Former heavyweight boxing champion – who fought Anthony Joshua – ‘set to have 10 years of results revoked’ after testing positive for banned substance
- Alexander Povetkin has been sanctioned with a 4-year period of ineligibility
- He tested positive for Ostarine in 2014, as well as failing another test in 2016
Former heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin is set to see a decade’s worth of results revoked following an investigation which uncovered the previously unreported presence of a banned substance.
Povetkin, 45 and retired since 2021, tested positive for Ostarine in 2016 leading to him being served with a 1-year suspension before later returning to the sport.
However, as part of a broader probe into systematic doping in Russian sports, the International Testing Agency has uncovered that Povetkin also tested positive for Ostarine back in 2014.
He is now serving a four-year ‘period of ineligibility’ following the investigation.
The International Testing Agency said: ‘After being notified of the case and informed of his procedural rights, the athlete decided not to challenge the anti-doping rule violation.
‘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.’
