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Mercurial boxer Ryan Garcia’s week has added one other twist.
Someday after he introduced on social media that he had “formally retired,” Garcia has been suspended for one yr by the New York State Athletic Fee, in keeping with ESPN.
Garcia, 25, will even should forfeit the $1 million he gained from his majority choice win to Golden Boy — which is now turning 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 optimistic 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 Can also got here again optimistic for the PED.
Minutes after the information broke Thursday about his suspension, Garcia took to X with a couple of issues to say, together with one profanity-filled submit.
“F–ok 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 about the suspension, calling it the “right thing.”
“Thank you too the commission for doing the right thing & making the right decision,” he wrote on Thursday afternoon. “I don’t understand how golden boy is getting any money as if they took any punches. They haven’t even spoke out about this PED situation..
“I’ll be back n one year.. I had all the belts already,” he added. “From now on I’m fighting at whatever weight I choose no longer fighting n weight classes.
Haney added that he felt as if he was “cheated.”
It’s been a hectic few weeks for Garcia since the win in Brooklyn after he was arrested in early June for allegedly causing property damage — of at least $15,000 — at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California.
Now, it remains unclear when — or if — he will fight again.
