Mercurial boxer Ryan Garcia’s week has added one other twist.
Sooner or later after he introduced on social media that he had “formally retired,” Garcia has been suspended for one 12 months by the New York State Athletic Fee, in line with ESPN.
Garcia, 25, may even need to forfeit the $1 million he received from his majority resolution win to Golden Boy — which is now changing into a no-contest — over WBC tremendous light-weight champion Devin Haney at Barclays Heart in April.
Garcia has additionally been fined $10,000 by NYSAC.
The fighter examined constructive for the performance-enhancing drug ostarine each on the day earlier than and day of his battle with Haney, ESPN reported in Might.
His B-sample later in May got here again constructive for the PED.
Minutes after the information broke Thursday about his suspension, Garcia took to X with just a few issues to say, together with one profanity-filled publish.
“F–okay you cry child bitch,” he wrote in all caps over a photograph of him punching Haney throughout their April 20 bout.
“They took my victory away,” Garcia wrote in one other.
Haney posted on X in regards to the suspension, calling it the “proper factor.”
“Thanks too the fee for doing the proper factor & making the proper resolution,” he wrote on Thursday afternoon. “I don’t perceive how golden boy is getting any cash as in the event that they took any punches. They haven’t even spoke out about this PED state of affairs..
“I’ll be again n one 12 months.. I had all of the belts already,” he added. “Any longer I’m combating at no matter weight I select not combating n weight lessons.
Haney added that he felt as if he was “cheated.”
It’s been a busy few weeks for Garcia for the reason that win in Brooklyn after he was arrested in early June for allegedly inflicting property harm — of at the very least $15,000 — on the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California.
Now, it stays unclear when — or if — he’ll battle once more.