It isn’t the boxing world if every few months a new drama emerges, sending netizens into a frenzy. And recently, it was Ryan Garcia, the incredibly popular name in the world of boxing who was making rounds for his weird antics.
Identified as the fourth-best active lightweight champion in the world, Garcia was in the news for his highly anticipated fight with Devin Haney. But before he knocked out Haney in his first loss, Garcia’s weird antics were going viral across the internet, with many claiming he had lost his mind. Yet in a recent interview, the boxing champion revealed that it was all an act and publicity stunt.
Ryan Garcia’s Weird Antics Were Part of His The Great Escape
Ryan Garcia, up until a few hours ago, had convinced the majority of the internet that he needed rehab and psychiatric help instead of a boxing career. One of the most popular names in the world of professional boxing, Garcia has been in the news for the last couple of weeks for his peculiar and weird habits.
His antics and actions looked especially concerning since he was supposed to fight the WBC super lightweight champion, Devin Haney. In a shocker, although he lost the title due to weight, Garcia defeated Haney and even knocked him three times over.
And in a recent interview with PBD Podcast, the boxing champion explained all of his peculiar actions were part of his The Great Escape and a publicity stunt.
“We have it pre-recorded, months ago. What’d I say was gonna happen? I said, ‘I’m about to make sure everybody thinks I’m gonna go crazy.’… Like, I have it all documented. I was already planning it weeks and months behind… I was acting like, sporadic. Like just crazy. Faces, I would do this (scrunch) with my nose, and then I’d be like, ‘It’s just a tick.’… What was real though is at times I did drink a little bit during camp. Because I like to drink.”
Stated Garcia as he exclaimed it was all wisdom coming from God and not himself. While he did not mention his cryptic, now-deleted social media post claiming he was dating Kylie Jenner, and that her dating Timothée Chalamet was all fake, his claims of dating the popular reality TV star might have been also a part of his Great Escape.
Fans Cannot Believe Ryan Garcia’s Pre-Fight Actions Were Not Real
From his weird actions to his social media posts, everything before the Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney fight suggested Garcia was in dire need of psychiatric help. However, as Garcia revealed recently how it was just for fun and promotion, fans appeared to be relieved.
But not many could believe that the boxing champion was just acting, for how can somebody fake a facial tick as well as the boxer did? And so, after his comments on the PBD Podcast went viral, this is how fans reacted:
keyboard psychiatrists everywhere in absolute fucking shambles. staring at their imaginary psychology degrees in disbelief.
— Tres Comas (@3res_Comas) April 23, 2024
Ryan Garcia is a level 99 actor. 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/fi8pT798Kb
— Parry Punch (@ParryPunchNews) April 23, 2024
If this is true, I'm actually really relieved cause I thought he'd genuinely lost it
— tabletoptweeter (@kidnamedtable) April 23, 2024
If he's telling the truth dude's actually a great actor.
— TahrayTheImperfectionist (@YRNSwazyy) April 23, 2024
No way that was 100% all an act. Dude gonna publicly embarass himself for what?? I’m sure he played it up a bit for promo purposes, but let’s be real the man be drinkin, smokin, and snortin
— Dirk Nasty (@NastyDirk) April 24, 2024
After delivering the best performance of his career and fooling everyone, fans cannot wait to see what Ryan Garcia has in store for them the next time he steps into the boxing ring. Yet some fans can’t help but be concerned about his mental health and are still not concerned that it was all 100% act.
