Ryan Garcia Made Boxing About a Boxer for Once

Maybe he played us all, but there’s always a little more to the message

As someone who’s followed combat sports since UFC had events in Seattle, it’s shocking what a stark contrast of how boxing promotions focus on the fighters vs MMA events. Search for a full-length boxing press conference and see when the fighters even get a chance to talk. You’ll find yourself skipping through twenty minutes of the presser.

And that’s just for the individual podium talks.

Nobody cares what Bill Haney has to say, and I could give two fucks what Eddie Hearn or De La Hoya have to say. Lil bros, move the fuck out of the way. Nobody, and I mean nobody, cares what you have to say.

You’re just the butt of a joke for being annoying when your fighter loses. Oh ya, I’m shitting on boxing again.

This has been the story of boxing. You have promoters, coaches, mentors, extra trainers, guys off the street getting involved in these famous boxers circles. At the end of the fight, you see a flood of people enter the ring, acting like they’re a part of something bigger than themselves.

You are flooded with information from everyone but the boxer. This is what kind of made Ryan Garcia enjoyable. He posted on social media…