Ryan Garcia fight exposes unclear issue in sports betting

The growth of sports betting in the United States has come with several issues.

Outside of the obvious — that more Americans are gambling at irresponsible levels — there are also regulatory issues that have had an effect on the sports world.

NFL players have faced suspensions for betting on games, while the NBA recently had the high-profile case of Jontay Porter, a fringe player who was banned from the league for life for player prop bets placed on him that he fixed by faking injuries.

Sports leagues like the NBA and NFL have the ability to ban its players who could alter bets or bet on themselves, but the regulations differ among the many sports and leagues.

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A prominent example of this was seen late last month after boxer Ryan Garcia won his match against Devin Haney. Garcia was a +600 underdog for the fight — though he was an even bigger underdog before the weigh-in, where he was three pounds overweight.

However, a week after Garcia's win, a report first published by ESPN said that the boxer had tested positive for Ostarine in a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test taken before the fight.

From a boxing record standpoint, it's unclear to this moment what will happen to the fight and whether Garcia and Haney will exchange the official win and loss. But from a betting standpoint, the result appears as though it will stand as a Garcia win.

That has caused a ton of chatter on both sides — but it's put a spotlight on the issue in boxing about the effect of PEDs on sports betting.

Idc if Ryan Garcia was on steroids, i’m not giving FanDuel their money back