Top boxing organization expels Ryan Garcia after hateful comments

Boxer Ryan Garcia was expelled from one of the top boxing organizations on Thursday after making racist and anti-Muslim comments about black people and George Floyd.

Garcia made the remarks on X-Space and the comments quickly went viral.

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World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman announced on Wednesday that Garcia had been expelled from the organization.

“I am exercising my authority as WBC President to ban Ryan Garcia from all activities with our organization,” Sulaiman wrote to X. “We reject discrimination of any kind. Ryan has repeatedly declined our assistance with his mental health and substance abuse issues and we are concerned about his well-being.”

Before his expulsion was handed down, he ranted again about X and tried to defend some of his statements.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Garcia’s representatives for comment.

Ryan Garcia speaks onstage at the Palladium Times Square on February 27, 2024 in New York City. (Chris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)

Garcia was suspended for one year by the New York State Athletic Commission last month after testing positive for a banned substance following a bout against Devin Haney in April.

He later wrote to X that he was “officially retired” and claimed he was heading to the UFC, denying suggestions he had banned substances in his system during the Haney fight.

He tested positive for ostarine, which is not a steroid but can stimulate muscle growth and is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned substances list.

Ryan Garcia will arrive at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on June 15, 2024. (Kathy Athena/Getty Images)

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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Garcia and his team said at the time that he was a “victim of billions, even trillions, of drug contamination per gram and provided no advantage in the ring.”

Fox News’ Ryan Mollick contributed to this report.

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