Ryan Garcia Suspended For One Year, Victory Against Devin Haney Taken Away After Testing Posting For PED

Ryan Garcia has been handed a one-year suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission, according to ESPN.

Additionally, his win over Devin Haney has been changed to a no contest due to Garcia’s positive tests for the performance-enhancing drug (PED) ostarine. As a result, Garcia must pay a $10,000 fine to the commission and forfeit $1 million to Golden Boy. With Ryan’s win being snatched from him, the shocking news still makes Devin Haney undefeated. In an exclusive statement to ESPN, Haney reacted to the decision. “I want to thank the commission and the fans who stood by me during this whole process. The facts are the facts and I wasn’t on an even playing field. Happy I was able to receive justice for what happened. It’s all part of my story and it’s only going to make me better. I look to enjoy this time with my family and friends and see what’s next.

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“I’m a clean athlete and boxing is a brutal sport where one fight can literally change your life. I think it important for fighters to be clean and I want to become an advocate for clean athletes for my experience in this situation.”

As we previously reported, both of Garcia’s samples came back positive on social media Garcia has been very vocal, claiming he was set up. In a series of new tweets the boxer is still claiming his innocence.

“Nothing that was in my system was enough for any!!!!!!! This is why I’m done with the game. I never F’ing cheated. F YOU,” Garcia shared on X.

He also made a similar statement when his second drug test came back positive.

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“Ryan Garcia is committed to clean and fair competition and has never  intentionally used any banned substance.” The statement added, “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,” his team released.

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