RYAN Garcia has abruptly announced his retirement from boxing.
The 25-year-old former interim WBC lightweight champion made the announcement in a series of tweets on Wednesday.
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“I’m officially retired” Garcia wrotethree hours later saying“I just want to drop my meme coin and run away and love everyone from afar.”
The American was clearly furious as he awaited a decision from the New York State Athletic Commission on a possible ban.
This follows two positive drug tests in May, on samples taken the day before and the day of his last win against Devin Haney.
“Mom has cancer, I’m being sued, my supplements were contaminated, going [through] a divorce, always being talked about on the internet, Devin has been asking for my victory to be taken away for years, I am being hit by everything, I still love God, He is everything”, Garcia tweeted on Wednesday.
Garcia later added that “Boxing will be fine without me”, before admitting: “But it still sucks, I was fun in the game… And it was fun punching people.”
Garcia’s majority decision win against Haney in late April has long been shrouded in controversy after two supplements Garcia took allegedly “showed the presence of the banned substance ostarine,” according to reports from the Medical Research and Testing Laboratory Sports, via ESPN.
Later, Garcia’s B sample was also supposedly found to contain ostarine.
Throughout the ordeal, Garcia repeatedly and vehemently denied taking ostarine.
“This confirms what we have consistently stated: Ryan was a victim of supplement contamination and never knowingly used any banned or performance-enhancing substance,” his lawyers said in a statement, via USA today.
“Any statement to the contrary questioning Ryan’s integrity as a clean fighter is unequivocally false and defamatory.”
The test results could still result in Garcia’s suspension.
“Throughout his career, Ryan has voluntarily submitted to numerous tests, all with negative results, underlining his commitment to fair and clean competition,” his lawyers said.
“Additionally, multiple negative tests leading up to his fight against Haney further confirm his clean record.
“The ultra-low levels of Ostarine detected in your samples, in the billionth of a gram range, along with your clean hair sample prove contamination, not intentional ingestion.
“Recent test results reiterate this.”
If Garcia’s decision to retire is final, he already appears to be eyeing a future career change.
“You guys can catch me out there, but as far as boxing goes I don’t know,” he tweeted.
“There’s so much corruption that I’m over it… I can act or sing… I’ll still be training, but I’m hurt and fed up with this and everyone.”
Since turning pro in 2016, Garcia has gone 25-1.
His only defeat came in April 2023, when he fell to Gervonta Davis via knockout.
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