Ryan García would have failed a doping test just before his unexpected and controversial victory in April over the then undefeated Devin HaneyWBC super lightweight champion.
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According to ESPNthe prohibited substance was detected as a buyer in the samples taken from García both the day before and the day of the fight, held on April 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (New York).
The results of the tests, which would have been known after the fight, appear in a letter from the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), supervisor of these tests in boxing and mixed martial arts events.
WHAT IS THE SUBSTANCE OSTARINE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FOUND ON RYAN GARCÍA?
The ostarine substance It prevents muscle loss and improves lean body mass, and is used in the treatment of women with breast cancer.
Why in the world would I volunteer for a drug test if I planned on taking drugs?
Ryan Garcíaof Mexican parents, reacted in his account X stating that the report about his positive was “fake news.”
“Everyone knows that I don’t cheat“, he stated. “Why didn’t they come out with this before the fight if they found it before? Why would they let me get in the ring like a cheater? and then come out with a win and post this.”
“These are people who try to attack me for any reason… I have never taken a steroid in my lifeI don’t even know where to get them. “I barely take supplements,” she said.
In another post, the boxer showed a bottle of an herbal supplement, ironically suggesting it could be responsible for the test result.
“My fault, I shouldn’t have taken this,” he wrote.
GOLDEN BOY BELIEVES RYAN GARCÍA
“Ryan has issued multiple statements denying conscious use of banned substances, and we believe him. “We are working with his team to determine how this finding came about and will address it further once we conclude the process,” Golden Boy said.
Ryan García He surprised the boxing world by knocking down the American up to three times in New York. Devin Haneysuper lightweight monarch of the WBC (World Boxing Council), in a fight preceded by great controversy.
Haney’s title, who lost by majority decision, was not at stake because García had exceeded the maximum weight of the category, established at 140 pounds (63.5 kg).
The American greatly exceeded the limit by 3.2 pounds (1.4 kilos) in a volcanic weigh-in ceremony in which he got on the scale drinking from a bottle of beer.
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