NEW YORK — One after another, with the same rapid speed Ryan Garcia displays with his fists in the ring, the incendiary remarks reached his 18 million-plus social media followers.
The children, he said, needed to be saved from sex trafficking among other atrocities. The 4.8 earthquake that struck New York City two weeks ago? A prelude to another in Los Angeles. Garcia relentlessly echoed popular conspiracy theories, openly discussed drug use and disregarded those who said he was out of line.
For weeks, the erratic comments flowed freely from Garcia’s social media accounts. Videos, voice messages, live appearances on other shows — they all elicited surprising reactions from those that followed.
“People just expect me to be some robot and when I shoot on them, I’m not a robot,” Garcia told ESPN last week. “Then they get shocked and scared….
