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Sulaiman clarifies that Ryan Garcia “rejected” all the help offered by the WBC

Sulaiman clarifies that Ryan Garcia “rejected” all the help offered by the WBC

Tthe president of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Mauricio Sulaiman spoke exclusively to MARCA USA about his decision to suspend Ryan Garcia from all WBC activity after a new outburst on social networks where the boxer uttered multiple racist insults.

Ryan Garcia felt harassed by a woman

Soliman himself mentioned in USA BRAND that at the WBC They tried everything they could to help Ryan Garcia and get him to go to rehab, and he even talked to him recently, but his advice fell on “deaf ears,” as he puts it.

“This is an urgent plea to his family, who can legally make decisions and take steps to prevent a tragedy. For a month before the Haney fight, we’ve been asking for a mental evaluation; he was supposed to show up in Phoenix and didn’t show up, and then he didn’t get the doctor who was supposed to evaluate him; I spoke to him in Las Vegas on June 15, and then I spoke to one of the people who is with him and he just refused every offer of treatment that we made.”

What’s going to happen with Ryan Garcia?

Soliman clearly stated that the WBC The door is open for Ryan Garcia, provided he agrees to receive help, since the President of the WBC made it clear that the boxer suffered from substance abuse issues such as alcohol and other mental health problems.

THE President of the WBC He also mentioned that he was ready to help the fighter in whatever was needed and that at present he was not sure whether other international boxing bodies such as the IBF or the WBO would follow the precedent set by them.