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In addition to allegedly arriving drunk at the New York press conference for the Devin Haney fight, Ryan Garcia shocked the boxing community by consuming cannabis live on Instagram. On the other hand, through several questionable tweets, ‘KingRy’ announced he was in tremendous pain. Additionally, Garcia even claimed his life was under threat along with making strange assertions about the Illuminati and child trafficking.

At this, the New York Athletic State Commission wanted to evaluate Garcia’s mental health ahead of the fight against ‘The Dream’ on April 20th in Brooklyn. However, Garcia is not happy with the commission’s decision as he feels it deprives him of constitutional rights. On that note, Garcia alleged Mike Tyson fought in New York while being high on drugs.

Ryan Garcia claims Mike Tyson was high when he fought in New York

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Ryan Garcia is upset that, considering his behavior on social media which included an act of cannabis consumption on Instagram Live, the New York State Athletic Commission ordered him to a mental health evaluation. According to Garcia, this decision by the commission interferes with his constitutional rights. In Garcia’s opinion, the commission is unfairly curbing his right to freedom of speech and smoking cannabis. Therefore, Garcia said, “What is crazy is the fact that they never told Mike Tyson anything when he fought.

And I know he was high. And I know he was probably doing cocaine. But, Ryan Garcia, ‘You can’t smoke weed.’ Not you. Anybody else, ‘Yes,‘” added Garcia.  Along these lines, ‘KingRy’ added, “Well, my residency is still in California and it’s legal. So, where I currently reside, [there] weed is legal. So, I have US constitutional right to smoke weed because I’m paying California taxes.

Meanwhile, Garcia also planned to sue the NY Commission.

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‘KingRy’ to sue NY Commission over right to freedom of speech and defamation

Frustrated by the commission’s decision to evaluate Garcia’s mental health, ‘KingRy’ took to social media and said, “You tryna mess with my constitutional right. Now, I’m gonna sue you for defamation of character actually.” Along these lines, to justify his cannabis consumption, Garcia also claimed his therapist prescribed him cannabis. “My own therapist told me I should be smoking weed,” Garcia added.

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With that said, what do you have to say about Ryan Garcia’s latest statements? What do you make of Garcia referring to Mike Tyson? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar is a senior boxing writer at EssentiallySports. With 1600+ articles in 2 years, he is just getting started as his coverage of Mike Tyson has already received widespread recognition. However, his interest lies in stories of any shred of injustice or corruption happening in the world of boxing.
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