Garcia 'expelled' by WBC after racist comments

Ryan Garcia has been "expelled" by nan WBC aft utilizing group slurs and Islamophobic connection connected societal media.

The American, who past period was banned for a twelvemonth from boxing pursuing an anti-doping violation, made nan comments connected X's spaces platform, which allows group to person unrecorded audio conversations.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said successful a statement: "Exercising my authority arsenic president of nan WBC, I americium hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from immoderate activity pinch our organisation.

"We cull immoderate shape of discrimination."

In a since deleted station connected X, Garcia, 25, wrote: "I was trolling, I want each nan sidesplitting to stop. I emotion everyone, sorry if I offended you."

The American has not responded to nan WBC's expulsion.

After Garcia was handed a one-year doping prohibition by nan New York State Athletic Commission, Sulaiman said nan WBC would not rumor its ain suspension aliases "punish" him because of concerns astir his intelligence health.

It was not instantly clear what nan expulsion from nan WBC would entail. BBC Sport has asked nan WBC for comment.

Garcia grounded multiple supplier tests astir his fight pinch Devin Haney successful April.

As good arsenic a one-year ban, Garcia's upset triumph complete erstwhile undisputed lightweight champion Haney was overturned to a no-contest.

Garcia's family released its ain connection saying his comments "do not align pinch his, aliases our family's, existent characteristic aliases beliefs".

"Our family unequivocally does not support immoderate statements [Garcia] has made regarding title aliases belief -- these do not bespeak who Ryan genuinely is and really he was raised," nan connection added.