The Ryan Garcia who knocked Devin Haney down three times on April 20, 2024, never made it to Times Square on the night of Friday, May 2, although the show that usually accompanies ‘King Ry’ did, when he was seen arriving at the Ring Magazine-sponsored Riyadh Season show in a ‘Batmobile’.
That’s how the native of Victorville, California, opened the night, while his rival, with a lower profile, although dressed from head to toe like a modern ‘Marty McFly’, did so aboard a traditional New York-style yellow cab.
Romero showed ‘KingRy’ the way
If there’s one thing that’s characterized Ryan Garcia in recent months, it’s his arrogance, his self-sufficiency, his talkativeness and above all, his incontinence on social media, after the suspension for testing positive for ostarine after his fight with Haney more than a year ago. But no, that guy didn’t show up in the ring that was set up in Times Square, and gave way to a version much more in keeping with the circumstances, that of a human being suffering in the face of adversity after being exhibited by his rival Rolly Romero, who now sent him to the canvas.
Many attributed Garcia’s old fighting spirit to the ostarine that was absent on Friday, but Garcia said that the year-long suspension “left him physically and mentally drained,” and there is some truth to that, as his mental health has been a central theme after hundreds or perhaps thousands of cryptic, incomprehensible or delusional posts that did not contribute anything commendable to the conversation and a lot of garbage, a lot of resentment and animosity against Haney and anyone who stood in front of him.
Tears and no arrogance in defeat
Garcia was seen suffering after he got out of the ring and took refuge in a truck backstage, bathed in tears, yes for the defeat, but above all for having to let go of his arrogance in front of the crowd, when recognizing his rival: “He did a good fight, he caught me early. No excuses. He did a great job, and that’s it. I’m happy to have gotten in the ring and fought 12 rounds. I take my hat off to Rolly, he did a great job,” Garcia said.
Today, the only way is up after hitting rock bottom in every sense of the word, and hopefully it will be with greater humility for Garcia, who acknowledged what he has to do: “I just have to start from scratch with my team, we’ll talk about it and see what we do.”
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