WBA title Reitman defends ‘No More’ on ‘No more’ tweet
WBA middleweight titlist and former WBA heavyweight champion Reitmans promoter said he was not surprised by the comments from “No More” star Mikey Garcia, but that the boxing media has been doing a poor job of covering it.
The WBC president and CEO, Wladimir Klitschko, made the comments during an interview with ESPN.
“There are people who are doing a very good job of not reporting things that happen.
They’ve never really talked about that,” Reitmann said.
“[Garcia] said he thinks it’s great that Mikey [García] has taken on that position in the boxing community.
It’s not as if there’s not people who don’t take on that responsibility.
It takes more than one person to make that change.”
The WBA and WBO champion, Reitmen, is the first heavyweight to take a prominent position in a social media campaign to end domestic violence in the sport.
Garcias tweets his support for domestic violence victims, which includes a video of Garcia attacking him and his partner.
Reitman said that there was a lot of media coverage about Garcia’s comments and that the public wasn’t as interested as it should have been.
“We’re not really seeing a lot from the boxing industry, because they don’t want to have to deal with that,” he said.
“I think people in the industry who are involved in that kind of thing need to do a better job in not getting in their heads.
I think there needs to be a greater push and not a lot more of it, especially for women.
That’s where the industry is right now.”
Reitmans statement came after the WBC announced a ban on Garcia from the sport’s international events, which included a scheduled date with WBC champion Timothy Bradley on July 28.
The ban was initially announced at a press conference in Mexico City, but it was subsequently lifted and Garcia will now have to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August.
Reitmann’s comments follow comments from promoter Bob Arum who told ESPN that Garcia was not the only fighter in the WBA who would be affected by the ban.
Arum also said that the WBO was going to allow Garcia to compete again in the Olympics, but would have to fight against fighters who had been suspended.