“The key question is why are we getting positive test results? They all repeatedly prove negative in all other laboratories, including the US lab, except for one random sample that we get immediately prior to the fight. Don’t want to jump to conclusions; just want to say it’s a strange coincidence."
“To assert that he has ingested something [prohibited] is simply impossible. Theoretically, I can assume that this substance turned up in his test accidentally. This happens sometimes. At least Stiverne, when he was cleared and allowed to fight, used this phrasing, saying that the [prohibited] substance turned up in his system accidentally,” he said.
“This is not normal practice, it’s very strange,” Ryabinsky said. “It’s the second time that right before the fight, all of a sudden, we get a ‘dirty’ test result – one and only, with all others coming clean. This happened before the fight with Wilder, when there had been five tests, and the fourth allegedly turned out to be dirty, while the fifth came out clean again. In the long run, Povetkin was acquitted, but the bout with Wilder was cancelled. Looks like history is repeating itself with Stiverne right now." from boxing scene
Indeed it's quite fishy how Povetkin is getting roadblocks in his way to Wilder's wbc title everytime ? Are vada and wbc Haymon's best friends ?
Who could see that coming?
Then at that press conference king actually says that stiverne transferred the title to wilder