I can understand a fender bender, but this crash out makes no sense. Ryan had plenty of ways to stay relevant during his suspension. Dude has 12m followers on IG...He could have started a boxing podcast and been good. He made 50 million off the Haney fight(Purse, PPV and bet placed on himself), and 35 million fighting tank, so he shouldn't be strapped for cash.
Conspiracy theories aside...I think dude is scared...Scratch that...Terrified. He has no choice but to move up. 147 doesn't offer a ton of "money" fights for him. Barrios Maybe...If Teofimo moves up (which he probably will)...That's a big fight Hond vs. Mex. Then he has Boots...But I don't think he wants any part of either. Then he has 154, and that division is fukking loaded full of killers. Bud, ESJ, Tszyu, Fundora, Madrimov, Lubin, Ortiz jr...On and on and on.
He knew has career was over...He's destroyed his relationship with the WBC...I'm sure other bodies are going to follow suit. This way he can say he was pushed to the breaking point, and ostracized, instead of admitting he's a fukking p*ssy.