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Ryan Garcia has been “expelled” by the WBC after using racial slurs and Islamophobic language on social media.<\/b><\/p>\n
The American, who last month was banned for a year from boxing<\/a> following an anti-doping violation, made the comments on X’s spaces platform, which allows people to have live audio conversations.<\/p>\n WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said in a statement: “Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organisation.<\/p>\n “We reject any form of discrimination.”<\/p>\n In a since deleted post on X, Garcia, 25, wrote: “I was trolling, I want all the killing to stop. I love everyone, sorry if I offended you.”<\/p>\n The American has not responded to the WBC’s expulsion.<\/p>\n After Garcia was handed a one-year doping ban by the New York State Athletic Commission, Sulaiman said the WBC would not issue its own suspension or “punish” him because of concerns about his mental health.<\/p>\n It was not immediately clear what the expulsion from the WBC would entail. BBC Sport has asked the WBC for comment.<\/p>\n Garcia failed multiple drug tests<\/a> around his fight with Devin Haney<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n As well as a one-year ban, Garcia’s upset victory over former undisputed lightweight champion Haney was overturned to a no-contest.<\/p>\n Garcia’s family released its own statement saying his comments “do not align with his, or our family’s, true character or beliefs”.<\/p>\n “Our family unequivocally does not support any statements [Garcia] has made regarding race or religion — these do not reflect who Ryan truly is and how he was raised,” the statement added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n