Comments Thread For: Povetkin Tests Positive For Meldonium, Wilder Title Off

[Pigeons]

It's the same stuff Maria Sharpova was busted for. Meldonium was banned only this year so it's a substance that's been legal to take for anyone all these years and now all of a sudden WADA decides it's illegal. Povetkin should've known better but I'm sick and tired of WADA. One year a certain substance is legal and the next year you're a CHEATER if you use the same stuff again.

Fight against real hardcore drugs like steroids, nandrolone, blood-doping, (EPO) masking agents for steroids..etc but stop making all these legal supplements illegal.

Shut the **** up cabron. ****ing ignorant mother ****er.

[about.thousands]

Here's the problem though. Same thing that happened with Sharapova. There is little to no medical literature on it. We dont know how long it takes to show up in a drug test or how long it takes to totally clear the system.

He can simply say he took it before it was banned and it must have shown up just now. Some drugs you can test negative for and then test positive for as metabolites enter the body from stored fat cells. Start exercising heavily and long stored metabolites show up as fat breaks down.

Yeah he probably did take it after it was banned. Good luck proving it though. There is simply not enough present knowledge about he nature of this drug.

Here's the real problem. He already had negative tests before this positive test

Earlier this week on a media teleconference to discuss the fight, DiBella was asked about the testing.

"Deontay's always said, a million times, he's never been hesitant to get involved in testing," DiBella said. "And we wanted testing to begin, frankly, before it did. But it began with what we believe is plenty of time to make sure that everything is on the up-and-up. There's been already a number of random tests of both athletes that have turned out negative. So we're not concerned about that as an issue. And the testing is being done by VADA and they've been very buttoned up and everything's been handled appropriately.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...fight-question

The problem with Povetkin's alleged story is that I'm also told Povetkin's 3 prior samples came back negative. #boxing #microdosing

— Gabriel Montoya™ (@Gabriel_Montoya) May 13, 2016

[joseph5620]

Look at this piece of **** right here. Just look at the angle he's taking

[Teetotaler]

They shoulda used USADA

[Pigeons]

This is ****ing bull****! I hope Wilder says **** it and still KOs that cheating mother ****er.

War Wilder! War boxing! War America!

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[joseph5620]

But WADA/VADA says you are wrong. They have granted amnesty/exemptions due to the length of time meldonium stays in the body. If it can be determined you took it when it was legal.

You are wrong according to the same agency who tested him.

"It's that simple".

No, actually I'm right. It's a banned substance like I said the first time. Again, it's that simple. You also need to learn what a performance enhancing drug is before trying to argue about it.

[CmdrSoCal]

Ban drug testing

Drug testing should be banned from boxing before it destroys boxing along with the alphabet soup paper belt crooked sanctioning bodies. Browne/Chagaev was tarnished by drug testing garbage, that was the first and only good fight of the year so far. Now what was probably going to be the second good fight of year will be ruined by completely useless drug testing and the sanctioning monkeys. Do not pay the sanctioning fees and just fight. Fans couldn't care less about paper belt garbage.

[Eff Pandas]

This is the question that needs to be asked

The problem with Povetkin's alleged story is that I'm also told Povetkin's 3 prior samples came back negative. #boxing #microdosing

— Gabriel Montoya™ (@Gabriel_Montoya) May 13, 2016

Oops lol.

When mircodosing goes wrong.

[buddyguns]

Hopefully there's some way they can tell how long ago he took it based on the amount detected.

If he just took it yesterday then screw him, he's cheating or too dumb to stay up to date with the rules.

But if its some trace amount of a fairly mild drug they just banned, it would be a real pity to cancel the fight.

Who makes the final decision? Can Wilder just understand the situation and say he doesn't care? Or is the whole thing auto-***ed?

I believe at this point, that the WBC has the final say in the matter. I would guess that they move not to sanction this fight.

[SplitSecond]

They shoulda used USADA

Lol. It is funny how many people have been getting popped with the more frequent application of VADA. USADA "strategic use of CIR/TUE's/destroying samples/testing until a clean sample shows up" is a joke.