A letter by Devin Haney’s authorized crew asks the New York State Athletic Fee for Ryan Garcia to be ‘disqualified and severely punished.’
Patrick C. English despatched the hand-signed doc on Could 31 as Haney seeks to have the results of his April 20 loss overturned following constructive drug checks. VADA flagged Garcia for the banned substance ostarine in samples taken on April 19 and April 20, both aspect of his resolution triumph.
Haney, who suffered his first defeat through the bout at Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York, is combating to avoid wasting his unblemished report.
Within the letter, of which World Boxing Information obtained a full copy, English requested the eye of Matthew Delaglio, Performing Director of the New York State Athletic Fee, plus Dr. Nitin Sethi, Chief Medical Officer, and Samantha McEachin, Counsel for the NYSAC.
A part of the doc factors to 2 statements launched by Garcia, during which he claims innocence as a result of testing of hair follicles and dietary supplements.
English states: “Over the previous few days, there was a flurry of what we contemplate to be orchestrated releases from Mr. Garcia and his authorized crew. It’s utterly apparent that they’re searching for to attenuate his culpability in a deceptive and troubling manner.”
He concluded: “For the explanations set forth in my letter of Could 11, as supplemented herein, Mr. Garcia ought to be disqualified and applicable, however extreme punishment ought to be levied upon Mr. Garcia. Respectfully submitted on behalf of Devin Haney.”
Garcia shared a World Boxing Information story on the complement checks, which said that contamination was the explanation for ostarine in his system. Nonetheless, that will not clarify the shortage of ostarine within the hair samples, which WBN completely revealed Garcia’s crew took on Could 17, 4 weeks after the struggle. If contamination had been the case, Garcia’s hair would nonetheless have had traces of ostarine and never zero particles, as claimed.
There’s additionally the issue with the dietary supplements being open when examined, finally making them inadmissible. Garcia’s crew ought to have despatched the identical batch quantity for testing in sealed, untouched bottles.
All this doubt places query marks over the entire state of affairs, which Haney’s crew desires to make the NYSAC doubly conscious of for the WBC tremendous light-weight champion’s sake. Haney believes he ought to by no means have suffered a reverse in opposition to Garcia and seemingly received’t cease till a extreme punishment will get handed down.
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