who has lately been harassed by alarming social media posts, threatened to sue the New York State Athletic Commission after claiming they want a “mental evaluation” of him before his fight with Devin Haney on April 20 at Barclays Center.
Garcia's latest social media rant showed him pacing a room while saying he wants to go to court against NYSAC.
“I'm going to sue the New York City commission and I say this, why?” She started the video series of her. “They're trying to demand a mental evaluation from me. I said, 'Okay, what are your premises? [sic] for mental evaluation?' “Well, your tweets and posts.” I said, 'Isn't it my American constitutional right to have freedom of speech?' So, because I'm tweeting what I'm tweeting, those are premises. [sic] for a mental evaluation? That's curious.
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Ryan Garcia leaves after a press event at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on February 29, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
“Now you're trying to tamper with my constitutional rights. Now I'm going to sue you. I'm actually going to file a defamation of character lawsuit.”
Garcia added that the commission “won't test Mike Tyson if he fights in New York, but it will test me.”
“It seems a little suspicious to me,” he added. “And I love Mike. Mike loves me.
“I can't wait for them to ask me to take them to court because I will defeat them.”
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Members of the boxing community have called for this Garcia-Haney fight to be canceled due to Garcia's behavior lately, saying he is unfit to fight. And NYSAC has jurisdiction to do so.
WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán told talkSPORT.com he would “absolutely” consider intervening if the NYSAC tries to stop the world super lightweight title fight.
“We are in direct talks with the New York Commission where the fight will take place. And, you know, social media is so good and so bad at the same time,” Sulaimán said.
Sulaimán added that he spoke with García and said: “I think he will be in a position to fight, but we are addressing the situation without a doubt.”
Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia face off at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on February 29, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
Changing the subject, Garcia went on another rant in which he claims his “own therapist” told him he should smoke marijuana. And although he mispronounced it, he also mentioned that the therapist also suggested ayahuasca and mushrooms.
These social media posts by García have alarmed many and have led to deactivation on numerous occasions since the beginning of the month. Many boxing fans have wondered if he is in the right frame of mind.
It all started on March 3 when a post scared fans with a disturbing video claiming he was dead. After dispelling that, Garcia became unhinged over the next few days with claims that he was raped by a family member when he was 2, had evidence of aliens, was kidnapped by members of “Bohemian Grove” and forced to babysit. pornography as part of some ritual.
Garcia also predicted that an earthquake would destroy Hollywood and Las Vegas in the future, and called billionaire Elon Musk the “Antichrist.” Garcia has also disturbingly said that he would bite Haney's ear off during the fight, something Tyson infamously did to Evander Holyfield during a 1997 fight.
Garcia has said he will take a break from social media ahead of his fight with Haney, whom he has faced numerous times at the amateur level.
Ryan Garcia arrives at the Palladium Times Square on February 27, 2024 in New York City. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
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Garcia is 24-1 in his boxing career with 20 knockouts. His only loss was to Gervonta Davis in Las Vegas in February 2023, but he followed up that fight by knocking out Oscar Duarte.
NYSAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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