Garcia insists he’s never taken steroids, after reports that he tested positive for doping

Ryan Garcia (25-1) insist that he has never taken steroids, after “ESPN” reported on Wednesday that Garcia tested positive twice, in the samples taken one day before his victory against Devin Haney (31-1) and on the day of fight.

Garcia dropped Haney thrice and cause major upset on the fight held on April 20.

“Big lies, I beat his ass,” Garcia said in an expletive filled video on X – formerly Twitter. “Everybody knows I don’t cheat,” he said.

On Wednesday, ESPN reported it had obtained a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) letter, which detailed that the 25-year-old Garcia had submitted urine tests before the fight, but the results were processed afterwards. ESPN reported that Garcia twice tested positive for performance enhancing drug ostarine – one in the day before fight and one on the day of fight.

Responding to the story, Garcia posted – saying: “I’ve never taken a steroid. … I don’t even know where to get steroids at the end of the day … I barely take supplements.”

Under New York State Commission rules boxers “fighting in the State undergo mandatory urine testing for examination of prohibited substances.”

A representative for the New York State Athletic Commission told CNN in a statement: “Safety, fairness, and integrity in professional athletic competition are essential. The Commission is in communication with VADA and is reviewing the matter.”

“It’s unfortunate Ryan cheated and disrespected both the fans and the sport of boxing by fighting dirty and breaking positive not once, but twice,” Haney said in a statement shared on Instagram stories.

ESPN reported that the fights result could be overturned unless Garcia’s B-sample comes back negative. Garcia has 10 days to formally request that this second test be performed.

“Ryan has put out multiple statements denying knowingly using any banned substances – and we believe him,” Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, the agency representing Garcia, told ESPN in its statement.