Ryan Garcia was drinking during training camp for his boxing match with Devin Haney, but he wasn’t crazy.
“King Rai” returned to the boxing ring over the weekend in New York against “The Dream.” Heading into the fight, Ryan Garcia was a huge underdog in his bets, and for good reason. In preparation for his fight with Devin Haney, the boxer repeated bizarre claims, admitting to drinking and smoking in training camp.
Even during fight week, Ryan Garcia was spotted drinking at a nightclub. In the end, it didn’t even matter. Garcia dominated Devin Haney on fight night, scoring three knockdowns in the 12-round bout. The boxing superstar won by majority decision, but many questioned whether the young fighter was as wild as he portrayed himself to be.
Ryan Garcia talked about his pregame antics on the PBD Podcast. There, the boxer admitted that he performed a lot of antics in front of the camera. He smoked and drank while camping, but he wasn’t crazy, not crazy at all. According to Garcia, months before he faced Devin Haney, he planned to do something insane.
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Ryan Garcia talks about his pre-fight antics ahead of Devin Haney boxing match
“I pre-recorded myself saying this was going to happen months ago. I said I was going to make everyone think I was going crazy.” Ryan Garcia answered a question on the PBD Podcast if his pregame antics before facing Devin Haney were real. “We’re going to do this, we’re going to do that, and it was going to be called ‘The Great Escape.’ Well, we’ve got it all documented. We’re weeks and months late, and we’ve already planned it. [the fight]”
He continued, “I don’t know what gave me that idea. To be honest, one day I gave it my all and just committed to the plan I had made and for no one. I decided I wasn’t going to compromise, and I was acting out sporadically, whether I was going to be on someone’s podcast or not, and just going crazy…but the truth was, the alcohol was what I was doing. I drank a little while camping because I like it.”
Most of Ryan Garcia’s pregame comments were just for hype, but he said one thing was true. During the podcast, “Kingry” did not recant his previous claims about Bohemian Grove. Garcia claimed before the match that he had video of children being abused at a private club in California.
“There’s a lot of talk about it and some people have actually come forward to me. There are people who are actually on the front lines of all of this. I’ve been in contact with them…I have the video. , Yes, we have the video. We’re going to take it to Congress.”
What do you think about this news about Ryan Garcia? Do you believe his comments regarding his actions before facing Devin Haney in the boxing ring?
