Top boxing organization expels Ryan Garcia after hateful comments
Garcia has been under microscope since match with Devin Haney
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Boxer Ryan Garcia was expelled from one of the top organizations on Thursday after he made racist remarks about Black people and George Floyd as well as anti-Muslim comments.
Garcia made the remarks in an X Space and it quickly went viral.
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World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman announced on X that Garcia had been expelled from the organization.
"Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization," Sulaiman wrote on X. "We reject any form of discrimination. I fear for Ryan well being as he has declined multiple attempts for our help with mental health and substance abuse."
He went on another rant on X before the expulsion was handed down, trying to defend some of his remarks.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Garcia’s representatives for comment.
Garcia was suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for one year last month after a positive test for a banned substance after his fight against Devin Haney in April.
He later wrote on X that he was "officially retired" and claimed to be headed to the UFC. He’s pushed back on any notion he had a banned substance in his system against Haney.
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He tested positive for Ostarine, which is not a steroid but can stimulate muscle growth and thus is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances.
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Garcia and his team said at the time he was a "victim of substance contamination, with levels measured in the billions and trillions of a gram, which provided no advantage whatsoever in the ring."
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Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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