Alexander Povetkin serving four-year ban

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Alexander Povetkin serving four-year ban after the discovery of unreported PED violation

It has emerged that retired heavyweight Alexander Povetkin is currently serving a four-year ‘period of ineligibility’ following an investigation which uncovered the previously unreported presence of banned substance ostarine in a sample provided by the Russian in 2014.

The case, which is part of a broader probe into systematic doping in Russian sports, is being led by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for the International Boxing Association (IBA) and the evidence retrieved from the Moscow Laboratory by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Intelligence Investigations Department and Professor Richard McLaren.

Povetkin, 45 and retired since 2021, had previously served a one-year suspension in 2016 following the detection of ostarine and meldonium but he returned to enjoy the most lucrative period of his career by securing contests against Anthony Joshua, David Price, Michael Hunter and Dillian Whyte.

“After being notified of the case and informed of his procedural rights, the athlete decided not to challenge the anti-doping rule violation,” the ITA stated. Povetkin’s ban came into effect on October 21 2024 and will be in force until October 20 2028.

“In addition, the athlete’s results from October 25 2014 until the start of the athlete’s provisional suspension on October 21 2024 have been disqualified, including the results obtained during a boxing match held on the night of October 24/25 2014.”

That particular boxing match saw Povetkin knock out Carlos Takam in 10 rounds in Moscow. Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator, commonly used to enhance performance and muscle growth.

Upon retiring in 2021 Povetkin, who now serves as Deputy Governer of the Vologda Oblast region, said: “The years take their toll… I have all kinds of injuries that still need to be treated. The time has come for me to end my career.”

His record reads 36-3-1 (25 KOs) but all his accomplishments, which include winning Olympic gold in 2004 and a secondary WBA strap, are likely now forever tainted.

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Came across this and thought someone bumped an article.

[Ruthless-RKO]

The fight he had with Takam.

Then it was 2016 when he got pulled from the Wilder fight

[cormack]

no surprise really ..
he always seemed to have power beyond his stature

[Boxerbeetle]

About half of David Price's losses have been to guys who failed drug tests, haven't they? Give it another 5 years for more guys to retroactively fail and he'll technically be unbeaten again

[paultom]

About half of David Price's losses have been to guys who failed drug tests, haven't they? Give it another 5 years for more guys to retroactively fail and he'll technically be unbeaten again

[golden_labrador]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

[margaret thatcher]

he already got done for something didnt he. remember the wilder fight not coming off

kinda a funny situation. a 46 year old who retired for years, getting 4 year suspension for a test from over a decade ago

[knockout]

About half of David Price's losses have been to guys who failed drug tests, haven't they? Give it another 5 years for more guys to retroactively fail and he'll technically be unbeaten again

It’s the same in the UFC/MMA, legend Mark Hunt - practically every one of his losses was against someone who had/did/would piss dirty.

[jameswilson]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

Yeah she did a huge press conference trying to justify her use of this drug, I vividly remember her saying that in Russia they call it meldonium and I think she was saying it was for her asthma or some kind of breathing issue. Then a period of time passed and Povetkin popped for the same stuff and I knew straight away that Sharapova was full of shit and that this was clearly a regularly used PED. It also blew up alarm bells around that interview Bradley Wiggins did where he was saying he wasn’t taking these drugs to give himself an edge they were for ailments he had. I get the impression one day we will all find out the scale of this shit and what athletes do to get away with it.

At the same time we all know deep down how far it reaches and we continue to watch the sport so to a degree I acknowledge that I myself am complicit in it to a degree.

[THEBUTCH]

Imposing a ban on a long since retired boxer !

That will really act as a preventive to others

[Boxerbeetle]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

Yeah she did a huge press conference trying to justify her use of this drug, I vividly remember her saying that in Russia they call it meldonium and I think she was saying it was for her asthma or some kind of breathing issue. Then a period of time passed and Povetkin popped for the same stuff and I knew straight away that Sharapova was full of shit and that this was clearly a regularly used PED. It also blew up alarm bells around that interview Bradley Wiggins did where he was saying he wasn’t taking these drugs to give himself an edge they were for ailments he had. I get the impression one day we will all find out the scale of this shit and what athletes do to get away with it.

At the same time we all know deep down how far it reaches and we continue to watch the sport so to a degree I acknowledge that I myself am complicit in it to a degree.

Wasn't pretty much every British pro cyclist 'asthmatic' at one point? How strange.

[golden_labrador]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

Yeah she did a huge press conference trying to justify her use of this drug, I vividly remember her saying that in Russia they call it meldonium and I think she was saying it was for her asthma or some kind of breathing issue. Then a period of time passed and Povetkin popped for the same stuff and I knew straight away that Sharapova was full of shit and that this was clearly a regularly used PED. It also blew up alarm bells around that interview Bradley Wiggins did where he was saying he wasn’t taking these drugs to give himself an edge they were for ailments he had. I get the impression one day we will all find out the scale of this shit and what athletes do to get away with it.

At the same time we all know deep down how far it reaches and we continue to watch the sport so to a degree I acknowledge that I myself am complicit in it to a degree.

yep, the amount of money pumped into our olympic athletes for 2012 was crazy, especially in cycling. very murky. all the best doctors and science

[cormack]

About half of David Price's losses have been to guys who failed drug tests, haven't they? Give it another 5 years for more guys to retroactively fail and he'll technically be unbeaten again

he must be well pissed off and aware of how much £££££ he has missed out on due to this

[a force]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

Yeah she did a huge press conference trying to justify her use of this drug, I vividly remember her saying that in Russia they call it meldonium and I think she was saying it was for her asthma or some kind of breathing issue. Then a period of time passed and Povetkin popped for the same stuff and I knew straight away that Sharapova was full of shit and that this was clearly a regularly used PED. It also blew up alarm bells around that interview Bradley Wiggins did where he was saying he wasn’t taking these drugs to give himself an edge they were for ailments he had. I get the impression one day we will all find out the scale of this shit and what athletes do to get away with it.

At the same time we all know deep down how far it reaches and we continue to watch the sport so to a degree I acknowledge that I myself am complicit in it to a degree.

Wasn't pretty much every British pro cyclist 'asthmatic' at one point? How strange.

Certainly seemed to be an issue for Team GB cyclists & Froome.

Wiggins was pushing the boundaries taking large doses of an anti-inflammatory drug for a supposed allergy he had.

[Controversial]

Imposing a ban on a long since retired boxer !

That will really act as a preventive to others

The fall guy maybe?

[jameswilson]

Never heard of ostarine but it makes me think of Red Bull.

Maria Sharapova was done for meldonium in 2016, the year it was banned.

Yeah she did a huge press conference trying to justify her use of this drug, I vividly remember her saying that in Russia they call it meldonium and I think she was saying it was for her asthma or some kind of breathing issue. Then a period of time passed and Povetkin popped for the same stuff and I knew straight away that Sharapova was full of shit and that this was clearly a regularly used PED. It also blew up alarm bells around that interview Bradley Wiggins did where he was saying he wasn’t taking these drugs to give himself an edge they were for ailments he had. I get the impression one day we will all find out the scale of this shit and what athletes do to get away with it.

At the same time we all know deep down how far it reaches and we continue to watch the sport so to a degree I acknowledge that I myself am complicit in it to a degree.

yep, the amount of money pumped into our olympic athletes for 2012 was crazy, especially in cycling. very murky. all the best doctors and science

Mo Farah being with that famous for peds coach as well.

I’d like to think not every gold medalist is at it but always come back to ‘how are they beating the people lower down the field who are on peds.’ People try to say Bolt is so quick because he’s taller but I just won’t ever be able to believe that Ben Johnson was smacked up to his tits and was very naturally gifted (he always had an insane start even from when he was a teenager) and ran 9.79 and the guys now run 9.79 like it’s child’s play. People tried in their heads to justify Carl Lewis as well by saying all he was doing was continuing to accelerate later in the race and overtaking the guys at the end. Yeah he was able to accelerate later because he was on gear you cretin, you don’t just say to some random pudendum ‘duhhhh boss how about we keep accelerating and we’ll win then!’

[SeanBrennan]

I watched this today on the Gman channel the Irish fella. What a random ban. I do remember there being a phase where he looked very PEDdy, and I suspect the Russians were rife with it. Bit pointless at this (st)age for him though

[dookus]

well that'll show him

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[THEBUTCH]

It is a sick joke !

Spare a thought for David Price. A world beater he may never have been, but something will never sit right that some of his defeats were against proven PED cheats.

What recourse does Pricey have ?

[Exoddus]

Source GQ Sports.

A curious fact about professional cyclists is the fact that a large segment of the peloton suffers from asthma. In fact, one study from UCSF estimated that half of Tour de France cyclists have the condition. Even more odd: Having asthma can actually lead athletes to a competitive edge.23 Aug 2023

How many boxers/athletes have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)? If I was competing in a 1v1 sport. I would want to be made aware of any TUE's my opponent has.

[tonyevs]

Imposing a ban on a long since retired boxer !

That will really act as a preventive to others

Yes - does seem a bit pointless .. and political.

[IRL25]

Will Boxrec amend his record aller the South African Heavyweight who got caught pissing hot or not?