Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia are in a sales battle that is causing an uproar in New York.
Haney and Garcia fought Saturday at Barclays Center, with a number of promotional appearances scheduled for Tuesday.
The drama began at the Empire State Building, where the two locked horns atop the Manhattan landmark.
A shirtless Garcia repeatedly asked Haney, “Who’s your punk, bitch?”
Haney shoved Garcia and the two had to be separated.
From there, the two were scheduled to throw out the first pitch at Citi Field before the Mets faced off against the Pirates, but the meeting was apparently canceled by the Mets in the 11th hour, according to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix. It seems that he was exposed.
“I heard from a direct source that Mets officials dropped the issue after the players arrived because they didn’t want to risk an on-field incident,” Mannix said. I wrote to Xpointed out the scandal at the Empire State Building.
The Mets had no immediate comment, nor did Golden Boy Promotions or DAZN, the promoter of the Haney-Diaz fight.
After getting the rug pulled from him on the first pitch, Garcia X’s video slams the Metsthe team “just wasted three hours of our lives to say we can’t throw a pitch for some reason at the end… There was no reason, they kicked us out for no reason.” ” he said.
“Fuck the Mets,” Garcia continued. “Never go to a Mets game again. Fuck the Mets!”
He also promised to “expose the Mets’ terrible situation and MLB.” Another X post. “The Mets let Haney in with 12 thugs, but I was only able to bring in one security guard and two film crew members.”
Haney, the WBC super lightweight champion, is the favorite for this fight.
According to the latest odds from DraftKings, Haney is -800, meaning he would have to risk $800 to win $100. Garcia, on the other hand, is an underdog at +550. So for a $100 bet he would win $550.
