Ryan Garcia... WTH

I gotta confess Ryan Garcia is starting to get on my damn nerves now I've interviewed this man twice this man is a former Champion okay um I think Elite I think Ultra talented we saw him beat up Devin Haney a couple of months ago before we learned that he was using performance enhancing drugs now he came into the fight over prior to that being overweight was determined he had a handshake agreement with Devon Haney to give him $500,000 for every pound that he was overweight he came in three pounds overweight owing Devin Haney $1.5 million paid Devin Haney 1.5 million promptly beat his ass because he did and I really thought it was unfair to Devin Haney once the news came out um or even before the news came came out about potential performance-enhancing drug use testing positive for a baned substance because For Me 3 lbs is a huge difference and to have to come in and to be allowed to come in three pounds overweight and to be ineligible to actually fight for a belt but you still had the fight that night I think that put Devon Haney in a bad spot Devin Haney was the champion he was undefeated at 30 and 0 he was unblemished as far as I'm concerned he should have never went into that ring he should have never given Ryan Garcia the th a day if Ryan Garcia could not could not honor his commitment to the profession by making sure you met the weight clause and you showed up the way that you were supposed to show up now to me Ryan Garcia is messed up in the head right now and I'mma tell you why in just a second and I'm not saying this to insult him I'm not saying him to criticize him I'm saying it because I'm concerned about him and I'm going tell you why in a minute but here is what we need to understand a second test with was given it came back that Ryan Garcia who actually actually appealed the decision came back that indeed he had tested positive for the ban substance as a result the New York State boxing commission has suspended him for a year has had him pay back about 1.2 million of his earnings plus they finded him 10,000 plus the fight against Devin Haney has been ruled a no contest and so because of that Devon Haney is still undefeated and I know he's feeling good about it but we saw what we saw and we saw you get dropped three times and so we're looking at it from that standpoint and you you you just can't get around that he should have never fought him if the man wasn't willing to honor his commitment but before I go any step further let me show you why I'm very very concerned about Ryan Garcia this is him at a poker tournament y'all with Miami Heats Jimmy Butler along with various other people just take a look at how he sounds and how he is acting watch this cheers is he going to chug that whole thing all right all right only half with that's beautiful a diamond would be [Music] [Applause] insane I'm I'm Different damn L rolling him I'm going start gar o that's fast tell me how you're feeling with this table it feels great um I love Jesus and uh I'm feeling great are those pants just falling off I'm happy the money went to you thanks bro cuz you have a lot of girls and I do too start off like this oh just [ __ ] [ __ ] like let's talk about Deon Haney what are your thoughts on him he slept with B didy he had massive sex with him then I beat his ass and he excuse me so you love Jesus but you have massive girls you're gate in in front of the camera and then you either lie on or dime out another dude's sexual activity because he sued you because drug test revealed you cheated after you refuse to honor your commitment to a title fight by coming in overweight on purpose and not giving the damn about any rules and regulations make sense of that y'all take y'all time I'll wait but it's not necessary let me tell you what's really going on with Ryan Garcia Ryan Garcia hasn't gotten over the fact that he got beat by javante Davis personally if Ryan Garcia appeared to have his head on straight I would love to see him in the ring with Javon Davis again I got no issues with that Ryan Garcia is a spectacular boxing talent and for those trolls out there that were talking about oh my goodness look at Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler for the Miami Heat looking like he want to SLA the living hell out of him or whatever well he might have wanted to mad love for the rough that it is Jimmy Butler but Jimmy Butler is a basketball player not not a boxer we've seen what happened when basketball players have gotten into the ring against boxers I ain't bringing up no names but we've seen what happened let's understand that when we're talking about this and we're talking about Ryan Garcia look man look at how you acting now he got dropped in the second round against javante Davis before getting stopped in like the sixth round off of a body shot and it seems to be something he hasn't gotten over and the immediate after math of that you complained about your training you complained about your team The Golden Boy promotions Oscar de la Hoy and all of these cats you don't you seem a bit off-kilter you're out of the game for a little bit you come back you fight somebody else you look good then you fight Devin Haney you get him to commit to a fight against you y'all popping [ __ ] to each other you acting wild during promotions we all bought into it because damn it made us look interesting to the look at the fight with interest but Dan not only do you come in overweight by three pounds as Shawn Porter and Clarissa Shields pointed out doing an excellent job in their pre-fight and post-fight commentary but you have no regard for the rules and the regulations I'm not a boxer they are they said flat out three pounds overweight is a significant thing why is that such an issue y'all why is that so very important because Ryan Garcia had a weight Clause against javante Davis and it wasn't his name that was the was the Marquee it was javante Davis it was tank Davis's name so you had to meet a certain weight and a certain hydration clause which means not only had to meet that weight for weighin but then you couldn't turn around over the next 24 hours and gain as much pounds as you wanted to for Fight Night night that contributed to his attitude going into the fight against Devon Haney and the fact that he was taking criticism for losing to tank Davis his whole [ __ ] is to win no matter what that's the reason all of this is going on who ran up to and jumped on a ring apron after javante Davis knocked out Frank Martin sat last Saturday night who did that nine days ago who did that that was Ryan Garcia hugging and and talking and laughing with Javon Davis and then on the back of the shirt calling for a rematch well why should Javon Davis ever want to get in the ring with Ryan Garcia again he don't need javant he don't need Ryan Garcia he already beat him now would I like to see a rematch with Ryan Garcia if his head is on straight and he's acting right and he's willing to show the necessary discipline the honor the sport the way that's supposed to the sport is supposed to be honest sure that left hook is vicious the quickness in that left hook is spectacular the right hand is no joke either but you can't act like this I I I respect Ryan Garcia so much and I genuinely like him I've interviewed him a couple of times I root for him in a whole bit you can't do this [ __ ] you got to stop I mean you're embarrassing yourself you're making yourself look like you're not all there and we don't want excuses when you fighting next time if the weight Clause is what it is you step in the ring bam it that's the weight claw get Javonte to fight you at 140 oh I forgot you can't get him to do a damn thing because you ain't the Marquee he is javante Davis is arguably the best on the planet he's clearly the biggest box office attraction in the sport as far as I'm concerned he don't have to do anything but maybe just maybe if you followed rules and regulations and you won and you went and took Devin Haney's title at the 140 PB weight class and you weren't acting all crazy maybe we would be in the midst of a rematch between you and javante Davis right now since it was really a body shot toiv that took you out that can happen to anybody it wasn't like he beat you up it wasn't like he slapped you around the way he did Frank Martin he just caught you with a nice body shot but with all of this stuff you doing Ryan gcia it makes no sense it makes no sense and now you can't fight New York State athletic commission I don't know what other governing bodies in other states may do what you goingon to end up doing wanting to go to Saudi Arabia to fight I mean come on man come on laneno is in there Shakur Stevenson is in there tiimo Lopez is in there javante Davis might stay one5 might move up come on you it's a lot of compelling fights what's up and if you get so [ __ ] D when you get so big well guess what just move up to the welterweight division at 147 Terence Crawford is waiting he waiting ER Spen still around how about boots inis we gonna stop talking about boxing and not mentioning boots in US Jon boots in us we G to say the brother undefeated mind you and a knockout artist in his own right I'm trying to figure out why Javon why Terence Crawford hasn't fought that one that fight what we doing here there's a lot of fights Ryan Garcia you ain't got to sit up there and come in overweight to fight a smaller dude when you can gain your weight and fight somebody your own size at the welterweight division what's up rather than acting all crazy and making news because of that as far as Devin Haney my brother I wish you nothing but the best do I think you would lose to javante Davis I think Javon Davis would knock you out I'm not rooting for it I like Devon hati but I just think that's what's gonna happen boxing just analyzing it I only got one frustration with Devin Haney and one frustration only he should have never allowed Ryan Garcia to step into that ring against him without honoring the CLA is in the contract the championship is for 140 you have to meet that weight period you want this title shot you want this belt these are the conditions that's what he should have done Devin Haney allowing Ryan Garcia to Buck the system and do whatever the hell he wants acting the way that he was acting leading up to the Pres leading up to the fight coming in overweight Devin Haney was a champion that didn't act like a champion he was a champion acting like the Challenger he was a champion acting like he was the one starving for the fight when it was Ryan Garcia who should have been starving for the fight because he didn't have the belt Devin Haney did I'm not throwing no shade on any individual person I'm only talking about their actions Ryan Garcia acting crazy and not following rules and regulations and Devin Haney allowing him to get away with it the brilliant one in all of this has been javante Davis taking care of anybody that's standing in his path while also making them capitulate to his rules and his vision if you want him in the ring against you that's a champion and he's showing it

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Length: 13min 21sec (801 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2024