Ryan Garcia’s B-samples from drug tests conducted prior to his April 20 fight against Devin Haney revealed the presence of ostarine, a banned substance. Attorney Pat English, representing Haney, confirmed this information.
Attorney Pat English revealed that he was informed of the lab results on Thursday after the B-samples were tested.
The testing was conducted by the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory, which is contracted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) and accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Despite the positive test results, Ryan Garcia won the fight against Devin Haney by majority decision.
Garcia’s legal team said the positive test for ostarine resulted from a contaminated supplement.
“Ryan Garcia is committed to clean and fair competition and has never intentionally used any banned substance,” Garcia’s legal team said in a statement.
“Soon after being notified of his positive test, Ryan voluntarily had his hair collected and shipped to Dr. Pascal Kintz, the foremost expert in toxicology and hair-sample analysis. The results of Ryan’s hair sample came back negative.
“This is consistent with contamination and demonstrably proves that Ryan had not ingested Ostarine over a period of time — the only way he would have had any advantage whatsoever in the ring.”
“Ryan has voluntarily submitted to tests throughout his career, which have always shown negative results. He also tested negative multiple times leading up to the fight against Haney.
All of these factors, combined with his ultra-low levels from samples taken on April 19th and 20th (in the billionth of a gram range), point to Ryan being a victim of supplement contamination and never receiving any performance enhancing benefit from the microscopic amounts in his system.
We are certain that one of the natural supplements Ryan was using in the lead up to the fight will prove to be contaminated and are in the process of testing the supplements to determine the exact source.”
Ryan Garcia’s A-samples tested positive, prompting him to exercise the option to test the B-samples, which were collected the day before and the day of the fight.
Despite the positive test results, Garcia has denied taking steroids. On Thursday, he posted on X (formerly Twitter), saying,
“Let’s go we positive” and “I don’t care I’ll never make money again with boxing.”
Ostarine, a Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM), is not approved for human use or consumption in the U.S. or any other country, as per the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
It is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Victor Conte, serving as an adviser for Haney, mentioned that Haney informed him on Thursday that Garcia’s B-sample tested positive for the banned substance.
However, Pat English stated that while he informed Haney of the results, he had not spoken to Conte.
Attorney Pat English stated that the case would now be brought before the New York State Athletic Commission due to the fight being held in New York.
He mentioned that typically, they would issue a suspension, and Garcia could choose to have a hearing.
