After training under Floyd Mayweather, Devin Haney inherited his legendary defensive boxing style. However, Ryan Garcia accused ‘The Dream’ Haney of having a different heritage than the former five-division champion.
Garcia and Haney, career rivals, will face off on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Haney’s WBC super lightweight title is on the line for the DAZN headliner. But as fight night approached, Garcia tweeted on social media that Haney was illiterate, just as popular rapper 50 Cent accused his ex-best friend Floyd Mayweather and challenged him to a $750,000 bet. It is accused of being.
Floyd Mayweather politely declined ‘Fiddy’s’ offer
Ryan Garcia looked at Garcia, but what Garcia saw was that Haney couldn’t read the lines being relayed from the teleprompter. The scene was eerily similar to 50 Cent’s situation in 2012 after Mayweather was released from prison.
HE CANT READ pic.twitter.com/d7rEt88uHB
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) April 15, 2024
The “In Da Club” rapper, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, claimed he owed money to Mayweather, and after Mayweather’s release, “Fiddy” made their feud public on the internet. Interestingly, this was the time when The Matrix Ice Bucket Challenge took the world by storm. Everyone from celebrities to athletes called on everyone to raise awareness about Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The 50-year-old is a cheerful troll, so he saw this as an opportunity to throw some shade at his former friend. The “Candy Shop” rapper hired Mayweather to shower him with the beloved “Harry Potter” books. Moreover, he imposed conditions. If the five-division champion accepted the challenge, which is clearly a farce, “Fiddy” would donate a whopping $750,000 to charities supporting Mayweather. However, Mayweather politely declined the offer at the press conference for the Marcos Maidana fight.
Still, the rapper didn’t let go! Jimmy Kimmel offered to host a reading on his own show, but to make matters worse, “Fiddy” offered to replace the boy wizard. He asked Mayweather to read “The Cat in the Hat” to make things easier. Moreover, their cat-and-mouse game didn’t end there.
50 Cent takes a not-so-subtle dig at Mayweather during book launch
Just last month, the American rapper published a heist novel, The Accomplice. However, he couldn’t help but make literary attacks on Floyd Mayweather during his literary career. At the time of the release announcement, “Fidi” also decided to release an audiobook version of the book. The reason is that Mayweather is more likely to enjoy this book.
In an Instagram post, Fiddy grinned throughout the post, saying, “I can’t come to terms with anyone. I made sure to release the audiobook at the same time so that the champions don’t feel left out.” . Interestingly, their centuries-old rivalry has aged like fine wine and looks like it will continue to evolve in the years to come.
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As Ryan Garcia prepares to fight Devin Haney, it appears he took a page from 50 Cent’s book to troll Haney. However, if he is unable to defeat Haney on fight night, he may have to call off his statement.
