'He beat him fair and square' – Gervonta Davis reacts after Ryan Garcia cleared of positive test for second banned substance

08/05/2024 12:26

Gervonta Davis has defended Ryan Garcia after he escaped a positive test for a second banned substance.

Garcia beat Haney in an astonishing upset after dropping his rival three times, but the win was thrown into controversy after he tested positive for ostarine on two VADA drug tests in an around the contest.

‘King Ry’ also tested positive for a metabolite of second banned substance nandrolone, but it required further analysis and was pending enquiry.

Journalist Dan Rafael obtained the report and revealed that a third test in the lab did not come back positive for banned substance nandrolone, which cleared him of use of a second banned substance.

However, it did still show readings for ostarine and he will be required to prove his innocence.

Davis has reacted to the news on Twitter, igniting beef with female boxing star Claressa Shields, writing: So Ryan beat buddy ass fair and square.

“What the French bulldog face lady [Claressa Shields] have to say about this?”

‘Tank’ has surprisingly leapt to the defence of former rival Garcia, who he fought and stopped in April 2023.

He even approached the fighter he conquered in private messages, where Garcia denied the claims and urged the American to pursue a rematch.

His 25-year-old rival has been adamant throughout the process that he did not deliberately used PEDs.

He has even now formally requested a B-sample to be undertaken in a bid to clear his name.

In his latest interview, he continued to deny the claims but did suggest he was ‘high’ from smoking during the win over Haney.

He said: “If I was on steroids, I would have been in way better shape.

“I was literally drinking every day, smoking weed – I did not stop, not even until the f****ng day of the fight. I got in there high as f***, and I beat his a**.

“It was a walk in the f***ng park. ‘I had harder fights in sparring bro. It was not hard at all.

“Even Devin was like: ‘I’ve never been outclassed that much, that easily.’ Bro, steroids did not help that, brother.”