Though Ryan Garcia’s majority decision defeat of super lightweight champ Devin Haney was initially celebrated for Garcia’s shocking effort as a huge underdog following a tumultuous training camp, how it’ll be remembered going forward hinges on drug-test results.
“KingRy” scored three knockdowns and consistently landed fight-altering blows against Haney, who’d not lost in 31 fights and was defending a title in his second weight class.
Garcia was ineligible to win the championship because he weighed-in over the 140-pound limit and earned further derision when it was reported that both pre- and post-fight urine samples tested positive for Ostarine. He requested analysis of the additional “B samples” that were collected before and after the fight and results are expected later this month.
The controversy has shifted focus from the fight, which looked to be going in Haney’s direction before a left hand dropped him for the first time in his career in the seventh round. He was dumped again in the 10th and 11th, and, though he was an even 112-112 on one scorecard, was on the short end of 114-110 and 115-109 nods on the others.
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