Team Alexander Povetkin Deny They Turned Down Adamek
By Ruslan Chikov
Vladimir Hryunov, manager of Olympic gold medal winner Alexander "Sasha" Povetkin, disputes a recent story that appeared on BoxingScene.com, where promoter Kathy Duva claimed Povetkin turned down a fight with Tomasz Adamek. Povetkin returns on Saturday against Nicholas Firtha on the Marco Huck-Denis Lebedev card in Berlin, Germany. Hryunov told reporter Alexander Pavlov that he heard Adamek's promoters were interested in a possble fight with Povetkin, but at that point he already signed a contract to face Firtha.
"I talked with Sasha and he told me that nobody spoke to him about this topic. When I was last in the States, I was told the managers [of Adamek] were interested in a fight between Adamek and Sasha, but at that point we already had signed a contract with Nicholas Firtha. Then I told them negotiations are possible after December 18 and advised them to contact our promoter Wilfried Sauerland," Hryunov said.
"Besides, I do not understand the situation with Adamek. At the last WBO convention, he was appointed to have an eliminator with David Tua, but he talks about fights against Roy Jones, the Klitschko brothers, and others. I do not understand such planning. He still hasn't gone through the previous battle, but he already talks about the next one."
