Boxer Ryan Garcia has been expelled from the World Boxing Council (WBC) after making racist and anti-Muslim comments in a social media video.
Boxer Ryan Garcia has been expelled from the World Boxing Council (WBC) after making racist and anti-Muslim comments in a social media video.
Garcia made the remarks during an X Space interview, which quickly went viral.
Ryan Garcia Expelled from WBC After Controversial Remarks
In the video, Garcia made derogatory remarks about Black people and George Floyd, as well as anti-Muslim comments.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman announced on Twitter that Garcia had been expelled from the organization.
Ryan Garcia Expelled from WBC After Controversial Remarks
"Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization," Sulaiman wrote. "We reject any form of discrimination. I fear for Ryan's well-being as he has declined multiple attempts for our help with mental health and substance abuse."
Garcia went on another rant on Twitter before the expulsion was handed down, trying to defend some of his remarks.
Ryan Garcia Expelled from WBC After Controversial Remarks
Fox News Digital reached out to Garcia's representatives for comment.
Garcia was suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission for one year last month after a positive test for a banned substance after his fight against Devin Haney in April.
He later wrote on Twitter that he was "officially retired" and claimed to be headed to the UFC. He's pushed back on any notion he had a banned substance in his system against Haney.
He tested positive for Ostarine, which is not a steroid but can stimulate muscle growth and thus is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Garcia and his team said at the time he was a "victim of substance contamination, with levels measured in the billions and trillions of a gram, which provided no advantage whatsoever in the ring."
Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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