Ryan Garcia details tumultuous 2024 filled with drug and alcohol abuse: 'I'm surprised I'm here right now'
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Garcia battled tons of personal strife throughout last year when he decided to self medicate
For the first time since a tumultuous 2024, which featured a drug test suspension and a very public mental health crisis, boxing superstar Ryan Garcia has come clean, in detail, about his battles with drugs and alcohol.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs), who saw his April 2024 upset of unbeaten Devin Haney changed to a no contest when he tested positive for a banned substance, told Akin Reyes and Barak Bess last week during an exclusive sitdown interview on "Ring Champs" that it took a July arrest in Los Angeles and the threat of losing custody of his three children for the 26-year-old to make the necessary changes to his unscrupulous lifestyle.
"I was doing everything -- gambling, drinking, women; whatever I wanted to do," Garcia said during the sitdown, produced by All the Smoke Fight, that debuted Wednesday. "I was just destroying my soul, just destroying my spirit. Everything took a toll on me.
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