Alexander Povetkin's promoter says the Russian boxer has failed a drug test ahead of his WBC heavyweight title fight with reigning champion Deontay Wilder. 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.
Friday, 13 May 2016
Russian boxer Povetkin fails drug test ahead of Wilder fight (The Associated Press)
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