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'Crazy': Star boxer claims his own failed drug tests were orchestrated anti-Trump 'attack'

  (Raw Story) : A star boxer who claimed he failed a drug test as part of an orchestrated attack on former President Donald Trump faced public ridicule Thursday. Ryan Garcia, a professional fighter who once held the World Boxing Council interim lightweight title, faced scorn over a recent tweet linking two failed steroid tests to his recent endorsement of Trump. "I’m seen with Trump and now I’m positive for steroids," Garcia wrote late Wednesday night. "This is a straight attack." ALSO READ: Revealed: What government officials privately shared about Trump not disclosing finances Garcia then concluded with the word, "Crazy." His message caught the eye of MSNBC writer Ja'han Jones, who published Thursday a scathing analysis of the professional boxer's take, arguing, "the tone of his denials...are dripping with Trumpian deflection and evasions." Garcia reportedly tested positive for the performance enhancer ostarine the day of, and the day before, his victorious fight against Devin Haney, according an Voluntary Anti-Doping Association letter reviewed by ESPN. In the aftermath of the breaking news, Garcia claimed he was the victim of a mass conspiracy, Jones reports. "Garcia made expletive-laden comments that echoed rhetoric he’s pushed in the past, claiming the report was probably released by 'pedophile' elites he says he's been 'trying to take down,'" Jones writes. Jones notes Garcia offered a "defense" the writer suggested did more harm than good: “Even if a motherf----- was on steroids, right?" ..
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