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To hear Ryan Garcia explain his upset victory over Devin Haney at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Saturday, the credit goes to the Lord.
'God did it,' Garcia told screaming fans after dropping the heavily favored Haney three times en route to a majority-decision win. 'My heavenly father Jesus Christ, I give you all the glory.'
As for his bizarre antics leading up to the fight — troubling behavior that ranged from flirting with reporters to threatening sexual violence on attendees at Friday's weigh-in — well that was all Garcia's doing.
'Come on, guys, you really thought I was crazy?' Garcia asked the crowd following boxing's biggest upset of 2024.
But if all of his antics were part of some elaborate act, Garcia was still in character early Sunday morning. At his post-fight press conference, he admitted that he drank every night leading up to the bout.
Ryan Garcia celebrates after defeating Devin Haney in a fight at Barclays Center
'I walked through the fire and still held it down and still beat f***ing Devin Haney,' he said alongside promoter Oscar De La Hoya. 'And [I] still drank every day and I beat him. And I smoked. What the f***?'
Garcia's revelation was met with applause from his entourage at the post-fight press conference, but he quickly added that he's 'not necessarily proud of that.'
So why did he tell everyone?
As he explained, he wanted to prove 'you can't f*** with me; I do what I want.'
And on Saturday, or the early hours of Sunday on the East Coast, Garcia did exactly that.
After reportedly undergoing a mental health
