NEW YORK — Ryan Garcia chugged a “nice ass beer” and promised to meet Devin Haney in the center of the ring after badly missing weight for Saturday’s bout in Brooklyn.
Garcia missed weight by 3.2 pounds at Friday’s official weigh-ins, tipping the scales at 143.2 pounds and rendering him ineligible to win Haney’s super lightweight title. Garcia confirmed Friday afternoon that he gave Haney $1.5 million because of his weight miss.
Watch the chaos of the final Haney vs. Garcia faceoff above.
“I just said, meet me in the f****** center of the ring like you [promised],” Garcia said after the heated faceoff. “I gave you your money, you better give me my f****** money. You want that center of the ring? Let’s f****** do it.”
“He’s very unprofessional. I’m a true professional,” Haney said. “And I told him yesterday, his antics will betray him, and this is just the start. Tomorrow, the world will see that I’m levels above this average fighter.”
Haney vs. Garcia takes place Saturday at the Barclays Center.
