A report revealed the presence of steroids in the sample of American boxer Ryan Garcia, who defeated Devin Haney by knockout 3 times in 12 rounds on the 20th of last month.
According to the report, the banned stimulant “Ostarine” was found in the sample that Garcia voluntarily submitted to the Anti-Doping Association. Boxing journalist Dan Rafael said: Garcia fell into two urine samples taken from him, one before the fight and the second after it, with there being doubt about the second sample.
Garcia has 10 days to request another examination, which he will pay for out of his own pocket, but the controversial boxer was quick to defend himself and posted on Wednesday evening, through his account on the X platform: “I came here to correct this nonsense. Everyone knows that I do not cheat. What can I say? Why didn’t they come up with this result before if they knew about it before the fight? Why did they keep me in the ring if I was active? I came out a winner and now they’re coming out with these lies about me. These are people who want to attack me for any reason, but no weapon works on me. I have never taken any stimulant in my life.”
Garcia continued his attack on the report, and said in another tweet: “I now know why they issued the report, because I was seen with Donald Trump. This is a direct attack and madness, and I will find out who invented the lie and I will reveal the identity of the real snakes.” They are trying to take away the biggest victory over the world champion, and I will not rematch with Hani. “I don’t know what steroids are and I don’t know how to take them.”
The boxer’s friends and team defended his reputation and supported his claim that Garcia had a picture with Trump and his family at the former president’s house accompanied by the phrase, “Donald Trump 2024, Trump is my friend,” which prompted the game’s organizers, most of whom were black, to attack him.