2 hours Ago By Allan Binoy
The New York State Athletic Commission’s one-year ban on Ryan Garcia is coming to an end in April. While the boxer hasn’t been able to fight for a year now, he’s racked up enough beef in that time to start swinging the moment city hall screams scram! To prepare for this series of fights, the first step Garcia is taking is an exhibition fight against Rukiya Ankpo on December 30. His opponent is a former kickboxing champion whose last fight came against Manny Pacquiao.
Garcia watched the fight live and after the event, stepped into the ring and challenged Ankpo. But as mentioned before, this is merely an exhibition fight for him to get the blood flowing. In an interview with Ariel Helwani, ‘KingRy’ claimed he was going to move up in weight to avenge Mike Tyson, but more importantly, himself.
The biggest target for Garcia, however, is Devin Haney. ‘ KingRy ‘ spoke about how it’s become personal against him now ever since he filed that lawsuit against him for ‘battery, fraud, and unjust enrichment’ after the former was found doping. Garcia warns Haney But given what had transpired during their last encounter, Garcia remains confident he can beat Haney in a potential rematch.
The last time the pair fought, Garcia put on a technical masterclass. He used his size and his strength to his favor and almost put ‘The Dream’ to sleep. Annoyingly, the decision didn’t stand following the tests that found Garcia positive for ostarine, a PED in his bloodstream.
At the time, Garcia had blamed it on a bunch of things, like the Indian herb Ashwagandha he was consuming at the time. Of course, the argument didn’t stand as he was handed a year ban and his win against Haney was overturned. So, if the pair do end up fighting again, he will look to wipe away any doubts by knocking Haney out cold and taking his belt from him.
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