Povetkin used meldonium before it was a banned substance, fight will happen

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  1. TSoprano

    TSoprano Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Promoter Andrei Ryabinsky tells Russia's state Tass news agency that Povetkin tested positive for meldonium, the same substance found in Maria Sharapova's sample at the Australian Open.
    Ryabinsky says Povetkin took meldonium last year but stopped before it was banned on Jan. 1, and only "leftover traces of meldonium at a very low concentration" were found in a blood sample given by Povetkin last month.


    Athletes in several sports have avoided suspensions for meldonium positives under new World Anti-Doping Agency guidance issued in April if the concentration of the banned heart drug is low enough to indicate they did not take it after Jan. 1.

    Povetkin and Wilder are due to fight next week in Moscow.
     
  2. TSoprano

    TSoprano Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So all the Wilder fans who are so happy about the news that Wilder wouldn't get KTFO, are wrong. Povetkin will fight Wilder and destroy him, he is a clean fighter.
     
  3. Lennox

    Lennox Active Member Full Member

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    Doesn't matter.

    Wilder should scream to high heavens that povetkin is a cheater, beat his ass, then market the hell out himself when he gets back.
     
  4. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    This.

    Povetkin is in no win situation even if the fight happens and he beats Wilder.
     
  5. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Look at this guy...He wants Wilder to hear an offer from Povetkin, take the money and still fight this Fraudulent cheat on an uneven playing field... What a ****ing idiot:patsch I mean do people like this really exist in the world?
     
  6. Lennox

    Lennox Active Member Full Member

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    This is marketing 101.

    If you are wilder's team you are licking your lips.

    Trace amounts of this drug won't impact either way, but you start a public smear job now and roll the dice wilder wins.

    And if he does, you go bonkers on the marketing campaign and pretty much market yourself as rocky balboa who went over there and beat a cheat. It doesn't matter what is true.
     
  7. drenlou

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    Keep wishing... I doubt the fight happens.. He tested positive ffs.
     
  8. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Imagine if this was wilder Povetkin fans are such hypocrites gtfo wit this ****
     
  9. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was saying this earlier, he took the over the counter substance before it became banned. Good news that the fight can stay on. Bad news for Wilder and his fans.
     
  10. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    Thats his promoters point of view. Anybody else from the wada, WBC or who ever saying anything like this?
     
  11. drenlou

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    And if he lost, then we'll see your true colors mother****er. You ain't fooling nobody you're a Wilder hater trying to be objective.:finger
     
  12. Lennox

    Lennox Active Member Full Member

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    The science won't lie.

    And even if it comes out to be trace elements, wilder should still scream cheating. Once you say it enough it will become fact in the public conscience.
     
  13. Glass Joe

    Glass Joe 1-99 TBE Full Member

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    It's essentially creatine and offers almost no benefit or advantage in boxing, and is debated for that reason as to whether it should be on the list. It's nothing. It's marketed and sold in Eastern European cohntries, which is why they're the ones who are using it.
     
  14. Lennox

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    Lulz. Pm me your email address.

    Not only will I send you a pic of me and wilder together, you will hope you are wearing your brown pants and never quote me again.
     
  15. Alabama BBQ

    Alabama BBQ Guest

    Is there ANY official statement from VADA?
    This whole thing is stupid and vague as hell.
    **** you Fat Dan.