Ryan Garcia warmed up to a string quartet before taking on Devin Haney.

Garcia has been regularly firing shots at bitter rival Haney during the pre-fight build-up as the pair got ready to settle their feud in the ring.

Garcia waited for boxing icon Tyson, while being played classical music
The 25-year-old has already antagonised his foe by missing the 140lbs weight limit, which has seen the WBC super-lightweight title taken away as an incentive.

He even arrived at the Barclays Center in New York wearing a t-shirt which read ‘RIP Devin Haney’, as he attempted to play mind games with the WBC champion prior to their encounter.

But in even more bizarre fashion, Garcia invited a string quartet who played classical music while he was backstage warming up.

Heavyweight icon Mike Tyson was also in Garcia’s dressing room for a quick visit as he had his hands wrapped, and greeted ‘King Ry’ before his huge outing.

The string quartet’s appearance was something rarely seen in boxing, and seemed to even surprise Tyson, particularly before the fight in a tranquil dressing room.

Despite being unable to win the WBC world title, Garcia was clearly in the mood to play mind games with Haney.

The build-up on the whole has been dominated by Garcia’s antics, with even his ex-wife concerned by his pre-fight behaviour.

During fight week Garcia’s wild capers dominated, with the fighter confronting a heckler at the press conference.

After missing weight the following day, the frustrated fighter’s behaviour showed no sign of letting up, as he downed ‘a beer’ and screamed a rant at the crowd.

His social media activity hasn’t stopped during the adversity, and he surprisingly celebrated tipping the scales 3lbs over the 140lbs limit.

Adam Catterall says it’s been an ‘uncomfortable watch’ after Ryan Garcia chugged beer at weigh-in and missed weight for fight against Devin Haney
Haney has attempted to ignore his rival and focus on business.

It is now expected that he will next face Sandor Martin who is the next mandatory challenger to his WBC super-lightweight title.

And promoter Eddie Hearn believes he will eventually switch to 147lbs after touching gloves with the Spaniard.

He said: “I actually see Devin Haney moving to 147lbs (welterweight) eventually.

“He told me off last week because I said I think he’ll vacate rather than fight Sandor Martin.

“He’s already given me an instruction to try and make the Sandor Martin fight next because I think he wants to maintain his belts, and I like that.”