The world champion under version WBC Deontay Wilder will not fight with Alexander Povetkin.
The main bout of the first half heavyweight champion was to be held on 21 may in Moscow, but the applicant failed to undergo a mandatory drug test. Blood Povetkin found Meldonium, a drug is released from the first of January 2016 to the restricted list.
Povetkin promoter Andrey Ryabinsky says that a fight with Wilder postponed indefinitely. The team of American fighter on this occasion the opposite opinion.
“Any talk on the part of Ryabinsky that the match will be postponed, unfounded and premature. Now we’ll just take a pause and wait, what further steps will be taken by the WBC, and then weigh all possible options,” said Wilder’s promoter Lou Di Bella.
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Interestingly, the American press caught the Russians in a lie. Promoter Povetkin claimed Meldonium boxer in recent times took in September of last year. ESPN has learned that doping tests Povetkin from 7,8 and 11 April were negative, and 27 of the same month it became clear that the Russians had used a prohibited drug.
