The lawsuit centers on a exhibition that was to pit Garcia against Rukiya Anpo – a bout that would have given Garcia a chance to fight while he is serving a one-year suspension for testing positive for a banned substance.

Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions have been sued by streaming platform Fanmio after the breakdown of their boxing exhibition in Japan. Garcia was scheduled to face Rukiya Anpo on December 31 last year.

Fanmio, a streaming platform that previously promoted a fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against boxer Ryan Garcia after he dropped out of a scheduled exhibition bout in Japan and then booked an entirely different fight set for May in New York City.