Boxer Ryan Garcia’s B-sample has come back positive for banned substance ostarine, according to a Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory report.
Garcia’s A-sample, collected the day before and the day of his upset win over Devin Haney last month, returned postivie for ostarine May 1.
Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) that attaches to proteins in the body and effectively signals for muscles to grow. It is used to aid performance by helping athletes build muscle mass and enhance their rate of fat loss, as well as to increase stamina and recovery ability.
“I don’t know where [the adverse finding] came from,” Garcia told ESPN. “Honestly, bro, I don’t. I was taking ashwagandha, D-3, Omega-3, just normal s—. I don’t know what the f— [ostarine] is. … I have seriously no idea. I would tell everybody the truth.
“My whole thing is I’d rather tell the truth than try to fabricate it with a lie. Because lies don’t stand. So if I really did take it, I would be like, honestly, I was going through a weird situation. I wasn’t really that confident. I chose to take it. I’m sorry. And that’s it. But I didn’t and I hate cheating. … All I can say is legal team, help me figure this out.”
The results against his upset win against Devin Haney can be overturned.
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