Romanian-Canadian Heredia-linked boxer tests positive (+) for ostarine, claims sleep supplement was contaminated

The supplement in question is “Dynamite PM Night Fuel” (which just happens to have Heredia’s best-known client – and the one who has raised the most eyebrows in recent years – Juan Manuel Marquez on the label). It’s a cheap knock-off of ZMA, a supplement designed to enhance sleep and recovery.

Since all this went down, Heredia has scrubbed his website (which had sold and marketed this product)

Angel Heredia (Tweet):

https://twitter.com/Guruscience/status/763977289981829120

Ameuro Elite Nutrition supplements wont be available to the public until further notice due to some production issues.. Thank you

But it’s clear that both Bute and Heredia are placing blame on the manufacturing lab (Pharmogenic) for all of this.

Sorry, Lucian; I don’t believe you. Not for one second. You were a victim here; no doubt about it. But not of faulty packaging or production – it was your own bad judgment.

Here’s why: You made the decision to go with Heredia, whose reputation is dubious at best.

And there is a reason for it: to enhance your flagging performance, in recent years, as you headed into the twilight of your career. However, you absolutely knew what you were getting into. Just Google “Heredia and steroids” and it will take you through his sordid history...

It turns out that particular lab, back in 2014, was sent a letter by the Food and Drug Administration warning them about, among other things, “Misbranded Dietary Supplements.”

Yeah, everyone knew what they were getting into and everyone knew what was taking place. This was a three-way partnership yet Pharmagenic is getting thrown under the bus.

Bute can try to pass the buck by insisting he was a victim but he was actually the perpetrator. This goes far beyond “production issues” or cross-contamination. It was a choice he made willingly. And, as an athlete, ignorance of what goes into your body has long ago become unacceptable.

When you go into a crack house, it’s not to get aspirin.

Then again, sometimes you don’t get the Memo

PERSONAL STATEMENT FROM ANGEL "MEMO" HEREDIA

I, Angel Guillermo Heredia Hern�ndez, am the owner of AMEURO ELITE NUTRITION ("AEN"). The purpose of this statement is to set the record straight and distance myself from any liability in the recent case of Lucian Bute, a professional fighter and client of AEN.

First and foremost, I want to clarify that AEN is a company completely unrelated to Pharmagenics. They are two separate and different companies.

AEN contracted the services of Pharmagenics for the manufacturing of a sample of supplements for Mr. Bute. The formula for the supplements were created by AEN and then sent to Pharmagenics laboratories for manufacturing. Manufacturing includes prime matter, color, taste and the final product. Pharmagenics then invoiced AEN by the formula received.

The formulas created and prepared by AEN and remitted to Pharmagenics for manufacturing have exclusively always contained legal materials and substances as approved by WADA. None of the formulas that AEN has created and delivered to Pharmagenics has ever contained Ostarine or any other illegal substance. That was the case with the formulas created for Mr. Bute. Therefore, AEN does not have and cannot have any liability for the contamination of the product (Dynamite PM). AEN has never had any participation, direct or indirect, in the manufacturing of products, including Dynamite PM.

AEN has worked over the years with many world champions and has never been involved with a fighter that has violated WADA protocols, or that has failed a pre or post fight doping test. For years AEN has been in the business of the clean preparation and conditioning of fighters. AEN feels proud to be the most sought after company in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe for our services. In fact, Lucian Bute himself, interested party in this matter, declared that AEN was free of any liability and that the investigation of this incident pointed to Pharmagenic as manufacturer.

AEN will seek a formal legal investigation of this matter through its attorneys, and will request that these unfounded allegations against it be thoroughly examined and probed to the last consequences.