Ryan Garcia Expelled From World Boxing Council After Racist Twitter Rant

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 17: Ryan Garcia poses as he participates in a media workout at Gleason's Gym on April 17, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
Ryan Garcia dropped the n-word multiple times in tweets and during livestreams, mocked George Floyd's death, and a whole lot more.

Ryan Garcia shocked social media this week with a racist Twitter rant that mocked George Floyd's death, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and included multiple disparaging remarks and slurs against African Americans, Muslims, and other discriminated groups. Moreover, the World Boxing Council, one of four major organizations that sanction professional boxing bouts, announced his expulsion from the group on Thursday (July 4). "Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization," Mauricio Sulaiman stated. "We reject any form of discrimination. I fear for Ryan well being [sic]. He has declined multiple attempts for our help with mental health and substance abuse."

"I was trolling I want all the killing to stop," Ryan Garcia expressed on social media as an apology after his remarks. "I love everyone sorry if I offended you." This is a pretty rough year so far for him, as the New York State Athletic Commission banned him from boxing for a year due to testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs for his recent fight with Devin Haney. We don't know what else will come of this development, but we hope that there aren't more antics in its wake. After all, it seems like the last thing the controversial boxer needs right now.

World Boxing Council Expels Ryan Garcia

"I haven’t spoken to Ryan in a long time," Ryan Garcia's dad revealed during a recent Fight Hub TV interview. "He speaks to his mother more than me. But it’s okay, he’ll call me when he wants to. I would love for him to get some type of therapy when it comes to his drinking. I’m being real. He says he can control it. I hope he can. But if he doesn’t... Get that therapy so he can stop."

Meanwhile, Ryan Garcia also went viral recently for claiming that Drake was responsible for the murder of XXXTENTACION. Plenty of folks, including X's good friend Ski Mask The Slump God, blasted these theories outright. In fact, the court had already debunked this during the Florida rapper's murder trial. It was a pretty bizarre response to the PED suspension, but this new racist rant sadly overshadows it now.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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