Boxer Ryan Garcia is at the center of another controversy after multiple reports have indicated that he tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Ostarine prior to and on the day of his win over Devin Haney in April at Barclays Center.
The tests were taken by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association before the fight, but the results weren’t known until later, ESPN reported.
Garcia can request his B-sample be tested within 10 days, but the revelation from the test throws his majority decision victory over Haney into
question.
Additionally, Garcia’s A-sample tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone, but that is unconfirmed until more analysis is done, per ESPN.
Garcia quickly took to social media to deny that he used any banned substances, calling the claims “bull f–king s–t.”
Everybody knows that I don’t cheat,” Garcia said in a video he posted on X. “What can I say? Why didn’t they come out with this before the fight if they found it before? Why would they let me step in the ring as a cheater and then come out with a victory and then they post this?
“Again, these are people trying to attack me for whatever reason, but no weapon against me shall prosper. I never taken a steroid in my life. I don’t even know where to get a steroid at the end of the day.”
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