Ryan Garcia is really trying to keep his mouth shut.
After serving a 12-month suspension, ‘King Ryan’ will be back inside the squared circle on May 2 for a clash with Rolly Romero in the main event of Fatal Fury: City of Wolves, a mega-sized boxing card emanating from Times Square in New York City.
Also featured on the card will be Devin Haney, the man Garcia dominated en route to a majority decision victory in April 2024.
Unfortunately, the bout was later overturned to a no-contest after Garcia failed both his pre and post-fight drug tests. In September, Haney filed a lawsuit in New York seeking damages for battery, fraud, and breach of contract in connection with Garcia’s doping violation.
Ryan Garcia reveals why he kept quiet at press conference
On March 4, both Garcia and Haney were in attendance at a press event to promote their respective bouts, but shockingly, neither said a single word to the other. Considering the two have been regularly jawing back and forth on social media since well before the clash last year, it was a surprising change.
As it turns out, Garcia may have a good reason for minding his Ps and Qs.
“I’ve been classy for one reason: he’s suing me,” Garcia told Ring Magazine before the press conference. “At the end of the day, I don’t know what I can tell him. You know, everything I’ve said is now used against me, so I don’t know what to say to him. Anything I say can be used against me. What am I supposed to do, really?”
“I just realized that he is that much of a bitch, and maybe he’ll sue me for saying that,” Garcia added. “He might use that in the deposition – he used a bunch of my tweets in the deposition. Everything I said, he used against me, so this is the weak state of mind this man has. He’s taking words and using words against me in a court of law. At the end of the day, I don’t have anything to say to these guys. I just want to beat his ass again.”
Watch the full press conference below:
