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Ever since Ryan Garcia turned in positive PED results, fans, and pros have been unleashing verbal attacks and harsh comments. But the American boxer returns the favor with full vigor, as he does in the boxing ring. However, this time, he received a jolt as Devin Haney and Claressa Shields both cast him out as “guilty,” amid reports suggesting no contamination of supplements.

NutraBio, one of the two supplements that Garcia claimed to use in the buildup to fight Haney, clarified its stance and pointed out that their product didn’t contain Ostarine. This dented the 25-year-old boxer’s claim of innocence and allowed Haney and Shields to go off on him. The WBC champion, in his X-handle post, noted, “Contaminated his own container & sent it in is nasty work..”

Likewise, Shields called the shots as she declared, “Y’all real quiet but the facts are in and he is guilty.” As expected, this didn’t sit well with Garcia, who then vented his frustration and anger in the comment section. The 25-1 record holder responded to the Shields’ remarks in particular, as he wrote, “Be quiet and make me a sandwich baby.”

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This exchange and a flood of boxing fans in the comment section criticizing him made Garcia post another post in his defense. Agitated by the development and attempts to nullify the biggest win of his career, the Victorville native specified that the amount of ostarine tested couldn’t have helped him gain an advantage. He added, “Regardless say what you want. There wasn’t any amount of ostarine that could’ve helped me beat up Mr Haney. Why does this victory sting so much.”

That’s not it. Garcia also lashed out at Victor Conte and tried to make sense of the recent reports by NutraBio. Earlier, the lightweight boxer’s camp had decided to push for their innocence based on the pre-contaminated supplements he consumed. That could have helped him escape a stringent punishment a ban. However, he didn’t like what the former BALCO President threw at him.

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Ryan Garcia slams Victor Conte and criticizes the test results

Garcia laid it down for Conte that NutraBio would have come out with such a statement to save their face. He hotly debated NutraBio CEO Mark Glazier’s released statement and hit back at Conte. He contended, “You may be dumb or dumb of course they will deny this isn’t something mind blowing you mayonnaise loving man.”

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Later on, the former WBC interim champion attracted the fans’ attention to the clause of the statement, which read and indirectly admitted that there were traces of contamination of Ostarine, which was inconsistent with Garcia’s Ostarine levels. He asked the supplement company to “pick one” side of the story.

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What do you make of this exchange between Claressa Shields and Ryan Garcia? Do you believe Garcia is guilty and will face a potential ban? Let us know in the comments below.