Ryan Garcia Pays Devin Haney $1.5 Million After Losing Weigh-In Bet

Ryan Garcia‘s three kilos obese, however his pockets are actually lighter on Friday — the boxing star simply shelled out $1.5 MILLION to Devin Haney after fulfilling his weigh-in guess.

Garcia positioned the wager throughout the closing press convention for his or her April twentieth struggle … saying he would cough up $500K for each pound he is over the junior welterweight restrict of 140.

Haney, (31-0) and Garcia (24-1), shook on it … and although Ry appeared assured, his crew was clearly involved.

Rightfully so, ‘trigger when it got here time to hit the scales on Friday, Ryan got here in at 143.2 kilos …. which means a $1.5 million examine was made out to Haney, who confirmed his opponent honored the guess.

Outdoors of the monetary hit, boxing followers have been nervous the entire occasion could possibly be ruined … however fortunately, that is not the case.

The struggle will go on as scheduled, in accordance with boxing reporter Michael Benson … and Garcia is now ineligible to win the WBC title, even when he is victorious.

That is simply one other wild flip within the lead-up to the struggle — because the two signed a struggle deal in February, Garcia has proven erratic habits, together with controversial messages on social media and expletive-filled rants at press conferences.