Povetkin failed Drug Test - Fight Off

[ross]

Povetkin was negative in VADA tests on 4/7, 4/8, 4/11. Positive on 4/27. Story that substance in system was from 2015 before ban is fantasy.

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[IamInuit]

Supposedly he tested clean for it two weeks before he tested positive for it so it wasn't in his system from months ago

That is good to know and have seen similar reports but its still not definitive. They said they had not used since Sept 2015. They tested negative 3 times in early April but got a positive late April. Again I am not a bio chemist but is it possible that this agent could show up randomly after use is stopped?

[powerpuncher]

Supposedly he tested clean for it two weeks before he tested positive for it so it wasn't in his system from months ago

That is good to know and have seen similar reports but its still not definitive. They said they had not used since Sept 2015. They tested negative 3 times in early April but got a positive late April. Again I am not a bio chemist but is it possible that this agent could show up randomly after use is stopped?

Doesn't seem likely but anything is possible. He got tested clean more than once before getting a positive test. That makes me think it wasn't a coincidence.

[Silkeyjoe]

Supposedly he tested clean for it two weeks before he tested positive for it so it wasn't in his system from months ago

That is good to know and have seen similar reports but its still not definitive. They said they had not used since Sept 2015. They tested negative 3 times in early April but got a positive late April. Again I am not a bio chemist but is it possible that this agent could show up randomly after use is stopped?

Doesn't seem likely but anything is possible. He got tested clean more than once before getting a positive test. That makes me think it wasn't a coincidence.

Id imagine it is possible but unlikely. Traces of the drug could get stored in fatty tissue and then when it gets broken down get released back into your system.

[ross]

Urine testing is well known to be not the best method anyway. A very effective and even less intrusive method is hair testing.

[Master]

Deontay Wilder v Alexander Povetkin off after Russian tests positive for meldonium



This month's WBC heavyweight title fight between American champion Deontay Wilder and Russia's Alexander Povetkin has been called off.

Povetkin, 36, tested positive for "low concentrations" of meldonium in April.

On Sunday, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman confirmed on Twitter that the fight would not take place as scheduled on 21 May in Moscow.

The World Anti-Doping Agency said in September it was adding meldonium to its banned list from 1 January, 2016.

Recent Wada figures showed there had been 172 positive tests for the drug this year - 27 of those involving Russians.

Deontay Wilder v Alexander Povetkin off after Russian tests positive for meldonium - BBC Sport

[Spicoli]

Postponed not cancelled. So what if they suspend Povetkin 6 months, Wilder has few immediate options as far as top 10 opponents...Andy Ruiz

[Master]

Postponed not cancelled. So what if they suspend Povetkin 6 months, Wilder has few immediate options as far as top 10 opponents...Andy Ruiz

That would be fun.

[Primo Carnera]

Wilder will need a fight quickly. What price "let's go champ," ?

[Spicoli]

Postponed not cancelled. So what if they suspend Povetkin 6 months, Wilder has few immediate options as far as top 10 opponents...Andy Ruiz

That would be fun.

Well 'fun-size' at least Shame to lose the training and build when something like this happens.

[IamInuit]

Postponed not cancelled. So what if they suspend Povetkin 6 months, Wilder has few immediate options as far as top 10 opponents...Andy Ruiz

Why not? Andy barely had a glove put on him last night when he butchered poor Ray Austin.

[SlimTrae]

wilder will need a fight quickly. What price "let's go champ," ? ;d

lets go champ! !!!

[Master]

wilder will need a fight quickly. What price "let's go champ," ? ;d

lets go champ! !!!

Will you let him go? Briggs is not real.

[Ron Swanson]

Listening to the BS from Povetkins camp hurts the ears. You tested clean 3 times then dirty but it was from before. Unlikely, but even so that he is claiming to be a clean fighter is undoubtedly BS because he doesn't have the condition that called for the drug. In all this if you claim it was in your system before why aren't they asking to retest the B samples from before to show it was in your system then? Why aren't they requesting to test the B from the positive test now? The answers are simple, he's dirty as F! It isn't even debateable that he took it. So the argument is when, the evidence says recently but these proven cheats are to be trusted over the evidence. F that!

But they know they bring the WBC the biggest check and this is boxing. So watch everyone bend over backwards for that money. WBC will almost certainly embarrass the sport again for their profit.

[IamInuit]

Listening to the BS from Povetkins camp hurts the ears. You tested clean 3 times then dirty but it was from before. Unlikely, but even so that he is claiming to be a clean fighter is undoubtedly BS because he doesn't have the condition that called for the drug. In all this if you claim it was in your system before why aren't they asking to retest the B samples from before to show it was in your system then? Why aren't they requesting to test the B from the positive test now? The answers are simple, he's dirty as F! It isn't even debateable that he took it. So the argument is when, the evidence says recently but these proven cheats are to be trusted over the evidence. F that!

But they know they bring the WBC the biggest check and this is boxing. So watch everyone bend over backwards for that money. WBC will almost certainly embarrass the sport again for their profit.

Povetkins people are still claiming its not off. Part of the claim comes from the test being below the acceptable amount. So they already have an acceptable amount for a drug they just banned in January? Those tolerated amounts are reserved for those peds that have proven to be helpful in physical injury. My understanding as I read more about this stuff is that its a heart med and based on what it seems to do or said to, its like EPO. What injury could they claim for its use. There is obviously something more to this. Its supposed to be pretty black and white. I dont think anyone knows its longevity and levels in the system.

Alexander Povetkin promoter Andrey Ryabinskiy held a press conference on Monday in Moscow to address the current status of the troubled Wilder-Povetkin fight.

Andrey Ryabinskiy: “If we don’t come to an agreement about the fight with Wilder’s team, we are ready to meet them in court. The fight is not cancelled but postponed, we are discussing a new date. There are no legal barriers for the fight. The official Wilder-Povetkin fight status is “postponed.” Everything else is just thoughts of some persons…All claims against Povetkin are legally unsound. This is just an inflated press story.

“Povetkin didn’t fail a doping test. He has 15 times lower meldonium concentration than the limit established by WADA. Now we need to pass additional tests, then we will set a new date of the fight and do it.”

Alexander Povetkin: “I have nothing to fear, I am a clear fighter and I have not been taking meldonium since it was prohibited. I was perfectly ready for the fight and I am very upset with its postponement. I don’t want to say anything bad about Wilder and his team. Russian people don’t like such things.”

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