Ryan Garcia’s “B” samples matched his “A” samples, which indicated that he had the banned substance Ostarine in his system for his battle with Devin Haney on April 20, boxing journalist Dan Rafael reported on X Thursday.
Rafael stated he had possession of the lab outcomes from the testing, which was carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation.
Garcia, who has stated he didn’t deliberately take PEDs, reacted to the information with weird posts on X. He stated: “I don’t care I’ll by no means earn money once more with boxing your loss not mine for setting me up lol joke on yall. … Let’s go we optimistic optimistic vibes bruh Yess so blissful’ … I F—ING LOVE STEROIDS.”
His authorized crew additionally launched a press release, contending that an unbiased hair-sample evaluation that it says got here again detrimental is a sign of contamination, not long-term use.
The assertion learn, partly: “Ryan Garcia is dedicated to scrub and truthful competitors and has by no means deliberately used any banned substance. Quickly after being notified of his optimistic [A-sample] check, Ryan voluntarily had his hair collected and shipped to Dr. Pascal Kintz, the foremost knowledgeable in toxicology and hair-sample evaluation. The outcomes of Ryan’s hair pattern got here again detrimental.
“That is according to contamination and demonstrably proves that Ryan had not ingested Ostarine over a time period — the one manner he might have had any benefit in any respect within the ring.”
The samples that examined optimistic had been taken the day earlier than and the day of Garcia’s battle with Haney, who went down 3 times and misplaced a majority choice.
Garcia could have an opportunity to current its case at a New York State Athletic Fee listening to, though no date has been introduced. If the fee guidelines in opposition to him, he could possibly be suspended and fined.
He presumably additionally would lose his career-defining victory. Haney, who was unbeaten coming into the battle, needs the end result modified to a disqualification victory in his favor.
