Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia have a fight to sell and they are causing a ruckus all over New York City.
Haney and Garcia are fighting on Saturday at the Barclays Center, and they had a number of promotional appearances set for Tuesday.
The drama began at the Empire State Building, where the two jawed at one another atop the Manhattan landmark.
A shirtless Garcia repeatedly asked Haney, “Who’s your punk, bitch?”
Haney proceeded to shove Garcia, and the two had to be separated.
From there, the two were slated to have an appearance to throw out the first pitch at Citi Field before the Mets faced the Pirates, but it apparently got scuttled by the Mets at the eleventh hour, according to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.
“Mets officials pulled the plug on it after the fighters arrived, I’m told by sources w/direct knowledge, because they didn’t want to risk an incident on the field,” Mannix wrote on X, noting their Empire State Building dustup.
The Mets did not immediately comment, nor did Golden Boy promotions or DAZN, the Haney-Diaz fight promoters.
After the rug got pulled on the first pitch, Garcia lashed out at the Mets in a video on X, saying that the team “just wasted three hours of our lives to say at the end we can’t throw the pitch for whatever reason … there was no reason, they kicked us out for no reason.”
“F–k the Mets,” Garcia continued. “Don’t ever go to a f–king Mets game again. F–k the Mets!”
He also promised to “expose the Mets so bad and MLB” in a separate X post. “Mets let Haney in with 12 goons and I could only bring in 1 security and 2 of my film crew.”
Haney, the WBC Super Lightweight champion, is a heavy favorite in the fight.
Haney is -800 — meaning you have to risk $800 to win $100 — according to the latest odds on DraftKings, while Garcia is the underdog at +550, meaning you’d win $550 with a $100 bet.
