Klitschko junior refuses random drug testing

[amat]

Why would you put 'brother' in quotations? Are you implying that they aren't actually brothers?

[Gandalf]

If Povetkin feels it is needed then so be it. As a professional sportsman you should should never be looking to avoid random drug testing....unless you are using.

Klitschko should go through with the tests as a 'clean' fighter has nothing to hide. What's the big deal getting a little blood drawn a few times whilst in camp? Is Wlad from the jungle too?

[boxingbantz]

Why would you put 'brother' in quotations? Are you implying that they aren't actually brothers?

I read it as a racial slur to be honest.

He should be banned with immediate effect in my opinion.

Either that or he is implying that they are the same person.

[amat]

It's my opinion that as a professional athlete in today's climate, the onus is on you to prove you aren't cheating. Obviously athletes themselves are likely not going to feel the same way especially when a champion is being asked to take the tests by a challenger, an element only boxing provides.

[Gandalf]

It's my opinion that as a professional athlete in today's climate, the onus is on you to prove you aren't cheating. Obviously athletes themselves are likely not going to feel the same way especially when a champion is being asked to take the tests by a challenger, an element only boxing provides.

Exactly. To refuse the opportunity to create a fair fight is an open invitation for people to question you. Just look at how people responded to Manny, refusing is hardly going to boost your credibility.

[amat]

Difference is that everybody in the world wants the PBF-Pac fight, so Mayweather has a lot more leverage then does Povetkin.

[JazMerkin]

This can only be a good thing, and Povetkin has every right to ask for this, it's him in there getting punched and most likely KO'd. He deserves to know its on an even playing field.

In further PED news, I read the other day that the Andre Ward-Allan Green fight and most likely the Ward-Dirrell fight will be done with full USADA testing. Only reason there's little news is because all those guys were happy to do it.

[amat]

That's actually kind of a big deal with the Ward-Green if only because Ward has admitted to taking supplements provided to him by former Balco chief Victor Conte, the guy who supplied Mosley, Bonds and all those other athletes with their PEDs.

[Gandalf]

This can only be a good thing, and Povetkin has every right to ask for this, it's him in there getting punched and most likely KO'd. He deserves to know its on an even playing field.

In further PED news, I read the other day that the Andre Ward-Allan Green fight and most likely the Ward-Dirrell fight will be done with full USADA testing. Only reason there's little news is because all those guys were happy to do it.

Full props to each of them if they have decided to go through with it. I've been critical of both Andre's for their fighting styles, but it's great to see other fighters taking note and taking it further. The commisions have a responsibility to take note and up their game. They are way behind the times at the moment. I'm sick of pricks like Roach saying "let's leave it up the commisions, they are doing a great job". They obviously aren't and changes are needed.

[Gandalf]

Difference is that everybody in the world wants the PBF-Pac fight, so Mayweather has a lot more leverage then does Povetkin.

That's true. But the principle of the issue remains much the same. Less easy to pin down Wlad when other fights will generate just as much money if not more.

[No Contest]

Why would you put 'brother' in quotations? Are you implying that they aren't actually brothers?

Duh....everyone knows Klitschko Bros are genetically engineered clones, they eat roids only , no food, and that weird mucous stuff from the Matrix.

[Kirkland Laing]

Why would you put 'brother' in quotations? Are you implying that they aren't actually brothers?

As sinister manmade Soviet laboratory creations the Klitschko "brothers" don't qualify as actual brothers under the standard definition of the word. They may both share a body part donor, maybe one "brother" has one specific organ donor's liver and the other "brother" got his kidneys or something, but that's as close as they get to being able to lay any claim on being brothers.

[Kirkland Laing]

Why would you put 'brother' in quotations? Are you implying that they aren't actually brothers?

As sinister manmade Soviet laboratory creations the Klitschko "brothers" don't qualify as actual brothers under the standard definition of the word. They may both share a body part donor, maybe one "brother" has one specific organ donor's liver and the other "brother" got his kidneys or something, but that's as close as they get to being able to lay any claim on being brothers.

Maybe the same company made the bolts that fix their heads onto their bodies but that doesn't qualify them as brothers either.