- Ryan Garcia scored an impressive victory over Devin Haney in Brooklyn on Saturday
- The American shocked the boxing world by knocking down Haney three times.
- Garcia marked his impressive victory with celebratory posts on social media.
Ryan Garcia celebrated his surprising victory over Devin Haney by apparently smoking cannabis.
Garcia shocked the boxing world on Saturday night when he knocked down Haney three times during their fight before earning a majority decision victory.
Two judges scored the fight 114-110, 115-109 in their favor, while a third considered it tied 112-112.
Haney, the previously undefeated world champion, was the favorite in New York but came up short as Garcia showed his quality despite a controversial build-up to the fight, where the troubled 25-year-old had posted a series of erratic, worrying comments. and often defamatory. posts on social networks.
However, Garcia, who missed weight for the fight by 3.2 pounds, downplayed the noise surrounding his mental state afterwards and seemed to enjoy the celebrations.
Ryan Garcia celebrated his surprising victory over Devin Haney by apparently smoking cannabis
Garcia shocked the boxing world on Saturday night by defeating the previously undefeated Haney.
In one post, the American shared a video of him celebrating in the early hours of the morning.
Garcia scored three takedowns on the world champion to claim a majority decision victory.
After posting several celebratory messages on
In the clip, titled “I had to do it,” the American was relaxed as he relaxed in what looked like a bar with a couple of friends.
Garcia could be seen smoking some of what appeared to be cannabis as he enjoyed the celebrations, before he was seen laughing and saying: “Let’s chill.”
Then he added: ‘Where’s Mike? Mike Tyson came out ahead,” with the legendary boxer among those in the ring in Brooklyn alongside the likes of Roy Jones Jnr and Evander Holyfield.
Tyson had visited Garcia in his locker room before the fight, where the American had added another layer to the intrigue by warming up to classical music.
The Victorville, California, native had a string quartet playing while he stretched and had his hands taped.
Shortly after, García posted a video of Tyson walking through his dressing room while the musicians were putting together their preparation.
“Thanks Mike for showing you,” Garcia captioned the video in which he congratulated the boxing legend and told him he’ll be attending Tyson’s fight against Jake Paul in July.
Garcia’s bizarre posts continued after the video as he said, “No wife, no girl, nothing after I win,” in one before another said, “Don’t drink Prime.”
An additional post added: ‘I know people are very angry. Imagine, imagine a guy who trolls non-stop. He beats a p4p fighter and then it’s just chilling, that’s hilarious. Muhahahahahaha.’
Garcia’s video came after he shared several other celebratory posts on social media.
After the video, he continued his strange posts that had dominated the build-up to the fight.
Speaking after his victory, Garcia had said: “Come on guys, did you really think I was crazy?”
“I walked through fire and I still held it down and I still beat fucking Devin Haney.
‘AND [I] He still drank every day and I beat him to it. And I smoked. What the fuck?’