Several reports indicate that Ryan Garcia received around 50 million dollars from the fight against Devin Haneyand thus exceeded his earnings from the fight with Gervonta Davis. That fight was Garcia’s biggest payday, where he bet a $2 million salary on himself and won. However, he later lost a significant amount of money as part of punitive measures related to his one-year suspension. But before that happened, Garcia reportedly lost $1.5 million to Devin Haney due to a losing bet about making weight.

Despite these setbacks, Ryan Garcia seems to have gotten back on his feet, at least financially. He now appears to have won nearly $500,000 from a successful bet on the UFC middleweight champion. Dricus Du Plessiswho defended his title against Israel Adesanya at UFC 305.

Bet redemption for Ryan Garcia

Garcia expressed his enthusiasm to X and explained: “IF**KING HAD TOLD YOU, STOP DOUBTING ME. LET’S GO, 500k 🫡🫡🫡.” It seems he was closely following the championship fight in Perth, Australia. Yesterday he said: “I bet 500,000 on South Africa.He then proclaimed his love and admiration for South Africa, Du Plessis’s country of origin.

It was a round-by-round review from Ryan Garcia. He sounded excited as he tweeted that Dricus Du Plessis, who he had bet on, appeared to win the opening round. He gave another round “still knocks.” In the next round, however, Israel Adesanya seemed to recover. Given the tough competition in the round, he felt Adesanya had done enough to win.

But despite Du Plessis’ recent success, Ryan Garcia seems sceptical about the South African’s chances against Alex PereiraThe Adesanya match is Dricus Du Plessis’ first title defense. After his victory over Robert Whittaker In the title elimination match last year he defeated Sean Strickland in January of this year to become the new UFC middleweight champion.

“KingRy” through high stakes

In early February, after many ups and downs, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney agreed to a title fight. Before the fight, Garcia made a bet with Haney. He agreed to pay the light welterweight champion $500,000 for every pound he stayed over the weight limit. At the last weigh-in, “The Dream” reached 140 pounds, while “KingRy” weighed in at 143.2 pounds. He gave Haney $1.5 million for the extra three pounds. This move also meant that he would have to give up the titles in the event of a win.

About two months later, the New York Athletic Commission imposed a one-year suspension on him for failing doping tests for banned substances. This also resulted in a significant loss in fines. According to well-known boxing insider Rick GlaserIncluding the bets he lost against Haney, the whole deal must have cost the Californian around $2.7 million.

Fans recently saw “KingRy” in Japan at the Manny Pacquiao exhibition. According to some of his tweets, rumors started that he is considering a move to the MMA business. Whatever the case, fans are eagerly awaiting the young boxer’s return and his next move.

Who would you like to see Ryan Garcia fight when he returns in April 2025?