Boxer Ryan Garcia threatens to sue NYC commission over alleged 'mental evaluation' before fight

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Ryan Garcia, a 25-year-old boxer who has been embattled of late for alarming social media posts, threatened to sue the New York State Athletic Commission after claiming they want a "mental evaluation" of him prior to his fight with Devin Haney on April 20 at Barclays Center. 

Garcia's latest social media rant showed him pacing a room while saying he wants to go to court against the NYSAC. 

"I’m gonna sue the NYC commission and I’m saying this why?" he began his series of videos. "They’re trying to challenge me for a mental evaluation. I said, ‘OK, what is your premises [sic] for the mental evaluation?’ ‘Well, your tweets and posts.’ I said, ‘Is it not my U.S. constitutional right to have free speech?’ So, because I’m tweeting what I’m tweeting, that’s premises [sic] for a mental evaluation? That’s curious. 

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Ryan Garcia leaves after a press event at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on Feb. 29, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)

"Now you’re trying to mess with my constitutional rights. Now I’m going to sue you. I’m going to sue for defamation of character actually."

Garcia added that the commission "won’t test Mike Tyson if he fights in New York, but they will test me."

"Sounds a little fishy to me," he added. "And I love Mike. Mike loves me.

"Can not wait for them to ask me to take them to court because I will defeat them."

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