While his critics are playing checkers, Ryan Garcia's playing chess.
The 140-pound menace-turned-suspended drug cheat pulled a competitive end-around when he insisted the one-year sentence imposed by the New York State Athletic Commission wouldn't apply to him because he'd simply step away from the board.
"I'm retiring for a year," he told TMZ. "So they don't get the [satisfaction] for suspending me cause it's bull. I never took steroids in my life. They can all suck weiners."
Behold the majesty of a defiant "King" refusing to cede his position.
Or something like that.