RYAN GARCIA said he “f***ed up” for introducing Jake Paul to boxing and blasted him for “disrespecting” the sport.
Garcia hit out on X following the YouTuber-turned boxer’s first-round knockout of 17-2 Ryan Bourland.
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He said: “I can’t do this s***. I feel so f***ing bad for introducing Jake Paul to boxing. I f***ed up. I can’t allow this to happen.
“He’s disrespecting my sport, he’s disrespecting everything. Call my team, Jake. F*** you.”
Paul, 27, and Garcia, 25, had similar circles of friends while living in Los Angeles and even filmed content together.
Baring a few rehearsed fall outs, the two have been largely supportive of each other.
So Paul was left bemused by Garcia’s social media slam but refused to rule out a future fight between them.
He said: “Ryan, I love you, you know that bro but you gotta chill out, bro.
“Because there’s a line and you just seem like you’re losing your mind acting thirsty, desperate, saying you’re a billionaire when you had one money fight.
“I’m just saying, chill bro. But if you do want to fight, that to me is light work.
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“You’ve got no footwork and for as long as you’ve been in the game, I’m a better boxer than you.”
Paul improved to 9-1 as a boxer with Tommy Fury, 24, the only man to beat him following his split-decision win in Saudi Arabia last year.
Meanwhile Garcia returns on April 20 in his first world title fight, against old amateur rival and pound-for-pound star Devin Haney, 25, in New York.
The American lost for the first time last year to Gervonta Davis, 29, in a blockbuster bout he claimed earned him $30million (£24m).
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