Ryan Garcia Massively Misses Weight Ahead Of Devin Haney Fight, Ineligible To Win WBC Title

“[Let’s bet] $500,000,” Garcia said, “$500,000.”

“Okay, that’s a bet,” Devin’s trainer and father Bill Haney replied. “If you don’t make weight, it’s $500,000.” 

“It’s a bet,” Garcia responded.

Devin Haney then upped the ante, “$500,000 per pound [over the agreed weight]. Hey, Ryan. Let’s do $500,000 per pound. You wanna shake on it?”

According to longtime boxing reporter Dan Rafael on X, a financial agreement was reached to move ahead with the bout and Garcia will honor his handshake deal with Haney, forking over $1.5 million as a result of the massive weight miss.

The build-up to Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney has been littered with controversy

It’s just another bizarre moment in a build-up that has been riddled with crazy conspiracy theories, claims of drug abuse, club hopping, and marriage proposals to Aussie porn stars — and that’s just on Ryan Garcia’s side of things.

Earlier this week, Garcia and Haney got into a physical confrontation atop the Empire State Building in NYC which resulted in the duo being pulled from throwing out the first pitch at the Mets-Pirates game at Citi Field that same day.