Ryan Garcia: natty or not?
Confirmed The win over Devin Haney that became a no contest
Short answer. Verdict: confirmed. At the peak physique on this page, Ryan Garcia is 5'9" (174 cm) and 143 lbs (65 kg) at roughly 7% body fat. That works out to an FFMI of 20.3, against the ~25 mark cited as the natural ceiling.
The numbers (estimated)
| Peak physique | Light welterweight, the division of the Haney fight |
|---|---|
| Height | 5'9" (174 cm) |
| Weight | 143 lbs (65 kg) |
| Body fat | ~7% |
| FFMI | 20.3 — ~25 is the cited natural ceiling |
Era by era (estimated)
| Era | Year | Age | Weight | Evidence | Body fat | FFMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super featherweight, 130 lbs | 2017 | 19 | 130 lbs (59 kg) | weighed | ~8% | 18.3 |
| The Haney fight | 2024 | 26 | 143 lbs (65 kg) | reported | ~7% | 20.3 |
FFMI over time (estimated)
FFMI per era (values in the table above). Hover a point for details.
Note. Fighting weight is the division figure; the body-fat number is an estimate. The verdict is not — it rests on two positive samples and a sanction. See the methodology page for how we judge.
Ryan Garcia beat Devin Haney on 20 April 2024, dropping him three times. He then tested positive for ostarine in samples taken the day before and the day of the fight. The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association handled the case; on 20 June the result was changed to a no contest, and he took a one-year suspension and a $1.1 million fine.
Confirmed.
What ostarine is, and what it isn’t
Ostarine is a SARM — a compound that targets muscle tissue the way anabolic steroids do, without the full hormonal footprint. It is not a bulking drug in the bodybuilding sense, and it shows up on nobody’s physique. A boxer making 140 lbs is not trying to get bigger. He is trying to keep strength while stripping weight, which is exactly the job this class of drug does.
Nothing in Garcia’s build would ever have flagged him. Two lab samples did.
His answer
He denied taking anything, pointing to his own willingness to be tested, and posted: “Fake news like if I was Donald trump”. The denial did not change the outcome: the win was erased, the suspension served, the fine paid.
Verdict
Confirmed — two positive samples around a title-level fight, a result overturned, a year out. He has never accepted it, and the record does not need him to.
In their words
“Fake news like if I was Donald trump”
Common questions
Is Ryan Garcia natty or on steroids?
This site rates Ryan Garcia as confirmed, the only verdict here stated as fact. It takes an admission, a failed test or an official record, and the one behind this page is cited in the sources below.
Has Ryan Garcia ever failed a drug test or admitted to using PEDs?
The record that settles this page is listed in the sources below and described in the article above. It is what makes the verdict confirmed rather than an opinion.
What is Ryan Garcia's FFMI?
About 20.3. That comes from 5'9" (174 cm) and 143 lbs (65 kg) at roughly 7% body fat, normalized to 1.8 m. Drug-free lifters in the Kouri 1995 study topped out near 25.