Devin Haney‘s clearly nonetheless not over how his superfight with Ryan Garcia went down earlier this yr … as TMZ Sports activities has confirmed he is now suing the star boxer over all of it.
The 25-year-old pugilist filed the lawsuit in opposition to his nemesis in New York on Friday … alleging Garcia dedicated battery and fraud within the leadup to — and through — their large April 20 tilt at Barclays Heart.
You will recall, Garcia gained the struggle after pulling down Haney a number of instances … however the end result was later dominated a no-contest after officers mentioned Garcia had Ostarine in his system.
Haney mentioned if he had recognized Garcia had ingested the performance-enhancing drug previous to getting into the ring … he would not have agreed to the struggle. Subsequently, he says he by no means consented to being on the unsuitable finish of Garcia’s punches.
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He additionally mentioned, amongst different issues, that by ingesting the banned substance regardless of agreeing to struggle clear, Garcia made misrepresentations that may have induced Haney to again out of the matchup as effectively.
Along with Garcia, Haney can be suing Golden Boy Promotions for breach of contract.
In his go well with, Haney is suing for damages, claiming the complete ordeal induced him “bodily harm, reputational injury which can quantity to hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, and emotional and psychological misery.”
We have reached out to Garcia’s lawyer for remark, however to this point no phrase again but.
